WORK IN PROGRESS

Raf would like to thank Directors Tawiah M’Carthy and Indrit Kasapi, Producers Claren Grosz (Pencil Kit Productions) and Cole Alvis (lemonTree creations), Dramaturge Marjorie Chan, and BIPOC TV & Film Mentor Duana Taha for their contributions to previous iterations of The Effeminates.

Raf would also like to acknowledge the generous financial support of Cahoots Theatre, lemonTree creations, Theatre Passe Muraille, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Community One Foundation.

COMPLETED WORK

“…a queer horror-comedy that offers plenty of flash and sizzle in its erotic, technical, and stylistic flourishes.” - Istvan Dugalin

“Stylistically and thematically ambitious, WHITE MUSCLE DADDY is always visually inventive.” - Drew Rowsome

SOLD-OUT WORLD PREMIERE RUN FROM MARCH 21-31, 2024

A Pencil Kit Productions and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Production, with support from Charles Street Video and Grande Camera.

Semi-finalist, 2022 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference.

Directed by Tricia Hagoriles and Raf Antonio

Starring: Frankie Bayley, Chel Carmichael, Jaime Lujan, Ray Jacildo, and Shaquille Pottinger

Producer Claren Grosz Associate Producer Raf Antonio Director of Photography Khanh Tudo Technical Director for Camera Hayden Salter Lead Projection Designer Nicole Eun-Ju Bell Projection Assistant/Editor Connie Oreamuno Lighting Designer Alia Stephen Composer/Sound Designer Stella Conway Set Designer/Head of Set Echo Zhou Associate Set Designer Sabrina Mei Ling Pye Costume Designer/Head of Wardrobe Cat Calica Intimacy Director Burcu Emec Fight Director Louisa Zhu Dramaturge Keshia Palm Stage Manager Taylor Zalik-Young Assistant Stage Manager Patrick Lynn Camera Operators Khanh Tudo and Katerina Zoumboulakis Production Manager Rebecca Vandevelde Technical Director Conrad McLaren Makeup Artist Luna DuBois Sound Editor Scott Hitchon Sound Recordist Matt Becket First Assistant Camera Carine Zahner Head Technician Kit Norman Video Operators El Patey, Van Ward, Amber Pattison Scenic Paint Matty Armour Screens Lisa Lahue Cast Understudy Yousuf Liepert Understudy for Camera Kiana Tagabing and Carine Zahner Production Photographer Jeremy Mimnagh

Raf would like to acknowledge the generous support of Canadian Stage through their Microgrants program, as well as the Ontario Arts Council through their Theatre Recommenders Grant program, recommended by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Why Not Theatre, and Factory Theatre, and the Toronto Arts Council through their grants to individual playwrights.

WHITE MUSCLE DADDY was previously workshopped in August 2021 at Buddies in Bad Times with the following team:

Director, Jay Northcott; Producer, Claren Grosz; Dramaturge, Keshia Palm; Projection Artist, Roxanne Luchak; Stage Manager, Taylor Young; Performers, Chel Carmichael and Brandon Pereira; Assistant Director, Rohan Dhupar; Assistant Projection, Lu Linares

“NNNN - Artfully depicts the tension, anguish, and excitement that comes with who and how to love.” Jordan Bimm, Now Magazine

2017 World Premiere presented by lemonTree creations.

Nominated for 12 Broadway World - Toronto Awards, including ‘Best New Play’.

Featured in DaPoPo Theatre’s Live-In Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Directed by Indrit Kasapi

Starring: Augusto Bitter, Allister MacDonald, Chy Ryan Spain

Producer Cole Alvis Dramaturge Marjorie Chan Set, Costume, Lighting Design Joe Pagnan Sound Design Deanna Choi Composer Dustin Peters Stage Manager Guiseppe Condello Production Manager Deb Lim Performance Coach Salvatore Antonio Production Photographer Dahlia Katz

Originally developed through Cahoots Theatre’s Hot House Creators Unit. Raf would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council through their grants to individual playwrights.

Winner of the 2015 Playwrights Guild of Canada RBC Emerging Playwright Award.

Featured in The Frank Theatre’s Clean Sheets National Reading Series.

2nd Place Uprising National Playwriting Competition.

Honourable Mention, Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition.

Directed by Sam Graham

Starring: Jaime Hernandez-Lujan, Jamie Johnson, Rafael Antonio Renderos

Stage Manager Katherine Bignell Producer Rafael Antonio Renderos Publicity Mentor Daniela Syrovy, Clutch PR

Production made possible thanks to the Toronto Fringe Festival’s Culturally Diverse Artists Project (CDAP).

Raf would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council through their Theatre Recommenders Grant Program, recommended by Cahoots Theatre Projects and Alameda Theatre Company.