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SUMMARY:Artist Talk by Rhoma Spencer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a meet and greet with this year's Queer and Trans R
 esearch Lab (QTRL) Artist In-Residence and recent Dora award nominee Rhoma
  Spencer!\n\nFriday November 4\, 2022\n5:00-6:00 PM\n\nUniversity College\
 , Rm 261\n15 King's College Circle\n\nRhoma Spencer is a Trinidadian Canad
 ian queer actor\, director\, playwright\, comedian and docu-filmmaker. A g
 raduate of York University with an MFA in Directing\, she formed the Theat
 re Archipelago in 2005 and\, under her artistic direction\, the company pr
 oduced Mad Miss /Just Jazz in 2005\, Fallen Angel and The Devil Concubine 
 (2006)\, Twilight Café (2007)\, I Marcus Garvey (2009)\, and Obeah Opera 
 (2012). She is the recipient of a U.S. House of Congress Proclamation and 
 the Borough President of NYC Proclamation for her contribution to Caribbea
 n theatre. In 2017\, she founded the Canadian-Caribbean Arts Network. Most
  recently\, Spencer wrote and directed the highly successful Physical Thea
 tre Performance “Queerantine.” During the time of her residency\, Spen
 cer will write a musical based on the life of queer Caribbean icon and the
  “undisputed Calypso Queen of the world\,” Calypso Rose: McCarta Linda
  Monica Sandy-Lewis. Her residency will culminate in a staged reading of t
 he musical with a cast of Canadian actors and a guest actor from Trinidad 
 and Tobago to play the role of the young Calypso Rose.\n\nRegistration is 
 not required.\nThis event is open to the public. Please email qtrl.sds@uto
 ronto.ca with any accessibility concerns.\n\n-----\n\nThe University of To
 ronto does not currently mandate masks. "However\, the use of a medical ma
 sk in high-density indoor spaces when physical distancing is not possible 
 is strongly encouraged. The University is a mask-friendly environment\, an
 d we ask everyone to respect each other’s decisions\, comfort levels\, a
 nd health needs." You can find more information about UofT's COVID-19 Plan
 ning Updates here.
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