Harlem Renaissance at Papermill Theatre

Dora Award-nominated playwright Andrew Moodie is entrusting the world premiere of his latest play, Harlem Renaissance, to his acting students at Toronto Film School. 

The 75-minute stage production, which will debut at Toronto’s Papermill Theatre featuring a cast of fifth-term Acting for Film, TV & the Theatre students later this month, was inspired by Wallace Thurman’s 1929 novel Infants of the Spring.

“As a writer I have always been fascinated by voices that have yet to be heard,” he said, “I have always attempted to chronicle unusual lives from within the black community that in some way speak something universal to all peoples from all communities.” 

Harlem Renaissance, which is stage managed by Klein Wilhelm, will take to the stage at the Papermill Theatre for a three-performance run on December 19, 20 and 21 as follows:

• Thursday, December 19 at 9:30 p.m.
• Friday, December 20 at 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday, December 21 at 1:00 p.m.

The Papermill Theatre is located at Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery Rd. Tickets are free and available at the door.