Wole Soyinka’s ‘The Swamp Dwellers’ directed by Awoye Timpo at Theatre for a New Audience

I’m the Sound Sound Designer for this show with Sound Design Associate, Chris Darbassie and Composition/Music Supervision by Chief Ayanda Clarke

Part of an incredible team of designers, actors and crew bringing this show to life, and would love for you all to come out and see it!

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TICKETS HERE: https://tfana.org/events/the-swamp-dwellers-2025-03-30-730-pm/seats

SHOWS: 7:30pm and Matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm as well

MARCH 30th-APRIL 20th, 2025

Previews start March 30th-April 9th, 2025

Opening Night April 10th, 2025 and show runs until April 20th, 2025

ABOUT THE SHOW:

The Swamp Dwellers, a rarely produced drama written in 1958 on the eve of Nigerian independence when Soyinka was age twenty-five, is in one act and runs approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Yoruba myth is integrated with the mid-20th century in a story about change that includes clashes between parents and children, women and men, tradition, and modernity, rural and city life, poverty and wealth, nature and survival, and subservience to religious authority and freedom.

By Wole Soyinka

Directed by Awoye Timpo

Scenic Designer: Jason Ardizzone-West
Costume Designer: Qween Jean
Lighting Designer: Seth Reiser
Sound Designer: Rena Anakwe
Music Supervisor & Composer: Chief Ayanda Clarke
Voice Director: Andrew Wade
Dialect Coach: Jane Fujita
Language Consultant: Doba Afolabi
Dramaturg: Arminda Thomas

Production Stage Manager: Charlie Lovejoy

View the performance calendar.

Africa Night: Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30pm
Talkback with Wole Soyinka after the performance, followed by a reception in the lobby.

Black Theatre Night: Friday, April 11 at 7:30pm