Join us as international actor Yemie Sonuga breaks down the essentials skills on how to interpret a role.

Story: Working on A Show is for the diaspora of Black artists at any stage in their careers, and made for all genders.

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Yemie Sonuga is a Nigerian, Canadian, and American actor, model, writer, and acting coach. She holds a Master's Degree from the Royal Scottish Conservatoire. She has performed on stages across the globe.

Broadway Tour: Disney’s The Lion King. The West End: Porgy & Bess, The Book of Mormon, Ghost the Musical (Original Cast, World Premiere, & Broadway Album), Mabel in Fame the Musical (Irish Tour). Canada: Jessica in Call it Love (Eclipse Theater), Pandora in Blackout (Canadian Stage/Musical Stage Company), The Little Prince (Theater Calgary - World Premiere). On Screen: The Olivier Awards, Jann (CTV/Hulu), The Boys (Amazon Studios). Voice Over: Ally Longergan in Next Stop (*her performance was recognized by Indiewire magazine). Yemie is also writer and Lead Talent for Headstrong Meditation by Equinox, her meditations can be heard internationally on the EQX+ App.

Yemie is currently in talks to have her first short film produced. Keep up to date with Yemie; @yemiesonuga & www.yemiesonuga.com.

What does it mean to write away from home? How do we trust our author's voice to tell a story across cultural and language borders?

Writing in the Native Tongue will explore the immigrant experience of writing in our home languages; creole, and dialect tongues in colonized spaces.

Enjoy an intimate, virtual, in-development reading of our 2021 production, Stretch Marks: Part 2, put on at this year’s Femme Folks Fest. Get an exclusive peek at what this one-person play may look and feel like as it journey’s into its second draft. This event will consist of a 30-minute reading from Stretch Marks: Part 2 read by the playwright, Vanessa Spence, followed by a half-hour talkback and audience Q&A facilitated by Pat The Dog Theatre Creation’s Artistic Director, Lisa O’Connell.

The Black Out Forum is a conversation starring artists from the Black/Caribbean/African diasporas to speak candidly about the good, the bad, and the ugly of being an artist in regions where we are not well represented. The forum will feature a grassroots conversation in accordance with the Virtu Arts creative streams of arts education, development, and production. The intention of this forum is to gather and build community while giving voice to the experiences of Black/Caribbean/African artists. By sharing lived experiences in a safer space, we are encouraging folks to learn from the past and be educated in the present to incite change & evolution for our future.