Host Lydie Dubuisson sits down with award-winning emcee, playwright and agitator Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, a.k.a. Belladonna the Blest, for an intimate conversation about theatre, creativity and artistic practice on October 9th 2025.

Music: abstract dub to PERSONHOOD PRACTICE & PEDAGOGY IN BLACK WOMXN THEATRE! Thesis by d’bi young anitafrika

Reading: Pirate and the Lone Voice by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, read by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

La Parole’s theme song is “Cocktail Music” by Francesco Biondi.

Thank you to Our Sponsors: Heritage Canada, Groupe3737, City of Montreal, Trellis Micro-Grant.

Thank you to Our Partners: Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, Playwrights Canada Press, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Neworld Theatre, MAI Montreal, Arts Interculturels.

Creative Director: Dian Marie Bridge

Producer: Shannon Corenthin

Editors: Adjani Poirier, Tyler K. Rauman

Technician: Tyler K. Rauman

Recorded at The Community Digital Arts Hub

Learn more about La Parole and BTW at www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca

Learn more about Black Theatre Workshop:

Facebook: @BlackTheatreWorkshop

Instagram: @theatrebtw

Host Lydie Dubuisson sits down with Haitian-quebecoise afro-feminist theatre artist Maguy Metellus, for an intimate conversation about theatre, creativity and artistic practice. This interview was recorded during Black Theatre Workshop’s 2025 Club Zed Playwrights' Festival on May 15th 2025.

Music: abstract dub to PERSONHOOD PRACTICE & PEDAGOGY IN BLACK WOMXN THEATRE! Thesis by by d’bi young anitafrika

Reading: Rendez-Vous Lakay by Djennie Laguerre, read by Lydie Dubuisson

La Parole’s theme song is “Cocktail Music” by Francesco Biondi.

Thank you to Our Sponsors: Heritage Canada, Groupe3737, City of Montreal, Trellis Micro-Grant.

Thank you to Our Partners: Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, Playwrights Canada Press, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Neworld Theatre, MAI Montreal, Arts Interculturels.

Creative Director: Dian Marie Bridge

Producer: Shannon Corenthin

Editors: Adjani Poirier, Tyler K. Rauman

Technician: Tyler K. Rauman

Recorded at The Community Digital Arts Hub

Learn more about La Parole and BTW at www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca

Learn more about Black Theatre Workshop:

Facebook: @BlackTheatreWorkshop

Instagram: @theatrebtw

Host Lydie Dubuisson sits down with accomplished director, dramaturge, writer and cultural animator Diane Roberts for an intimate conversation about theatre, creativity and artistic practice on October 9th 2025.

Music: abstract dub to PERSONHOOD PRACTICE & PEDAGOGY IN BLACK WOMXN THEATRE! Thesis by d’bi young anitafrika

Reading: The Lamentable Tragedy of Sal Capone by Omari Newton, read by Diane Roberts

La Parole’s theme song is “Cocktail Music” by Francesco Biondi.

Thank you to Our Sponsors: Heritage Canada, Groupe3737, City of Montreal, Trellis Micro-Grant.

Thank you to Our Partners: Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, Playwrights Canada Press, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Neworld Theatre, MAI Montreal, Arts Interculturels.

Creative Director: Dian Marie Bridge

Producer: Shannon Corenthin

Editors: Adjani Poirier, Tyler K. Rauman

Technician: Tyler K. Rauman

Recorded at The Community Digital Arts Hub

Learn more about La Parole and BTW at www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca

Learn more about Black Theatre Workshop:

Facebook: @BlackTheatreWorkshop

Instagram: @theatrebtw

Host Lydie Dubuisson sits down with award-winning playwright and director Djanet Sears for an intimate conversation about theatre, creativity and artistic practice. This interview was recorded during Black Theatre Workshop’s 2025 Club Zed Playwrights' Festival on May 16th 2025.

Music: abstract dub to PERSONHOOD PRACTICE & PEDAGOGY IN BLACK WOMXN THEATRE! Thesis by d’bi young anitafrika

Reading: afrika solo by Djanet Sears, read by Lydie Dubuisson

La Parole’s theme song is “Cocktail Music” by Francesco Biondi.

Thank you to Our Sponsors: Heritage Canada, Groupe3737, City of Montreal, Trellis Micro-Grant.

