By Shauntay Grant
Created by Sunny Drake and produced in association with Why Not Theatre and 9 companies around the world
Saturday, May 6th – Every hour @ 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm
Location: Africville Museum (5795 Africville Rd)
Duration: 1 hour
Audience members will have one hour to enjoy welcome/introductory remarks by museum staff, peruse the museum and listen to two audio plays and music while wandering through Africville Park.
Tickets are FREE but, if they are able, audience members are encouraged to make a donation to The Africville Heritage Trust. Donations can be made through the trust’s Canada Helps page or at the museum on the day of the event.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
An exclusive, pre-release, listening event!
In The Dumps, by Shauntay Grant
In the wake of the Africville apology, a father enlists his eleven-year-old son in an act of illegal dumping to challenge decades of environmental racism in their rural Black Nova Scotian community. Their banter moves between playful and serious as they discuss ways of bringing about meaningful change.
In The Dumps is an audio play. It’s like a radio play…but it’s not on the radio. Audience members will be provided with wireless headphones and are invited to wander around Africville Park while they listen. By attending the listening event, audience members will get to hear In The Dumps more than one month before its release date AND be treated to another pre-release selection from the Climate Change and Other Small Talk series; Rolling Hills by Carmen Aguirre, produced in Vancouver by Electric Company.
The Africville Museum is not usually open on Saturday. Museum staff have generously agreed to allow In The Dumps audiences to peruse the exhibit as part of the event. Furthermore, staff from the museum will welcome the audiences and give a brief, contextual introduction about the museum and how it relates to Shauntay’s play.
Accessibility:
A transcript is available on demand at info@MayworksKjipuktukHfx.ca
Further accessibility measures are in development. Refer to our Accessibility page for updates.
Warning:
In The Dumps contains mild profanity.
Rolling Hills contains mature themes: military violence with civilian casualties (teens), PTSD, and strong language.
Episode Credits: In The Dumps
Written by Shauntay Grant
Directed by Mike Payette
Starring:
Jacob Sampson as Dad
Ny Langdon as Nate
with
Liliona Quarmyne as Mom
Ben Stone as the Security Guard
Jacob Sampson and Ben Stone are members of ACTRA Maritimes and were engaged under Music Code 2011
Mike Payette is a member of The Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and was engaged under the D.O.T. Agreement
Sound design, music and audio mixing by Jackson Fairfax-Perry
Dramaturgy by Jacob Sampson and Myekah Payne
Episode produced by ZUPPA with support from Sunny Drake Productions
Episode Producer & Production Manager Ben Stone
Recording engineers: Ben Creelman and Luke Batiot at Village Sound and Jackson Fairfax-Perry
In The Dumps was produced in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia), the territory of the Mi’kmaq.
Climate Change and Other Small Talk is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council, with additional support for this episode by Arts Nova Scotia, and Halifax Culture and Events.
Zuppa is funded by The Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Nova Scotia and Halifax Culture and Events
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