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A workshop with playwright and screenwriter, Darren Anthony, for his new play, A Black Panther in the Great White North. In partnership with Harbourfront Centre x Black Arts Project.
Based on true events, and just days before his tragic assassination in 1969, Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party is invited to speak at the University of Saskatchewan by a group of student activists. Determined to challenge the racial bias surrounding them, these students bring Hampton’s much-feared Black Panther philosophy to the heart of the Great White North.
Supported by Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Backs Arts, Canada Arts Council, Banff Playwrights Lab and Canadian Association of Black Insurance Professionals.
Participez à un atelier avec le dramaturge et scénariste Darren Anthony pour le développement de sa nouvelle pièce A Black Panther in the Great White North. En partenariat avec Harbourfront Centre x Black Arts Project.
Avec le soutien du Conseil des arts de Toronto, du Conseil des arts de l’Ontario, de Backs Arts, du Conseil des arts du Canada, du Banff Playwrights Lab et de l’Association canadienne des professionnels noirs de l’assurance.
About Darren (J.) Anthony
Darren (J.) Anthony is a Jamaican-Canadian playwright, screenwriter and producer based in Toronto, Canada. His breakthrough came with Secrets of a Black Boy, launched with a sold-out run at the Toronto Music Hall. After touring around the United States, its final run was presented on the main stage at Theatre Passe Muraille.
Darren won the 2019 Telefilm Canada New Voices Award, in partnership with the Toronto Screenwriting Conference, for his half-hour family sitcom, Dwayne Has Issues and was named one of Playback’s “10 to Watch.” Most recently, he served as a writer and Executive Story Editor on Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story, which premiered on Paramount+ in January 2026.
Darren’s current project, A Black Panther in the Great White North, is being developed as a play and limited series.
