Writing the Webseries Intensive with ACTRA Diversity

Code Noir by Alicia Bunyan – Sampson
Code Noir is a cyberpunk drama that follows a young black woman whose curiosity and mild alcoholism catapults her into a digital collective of vigilantes.

Tangled Roots by Elizabeth Mudenyo
Two sisters, Maisha –an outspoken burnt out Black rights organizer, and Rune –prized baby of the family, discover how mental illness branches out of their family as their worlds converge when the former gets out of the hospital.

Grounded by Katia Café-Fébrissy
Portrait of a French Caribbean immigrant family, living in Toronto, grappling with what it means to be new Canadians while struggling with their own values and reversed parental roles. They long to get social validation in Canada, but starting over in a new country is never straightforward, is it?

Dialtone by Sajae Elder
Dialtone is a comedy about the lows of working in call centres; pit stop jobs with high turnover rates, mediocre pay and the most peculiar co-workers anyone could ask. From the slacker who never takes calls but mysteriously is never fired, to the manager that takes their job way too seriously, Kat along with her closest friends Mia and Terrence navigate the familiar personalities while trying to keep their sanity. While Kat struggles to figure out how to excel at communicating in her personal life the way she’s done out of necessity in her professional one, workplace politics play out, romances bloom and die, and agents and managers alike come, go and return.

Live Reading Director, Marjorie Chan, is an award-winning artist and Artistic Director at Cahoots Theatre

Thank you to our ACTRA Toronto actors who will be reading at this event!

Top row (left to right):

• Alicia Payne
• Richard Young
• Lisa Michelle Cornelius

Bottom row (left to right):

• Howard Davis
• Tabby Johnson
• Peter Bailey