ACTOR | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
2016 | The Storefront Theatre - 955 Bloor st W - Toronto, CA
For five weeks, a core cast of eight performers, and six guest stars, performed six distinct hour-long plays — each by a different author — that tell The Numbers Game: a tale of gambling and race relations in post-Prohibition Harlem based on the true stories of the mob bosses Dutch Schultz and Queenie St. Clair.
"The Numbers Game gambles on a gangland war tale and wins big... Director Benjamin Blais moves the action along briskly, especially in the first episode...NNNN's"
WRITTEN BY
Claire Burns, Beau Andrew Dixon, Meghan Swaby, Bahia Watson, Emma Mackenzie-Hillier & James Schultz
CAST
| FEATURING |
Jamie Cavanagh, Karine Ricard, Brandon Coffee, Nagabo Nebea, Jeff Hanson, James McDougal, Celia Aloma, Ucal Shillingford
| GUEST STARRING|
Dwain Murphey, Beau Dixion, Hardee Lineham, Jeanie Calleja, Robin Cunningham, Matthew Gouvia
CREW
Stage management | Sean Millar
Scenic Design | Christine Urquhart
Lighting design | Melissa Joakim
Sound Design | Miquelon Rodriguez
Costume Design | Holly Lloyd
Fight choreography | Geoff Scovell
Assistant Director | Gabriel Hamilton
Producers | Ella Batten, Emma Mackenzie Hillier, James Shultz, Clare Burns
"With its cast of engaging characters, intriguing plot and nuanced conflict, it’s a great time that doesn’t demand much of your time. The Numbers Game is an engaging storytelling experiment, full of so much promise and possibility that I’m already looking forward to my next binge"