The Ibeyi Trilogy features three biomyth plays by d’bi.young anitafrika.

androgyne—first performed at Buddies in Bad `Times Theatre as a part of the Rhubarb Festival and recently published by Playwrights Canada Press in Queer Anthology edited by Moynan King—tells the story of two friends from Jamaica who both move to Canada and find themselves renegotiating their friendship as a romance blossoms between them. Read Honor Ford Smith’s Performing Queer Marronage: The Work of d’bi.young anitafrika for a critical analysis of the play and d’bi.young anitafrika’s work.

once upon a black boy—first performed Crows Theatre—explores the coming-of-age of tsuki, a 13 year old black boy living in tkaronto with his mother t’cha, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. both tsuki and his mother navigate the complex landscapes of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, motherhood, black masculinity and death.

nanny: maroon warrior queen—first performed at Summerworks Theatre Festival—is about Jamaica’s national shero in old age contemplation.