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THEATRE | ||
TWELFTH NIGHT | Viola/Cesario | Shakespeare by the Sea; Dir: Drew Douris O’Hara |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND | Queen of Hearts | Shakespeare by the Sea; Dir: Jesse MacLean |
**THREE SISTERS | Igwe | Soulpepper/Obsidian Theatre; Dir: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu |
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST | Rosaline | Stratford Festival; Dir: Peter Pasyk |
*/***SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD | Styles/Buntu | Soulpepper Theatre; Dir: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu |
FALL ON YOUR KNEES | Rose/Doc Rose | The Grand Theatre/National Arts Centre; Dir: Alisa Palmer |
HAMLET | Hamlet | Stratford Festival; Dir: Peter Pasyk |
DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN | Praise Singer | Stratford Festival; Dir: Tawiah M’Carthy |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Helena/Flute/Moth | Stratford Festival; Dir: Peter Pasyk |
1851: 170 YEARS LATER | Mary Ann Shadd | Soulpepper Theatre; Dir: Lisa Karen Cox |
****MOBY: A WHALE OF A TALE | Captain Ahab | Art + Water; Dir: Alexandrea Montagnese |
THE ITINERARY: PLAYTEST | Performer | Outside the March/Kick & Push Festival; Dir: Sébastien Heins/Mitchell Cushman |
HILDA’S YARD | Bobby | Foster Festival; Dir: Jim Mezon |
TOWARDS YOUTH: A PLAY ON RADICAL HOPE | Ensemble | Crow’s Theatre/Project: Humanity; Dir: Chris Abraham |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Abigail | The Grand Theatre; Dir: Megan Watson |
*****THE WOLVES | Goalie | Crow’s Theatre/Howland Company; Dir: Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Hermia | Canadian Stage; Dir: Tanja Jacobs |
ROMEO AND JULIET | Sampson/Friar John | Canadian Stage; Dir: Frank Cox-O’Connell |
BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS | Christa | The Grand Theatre; Dir: Dennis Garnhum |
TWELFTH NIGHT | Viola/Cesario | Classical Theatre Project; Dir: Jeremy Hutton |
PETS | Cat | Shadowland Theatre; John Maize |
PLUM BOMB | Talysha | Paprika Festival; Dir: Bilal Baig |
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH | Spiker | Young People’s Theatre; Dir: Nina Lee Aquino |
SISTER ACT | Deloris Van Cartier | Lower Ossington Theatre; Dir: Tanisha Taitt |
MUNSCH MASH | Ensemble | Solar Stage Children’s Theatre; Dir: M. John Kennedy |
THE TEMPEST | Ariel | Hart House Theatre; Dir: Jeremy Hutton |
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS | ||
*WIN – Dora Mavor Moore Award – Outstanding Performance by an Individual (2024) | ||
**WIN – Dora Mavor Moore Award – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble (2024) | ||
***WIN – Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award – Best Lead Performance in a Play | ||
Peter Donaldson Award, Stratford Festival (2022) | ||
Harry Jerome Award, Black Business & Professional Association – President’s Award (2022) | ||
****WIN – Dora Mavor Moore Award – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble (2022) | ||
*****WIN – Dora Mavor Moore Award – Outstanding Performance in a Feature Role (2019) | ||
VOICEOVER & NARRATION | ||
ILLUMINATED TEXTS | Educator VO | Stratford Festival; Dir: Rob Myles |
COVID PROTOCOLS | Narrator | Stratford Festival; Dir: Michael Adams |
BUTTER HONEY PIG BREAD | Trailer VO | Canada Reads/CBC |
BUTTER HONEY PIG BREAD (Audiobook) | Narrator | ECW Press; Dir: Marcia Johnson |
WORKSHOPS & READINGS | ||
NOT ANOTHER NAKED | Performer | Stratford Festival; Dir: Syreeta Hector |
RANSACKING TROY | Electra/Artemis | Stratford Festival; Dir: Jackie Maxwell |
BLACK MASKS | Totu | Nightwood Theatre; Dir: Lisa Karen Cox |
BUSH OF GHOSTS | Performer | Blue Bird Theatre Collective/Canadian Stage; Dir: Brad Cook/Tawiah M’Carthy |
PENTHESILEA | Performer | Stratford Festival; Dir: ted witzel |
WASP | Wasp | Harlot X/Nightswimming; Dir: Rhiannon Collett |
FIFTEEN DOGS | Performer | Crow’s Theatre; Dir: Marie Farsi |
ELIJAH | Ariel | Harold Green Jewish Theatre; Dir: Marie Farsi |
FIRST DAY: BILOXI BLUES | Roy Seldridge | Talk is Free Theatre; Dir: Andrea Wasserman |
FIRST DAY: BRIGHT LIGHTS | Zoe | Talk is Free Theatre; Dir: Kat Sandler |
THE EFFEMINATES | Thunda Effemine/
Liya Guerrero |
Theatre Passe Muraille; Dir: Tawiah M’Carthy |
OUR LADY OF THE SEA | Performer | @N@f@N@; Dir: Anand Rajaram |
LIGHT | Performer | Tarragon Theatre; Dir: Rosa Laborde |
INUKTITUT WAITING FOR GODOT | Lucky | Volcano Theatre; Dir: Ross Manson |
CREATIVE TEAM | ||
SWEETER | Assistant Director | Cahoots/Roseneath Theatre; Dir: Tanisha Taitt |
DA KINK IN MY HAIR | Dialect Coach | Soulpepper Theatre; Dir: Weyni Mengesha |
TRAINING | ||
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY | Stratford Festival (2019-2021) | |
FACTORY MECHANICALS (Actor Training Enhancement Program) | Factory Theatre (2017-2018) | |
THEATRE ENTREPENEURS’ NETWORK & TRAINING | Toronto Fringe (2015) | |
MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE DIPLOMA | Randolph College (2012-2014) | |
SPECIAL SKILLS | ||
Stage Combat, Cycling, Running, Bouldering; Dance: Hip-hop, Afro, Dancehall, Soca, Ballet, Jazz, Original Choreography
Singing: Contralto, Alto, Mezzo-Soprano; Piano (beginner), Ukulele (beginner); Accents: Jamaican, Nigerian (Igbo, Yoruba), South African, British (RP) |
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