Tawiah Ben M'Carthy is a Ghanaian-born Canadian actor and playwright.[1] He is best known for his 2012 play Obaaberima, a one-man play about growing up gay in Ghana.[1]
Born in Accra, Ghana, M'Carthy moved to Canada at the age of 14, living first in Merritt, British Columbia and later in Scarborough, Ontario.[1] He studied theatre at York University,[1] writing his first play The Kente Cloth and staging it at Toronto's SummerWorks festival during this time.[1]Obaaberima had its roots in a poem that he submitted to the Young Creators Unit at Buddies in Bad Times theatre.[1] The play premiered at Buddies in September 2012, under the direction of Evalyn Parry.[2]
In 2016, he was cocreator with Thomas Antony Olajide and Stephen Jackman-Torkoff of Black Boys, a theatrical show about Black Canadian LGBTQ identities which premiered at Buddies in Bad Times[6] before undertaking a national tour.[7] Olajide, M'carthy and Jackman-Torkoff were collectively nominated for Outstanding Ensemble Performance at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 2017.[8]
In 2018, he performed a revival of Obaaberima at Buddies in Bad Times.[9]
tawiah, carthy, tawiah, carthy, ghanaian, born, canadian, actor, playwright, best, known, 2012, play, obaaberima, play, about, growing, ghana, tawiah, carthybornaccra, ghanaoccupationtheatre, artist, actor, playwright, director, creatornationalityghanaian, can. Tawiah Ben M Carthy is a Ghanaian born Canadian actor and playwright 1 He is best known for his 2012 play Obaaberima a one man play about growing up gay in Ghana 1 Tawiah M CarthyBornAccra GhanaOccupationtheatre artist actor playwright director creatorNationalityGhanaian CanadianPeriod2008 presentNotable worksObaaberimaBiography editBorn in Accra Ghana M Carthy moved to Canada at the age of 14 living first in Merritt British Columbia and later in Scarborough Ontario 1 He studied theatre at York University 1 writing his first play The Kente Cloth and staging it at Toronto s SummerWorks festival during this time 1 Obaaberima had its roots in a poem that he submitted to the Young Creators Unit at Buddies in Bad Times theatre 1 The play premiered at Buddies in September 2012 under the direction of Evalyn Parry 2 He garnered two Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for Obaaberima in 2013 for both Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role Play amid five other nominations for the play 3 The show won three other Dora Awards including Outstanding Production of a Play 4 In 2014 his plays Blue Bird cowritten with Brad Cook and Black Boys with Saga Collectif premiered as workshop productions 5 He has also acted in other plays including productions of Mart Crowley s The Boys in the Band Kwame Stephens Man 2 Man Lanford Wilson s Balm in Gilead D D Kugler and William Shakespeare s Love s Labour s Lost A Midsummer Night s Dream and Macbeth and in Maxime Desmons short film Au plus proche He was part of the 2014 2015 English Theatre Ensemble at the National Arts Centre 5 and has also worked with Toronto s Tarragon Theatre and Obsidian Theatre companies 5 In 2016 he was cocreator with Thomas Antony Olajide and Stephen Jackman Torkoff of Black Boys a theatrical show about Black Canadian LGBTQ identities which premiered at Buddies in Bad Times 6 before undertaking a national tour 7 Olajide M carthy and Jackman Torkoff were collectively nominated for Outstanding Ensemble Performance at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 2017 8 In 2018 he performed a revival of Obaaberima at Buddies in Bad Times 9 In June 2020 M carthy performed an excerpt from Obaaberima as part of the Buddies in Bad Times Queer Pride Inside special for CBC Gem 10 In 2021 he performed on FreeUp The Emancipation Day Special 11 References edit a b c d e f Telling stories Xtra September 5 2012 Interview Tawiah M carthy NOW September 20 2012 Buddies in Bad Times leads troupes vying for Toronto theatre awards CBC News June 3 2013 A Cinderella story at theatre s 2013 Dora Awards The Globe and Mail June 25 2013 a b c Tawiah M Carthy National Arts Centre J Kelly Nestruck Black Boys is a timely mix of monologues sketches and dance that resists cohesion The Globe and Mail December 6 2016 Michelle Jarvie Black Boys defies queer black stereotype in unconventional theatre at High Performance Rodeo Calgary Herald January 22 2018 Nomination Announcements 38th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards Intermission May 30 2017 Karen Fricker Coming of age tale hits full stride Toronto Star December 1 2018 Peter Knegt This Pride come inside for a digital queer cabaret unlike anything else CBC Arts June 22 2020 FreeUp This Sunday join artists across Canada to celebrate Emancipation Day 2021 CBC Arts July 27 2021 External links editTawiah M carthy at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tawiah M 27carthy amp oldid 1204505821, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
