Description

Online play reading presented in 2020.21 as part of YPT’s Early Stages program.

“What an AMAZING performance!
Many of my students gave the performance a 10 OUT OF 10.”
– Tonya, Teacher, St. Anne Catholic Academy

“It was a VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, and I really appreciate it!”
– Bianca, Teacher, Valley Park Middle School

“WONDERFUL production. We do appreciate the opportunity to participate.
KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK, as always!”
– Beth, Teacher, LC4 Virtual School

About Sweeter:
Twenty years after the Civil War, a talking mango tree begins to grow on a plot of land tended by a former slave and his young daughter. As a brutal winter threatens the future of the farm, will love or greed prevail?

Alicia Richardson

Alicia is an African-American actor, writer and vocal coach. She is an alumnus of York University’s MFA Acting & Diploma of Voice Teaching Program. Now a Permanent Resident of Canada, Alicia calls Toronto her new home. As a writer, she has drafted three plays: Articulation (Obsidian Theatre’s Playwrights Unit); Sweeter (Cahoots Theatre’s HOT HOUSE Creation Unit); and Solve for X (as Playwright-in-Residence of The Driftwood Theatre Group). Recent acting credits: Private Eyes (Global); Ready or Not (Fox Searchlight); American Woman (CBC Films/ Telefilm Canada); and Judas Noir (Obsidian Theatre / BDB Productions). IMDb.me/AliciaRichardson