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April 2, 2024: Interview with Sound & Musical Collaborators for BTW's Play "Every Day She Rose"

Black Theatre Workshop @theatrebtw is opening their next production "Every Day She Rose" on April 4, 2024. We had the opportunity to speak with the Sound Designers/Collaborators Rob Denton, Alex Cameron and Riel Reddick-Stephens. This is a rare opportunity to speak to the behind the scenes folks who put copious amount of work into the play.

Rob Denton is a Montreal bred and based sound mixer, designer and composer. Riel Reddick-Stevens (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and performer currently based in Toronto, with strong ties to Montreal and Nova Scotia. Alex Cameron (she/her), aka artist name Cloud), is a trans femme theatre artist, actor/performer, and musician/composer (bass & keys). Connected through BTW's AMP 2022-2023 program, they are working together once again to bring the sound to life for this Toronto based historical play.

"Every Day She Rose" is a powerful exploration of white supremacy, Black identity politics, privilege, and patriarchy in supposed safe spaces. After the Black Lives Matter protest at the 2016 Toronto Pride Parade, two friends find their racial and queer politics aren’t as aligned as they thought, and the playwrights behind them must figure out how to write about the fallout.

Cathy-Ann, a straight Black woman, and her roommate Mark, a Gay white man, came home from the parade with such differing views of what happened and how it affected their own communities. Cathy-Ann agrees with the protest: the police presence at the parade doesn’t make her feel safe. Meanwhile, Mark felt safer with them there, especially in the wake of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Frustrated he can’t see the bigger issue, Cathy-Ann questions if she can continue living with Mark. Simultaneously, playwrights Andrea and Nick—who share the same identities as their characters—pause throughout the show to figure out how to work together to tell the story of a significant turning point in a friendship.

Join us to find out more about the play, and the sound that will be supporting this play on Tuesday April 2, 2024 from 7pm-8.30pm on www.ckut.ca or 90.3FM

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