Rhythm & Poetry is a free 8-week program for participants age 16+. Led by international playwright, Natasha Adiyana Morris, and special guest instructors, participants will explore writing and performance through rhythm and poetry. If you’re interested in creating authentic and bold writing, as well as learning how to make unique choices on stage, this intensive […]

Join PIECE OF MINE Arts on Monday, July 13 at 6pm for a special ZOOM reading of The Negroes Are Congregating by Natasha Adiyana Morris. This Dora-nominated Outstanding New Play is a timely piece on racism in Canada. In support of fundraising tuition for local librettist Troy De Four, enrolled in NYU Tisch Musical Theatre Writing […]

EHHHHHHHHH! The Negroes Are Congregating by Natasha Adiyana Morris is nominated for a 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play The winner will be announced virtually on the Dora Awards Youtube channel, MONDAY JUNE 29, 7:30PM. We would like to thank the jury for this nomination, everyone who has seen the play since […]

REVIEW: THE NEGROES ARE CONGREGATING (PIECE OF MINE ARTS PRODUCTION/THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE) MARCH 10, 2020 KEIRA GRANT   A much-needed wake-up call on the realities of Black existence The Negroes are Congregating opens with a sermon and ends with a dialogue. In between, the three-person cast uses a series of sketches to say all the things Black […]

Review: The Negroes Are Congregating Natasha Adiyana Morris invites audiences to experience uncomfortable raw truths about racism and its effects through the black lens with The Negroes Are Congregating. Melanie Anthony March 10, 2020   On arrival to see The Negroes are Congregating, it’s impossible not to notice the huge cross hanging over the stage. We are […]

As a theatre lover and a playwright, Amanda Parris desperately wants to see more of their works on stage Amanda Parris · CBC Arts · Posted: Mar 06, 2020   Black Light is a weekly column by Governor General Award-winning writer Amanda Parris that spotlights, champions and challenges art and popular culture that is created by Black people and/or centres […]

The Negroes Are Congregating Is The Ultimate Clap Back Against Racism  Written by  Rosey Edeh | Twitter: @roseyedeh   The Negroes Are Congregating is a relentless, in your face, mélange of sketch, vignette and spoken word that takes you to church and into the Black psyche living with anti-Black racism, all without missing a beat. The play is […]

BWW Review: THE NEGROES ARE CONGREGATING Is A Powerful Examination Of Black Culture And Experience by Isabella Perrone Mar. 5, 2020   PIECE OF MINE Arts and Theatre Passe Muraille’s THE NEGROES ARE CONGREGATING is a wickedly smart, biting examination of what it’s like to be a Black person in Toronto today. Through a series of vignettes, the three-person […]

‘The Negroes are Congregating’ is showing the Black experience in Canada through a different lens Creator and Director Natasha Adiyana Morris explains the boundary-pushing stage play, highlighting select scenes from the show. It’s not every day THEATRE get’s a spotlight, a WIN for the craft.      This is a PIECE OF MINE Arts production […]

It’s always an honor to be recognized by Amanda Parris, an extraordinary literary artist and journalist. Her new column Black Light for CBC Arts “spotlights, champions and challenges art and popular culture that is created by Black people and/or centres Black people.” We’re here for it, especially putting Canadian narratives on the map! Here’s what […]