Afi Ata’s favourite ice cream shoppe is under new management and has stopped selling Chocolate Caramel – her favourite ice cream flavour!
Some very light call and response group participation.
All shows will be masked and provide ASL interpretation.
* These performances will offer English captioning.
** This performance will be audio described.
She got banned for speaking out. Last night, she had a dream about being bigger and winning over the new owners with powerful words. Today, she’s going to make her dreams come true and have justice served! A comedic puppet adventure for young audiences.
Produced by Unified Courage Collective X Velvet Duke Productions
A comedic puppet adventure from Velvet Wells, for young (and young at heart) audiences
Afi Ata’s favourite ice cream shoppe is under new management and has stopped selling Chocolate Caramel – her favourite ice cream flavour! She got banned for speaking out.
Last night she had a dream about being bigger and winning over the new owners with powerful words. Today, she’s going to make her dreams come true and have justice served!
Every show:
Serious words about a silly show
Through metaphor, whimsy, and playfulness, this play explores how one young person encourages accountability (for a character exhibiting racist and trans misogynistic behaviour) to heal and strengthen the community
Take aways:
Themes: being Black, being queer, coming of age, transformative justice, community building
Theatrical Style: Puppetry, Comedy, Musical, Whimsy
Unified Courage Collective
Velvet Wells (producer, creator, and puppeteer)
Katherine A. Sibun (ASL-English Interpretation)
Andie Wells (concept support)
Jinesea Lewis (concept support)
Production Team
Glency Lopez (stage manager)
Corinne Viau (stage puppet support)
An Ottawa Fringe Festival premiere production.