About the Play:

Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers is a full-length drama by Makambe K. Simamba. Based on the real-life murder of Trayvon Martin that launched the Black Lives Matter movement, Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers portrays both a rich human life and the violence that took it away. What emerges is a prayer for the bereaved and a proclamation that Black Lives Matter.

Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers is one-person play based on the killing of Trayvon Martin, whose Twitter nickname was Slimm. The play's central character is a 17-year-old Black youth in a hoodie named Slimm, who suddenly finds himself in the first moments of his afterlife. He calls out for God. God does not respond. What happens next is a sacred journey through the unknown. One performer plays Slimm and other characters including his parents, as Slimm grapples with story of how he lived and the violence that took him from his life, family, and community. Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers is a protest for all Black life beyond headlines and hashtags, a prayer for all families left behind, and a promise to the community that all Black lives matter.

Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers premiered in 2019 at Buddies in bad Times Theatre in Toronto and received the Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2019 for Outstanding New Play for Theatre for Young Audiences.

Cast: 1 performer (playing several roles)

What people say:

"Utterly gripping and rendered with great tenderness and bravery." — Mooney on Theatre

About the Playwright:

Makambe K. Simamba is a Dora Award-winning playwright and actor. She was born in Zambia and lived with her family in various places around the Caribbean before coming to Canada for theatre school. She graduated from the University of Lethbridge and now is based in Toronto; her family lives in Brampton.