IN THE SCRIPT OF HISTORY, WHO GETS A SPEAKING ROLE?

In Kenya in 1952, Mercy, a restaurant proprietor, is hired to cater the impending visit of Princess Elizabeth, soon to be Queen. In 2015, another story unfolds in London, England, where a young Kenyan-born Canadian, Tia, is working as an intern on a TV drama series about the British royal family – while also pursuing a writing project of her own. These parallel narratives seem only coincidentally connected – until a surprising twist reveals a deeper relationship between the two. Audiences are certain to enjoy this ingenious contemporary drama that keeps us guessing as it explores issues of colonialism, nationalism and the question of who gets to have a voice.

By Marcia Johnson
Directed by Kimberley Rampersad
Set Designer - Tamara Marie Kucheran
Costume Designer - A.W. Nadine Grant
Lighting Designer - Michel Charbonneau
Composer - Debashis Sinha
Sound Designer - John Gzowski
Dramaturge - Mũkonzi Mũsyoki
Gīkūyū Language Consultant and Dialect Coach - Francis Wambugu
Intimacy Director - Anita Nittoly

Sean Arbuckle as Talbot, an envoy to Princess Elizabeth (1952); Maurice, an English writer (2015); Man, a character from a romantic comedy (2015)
Arlene Duncan as Mercy, runs a restaurant in Nyeri, Kenya (1952); Patricia, a casting director in London, UK (2015)
Cameron Grant as Montague, a driver and assistant to Talbot (1952); Steven, an English actor (2015)
Virgilia Griffith as Faith, Mercy’s daughter (1952); Tia, a Canadian film student in London, UK (2015)
Sara Topham as HRH Princess Elizabeth (1952); Robin, a production manager in London, UK (2015); Ashley, an actor (2015); Woman, a character in a romantic comedy (2015)
Roy Lewis as Radio Announcer

Assistant Set Designer - Joshua Quinlan
Assistant Set Designer - Sim Suzer
Assistant Costume Designer - Joyce Padua
Assistant Lighting Designer - Imogen Wilson
Stage Manager - Brian Scott
Assistant Stage Manager - Corinne Richards
Apprentice Stage Manager - Farnoosh Talebpour
Production Assistant - Rebecca Beith
Production Assistant - May Nemat Allah
Production Stage Manager - Meghan Callan
Production Stage Manager - Elizabeth McDermott
Technical Director - Greg Dougherty