Hello all,
 
Well it has been quite a packed four months that finally culminated with 
our International Playwrights Forum. It was a great time and truth be 
told I am looking forward to reading and seeing what new work was 
inspired by our visiting playwrights. Individually, Velina Hasu Houston, 
Migdalia Cruz and Kwame Kwei-Armah are amazing- having all of them 
together was like an artistic tidal wave. 

Philip Akin (center) with Visiting Playwrights: (left) Kwame Kwei-Arrmah and (right) Velina Hasu Houston
Thank you to them for being so generous with themselves and their art 
and thank you to all of you who attended. 
To find out more about the weekend please go to the Obsidian blog by 
clicking the following link:  http://obsidiantheatre.blogspot.com/
 

Participants Roxanne joseph and Marcia Johnson get down to work at an IPF workshop
 
Obsidian is proud to once again be part of the Ontario Arts Council 
Theatre Creator’s Reserve Program.In a nutshell this program 
provides playwrights with funding to create/research/develop their 
work with no strings attached. Obsidian’s deadline for application is 
December 15th so if you would like to apply please do so asap.
For more information please feel free to contact me via 
email: obsidiantheatre@bellnet.ca
 
While it may appear that we are going somewhat underground now 
that most of our producing has finished for this season I would 
contend that looks are very deceiving. The Mussorgsky Project will 
return in May and in the meantime our Playwrights Unit is in full 
swing.And yes there will be grant reports to write and budgets to create 
for next season but mostly we are working on “Where does Obsidian 
Go?” It isn’t very often that we get the time to consider and look at 
the entirety of what we do and plan for the future. So we will no doubt 
be sending you off a survey for your thoughts and input.
And finally, I would like to ask that if you have been a donor in the 
past or would like to become one now, please consider sending your 
donations in time for a 2008 charitable receipt.
You can donate either by sending a cheque to our office  or 
online via the Canada Helps website by clicking the following link.  









As always, your support is hugely appreciated.
 
So that’s it. Have a great rest of November as we gird up for the Holiday Season.
 
All the best
 
Philip