Born Ready


"Born Ready is a promising new play from the Toronto-based Obsidian Theater Company...Well-thought out dramatic metaphors, and solid acting and direction to provide a universality that anyone can relate to."

Josh Sherman
NYtheatre.com
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Tickets: $14

Dates
Times
Thursday 3/8
6pm
Saturday 3/10
4pm
Sunday 3/11
1pm
Thursday 3/15
730pm
Saturday 3/17
7pm
Sunday 3/18
7pm

 
“Like spent bullets and shards of broken glass, he finds his words on the mean streets.” A fearless look into black on black violence, exploring to young men’s relationship with a gun
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His world is one of fatherless children; where boys turn to drugs and guns while girls turn to motherhood; where the colour of your skin dictates the course of your life; where your brothers are as likely to pull you back down, as to pick you up.

 

Cast and Crew

Mike G-yohanne

Mike has acted for both stage and film in toronto and now has made the move to NYC to pursue his acting career. He is currently studying with Stuart Burney @ Black Nexxus school. Keep your eye out for this new and explosive talent

Cara Ricketts

Cara Ricketts was named on the top ten theatre artists of 2006 by NOW magazine and the top Emerging artist by Birdland theatre. She has worked with Joseph Pierre on several occasions: recently in a reading of Noah’s Rainbow at Equity, this past Summerworks in his piece titled Hip Hop: Who Stole the Soul, and Born Ready playing Peggy Sue. Other credits include: Saint Monica in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Birdland Theatre), Rayzee in Smokescreen (Roseneath Theatre), Titiana/ hippolita in A Midsummer Nights Dream (Resurgence), Sistah 3 in Steal Away home (Africanadian Playwright festival)

Joseph Jomo Pierre

Trinidadian born. Scarborough (Toronto) raised. Joseph is a graduate of York University with a BFA in acting. Produced work include Born Ready , Pusha-Man, and Hip-Hop (Who Stole the Soul). His first collection of plays entitled; BeatDown: three plays by Joseph Jomo Pierre, is published by Playwrights Canada Press. He has acted for both stage and screen, and can be currently seen as “Edward Forrest” on Intelligence for the CBC television network.