Thank you to Our Partners: Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, Playwrights Canada Press, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Neworld Theatre, MAI Montreal, Arts Interculturels.

Creative Director: Dian Marie Bridge

Producer: Shannon Corenthin

Editors: Adjani Poirier, Tyler K. Rauman

Technician: Tyler K. Rauman

Recorded at The Community Digital Arts Hub

Learn more about La Parole and BTW at www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca

Learn more about Black Theatre Workshop:

Facebook: @BlackTheatreWorkshop

Instagram: @theatrebtw

Host Lydie Dubuisson sits down with acclaimed playwright, actor and dramaturge Marcia Johnson for an intimate conversation about theatre, creativity and artistic practice. This interview was recorded during Black Theatre Workshop’s 2025 Club Zed Playwrights' Festival on May 16th 2025.

Music: abstract dub to PERSONHOOD PRACTICE & PEDAGOGY IN BLACK WOMXN THEATRE! Thesis by d’bi young anitafrika

Reading: Serving Elizabeth by Marcia Johnson, read by Lydie Dubuisson

La Parole’s theme song is “Cocktail Music” by Francesco Biondi.

Thank you to Our Sponsors: Heritage Canada, Groupe3737, City of Montreal, Trellis Micro-Grant.

Thank you to Our Partners: Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, Playwrights Canada Press, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Neworld Theatre, MAI Montreal, Arts Interculturels.

Creative Director: Dian Marie Bridge

Producer: Shannon Corenthin

Editors: Adjani Poirier, Tyler K. Rauman

Technician: Tyler K. Rauman

Recorded at The Community Digital Arts Hub

Learn more about La Parole and BTW at www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca

Learn more about Black Theatre Workshop:

Facebook: @BlackTheatreWorkshop

Instagram: @theatrebtw

AfroJamaican-Canadian dub poet, playwright, actor, director, and scholar d'bi young anitafrika hosts a conversation with legendary Black women theatremakers Djanet Sears, Diane Roberts, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard and Marcia Johnson.

Recorded live at Black Theatre Workshop’s 2025 Club Zed Playwrights' Festival on May 17th 2025.

Music: Prologue Dub to PERSONHOOD PRACTICE & PEDAGOGY IN BLACK WOMXN THEATRE! Thesis by d’bi young anitafrika

La Parole’s theme song is “Cocktail Music” by Francesco Biondi.

Thank You to Our Sponsors: Heritage Canada, Groupe 3737, City of Montreal, Trellis Micro-Grant.

Thank Your to Our Partners: Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, Playwrights Canada Press, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Neworld Theatre, MAI Montreal, Arts Interculturels.

Creative Director: Dian Marie Bridge

Producer: Shannon Corenthin

Editors: Adjani Poirier, Tyler K. Rauman

Technician: Tyler K. Rauman

Recorded at The Community Digital Arts Hub

Learn more about La Parole and BTW at www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca

Learn more about Black Theatre Workshop:

Facebook: @BlackTheatreWorkshop

Instagram: @theatrebtw

This special bonus episode of La Parole is a recording of the panel Canonize It: Function, Form, and Focus of Black Theatre. Hosted by BTW Artistic Director, Dian Marie Bridge, the panel features artists Thom Allison, Neema Bickersteth, and Kym Dominique-Ferguson. Hear them discuss the function of theatre in Black culture. How do we define “Black plays”, the hallmarks of Black theatrical works, and the influences Black theatre draws from? Recorded at the Inaugural Club Zed Playwrights' Festival in September 2023.

Dian and Lydie discuss the confluence of music and theatre in Black storytelling and the musicality of dramatic literature with Artistic Director and Conductor Brainerd Blyden-Taylor.

Brainerd Blyden-Taylor is the Founder, Artistic Director and conductor of The Nathaniel Dett

Chorale, Canada’s first professional chamber choir dedicated to the creation, performance and

preservation of Afrocentric music of all styles. Born in Trinidad & Tobago, Mr. Blyden-Taylor

immigrated to Canada in 1973. He founded The Chorale in 1998, in response to a musical void in

Canada; there had never before been a professional ensemble dedicated to the diffusion of

Afrocentric choral music. The response that The Chorale has received in Canada and the United

States since its inception has certainly given credence to Mr. Blyden-Taylor’s vision.