Join us for a staged reading of Chokola, written by Phara Thibault and translated to English by Malube Uhindu Gingala, and for an inspiring workshop!
The evening will start with an ice breaking immersive workshop on translation for the stage with Rosemarie Sabor. No previous experience in translation necessary, bilingualism a plus.
Professional actresses Bénédicte Bélizaire and Kathleen Stavert will then read the play Chokola in English (duration 65 minutes).
The reading will be followed by a bilingual question and answer period with the author and the actors.
About the play Chokola
This autobiographical play explores Phara's adoption at the age of three by a white family and began a new life in a “miniature village” near Quebec City. She was born in Haiti. Through oblique glances, discrimination linked to her skin color and repeated clumsiness, she becomes painfully aware of her difference. How do you build yourself up when you carry this difference like a burden? She then embarks on a tireless quest: to find her biological mother.
Director Marie-Ève Milot’s comments about Chokola:
"I knew I had in my hands the beating heart of a person of immense, raw talent, with a rare breath, a breath that makes pages, walls, and temples tremble."
“Her text is a quest, a journey, told in the form of powerful, evocative tableaux. Each scene is a dramatic poem.”
This event is offered in partnership with Talisman Theatre.
This event is held as part of the Page to Stage project, made possible thanks to the support of the Government of Canada.
