I Scream, You Scream… Justice!
Created by Velvet Wells | Produced by Velvet Duke Productions | Origin: Ottawa, Canada
Arts Court Theatre
Show Details
Afi Ata’s favourite ice cream shoppe is under new management and has stopped selling Chocolate Caramel – her favourite ice cream flavour!
Content Notes
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.
Showtimes
- Friday, June 13*6:30pm
- Saturday, June 14*1:30pm
- Sunday, June 15*4:00pm
- Tuesday, June 17**6:30pm
- Friday, June 207:30pm
- Sunday, June 22*1:30pm
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:
- mask-mandatory for audiences
- ASL-English interpretation
- post-show audience talkback with the performer
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:
- let children be part of the conversation
- strength in numbers
- community building comes from repairing/healing our community ties
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.
14 responses to “I Scream, You Scream… Justice!”
Leave a Reply
Our Sponsors
I feel like a record on repeat after reading all the lovely comments, but I must concur! This is a show aimed at kids (and the kids in the crowd were into it) but I, with my 35 years, greatly appreciated the positive portrayal of standing up for what is right, community care, and restorative justice. Go see and it!
A wholesome and lovely show for the whole family and just as much fun for adults on their own, too. Absolutely worth seeing!
A review from apt613: https://apt613.ca/fringe-2025-review-i-scream-you-scream-justice/
What a fun-filled 50 minutes of singing, laughing, and reflection. Velvet’s show had audience interaction and important themes that were made accessible for children and everyone watching.
Also- amazing singing voice!
What a fun joyful engaging puppet show – absolutely loved it! Great performance from Velvet.
Don’t miss it 🤎
I loved this show. Velvet is the consummate community-caring artist. Not only are they a superb actor, singer, puppeteer, writer, but the conscientiousness with which they care for their audience and fellow performers/crew members is exemplary.