Radio Aluna Teatro

Meet Toronto-based theatre artist and writer, Yolanda Bonnell Yolanda is a Queer, 2 Spirit, Ojibwe/South Asian performer, playwright and poet from Fort William First Nation in Thunder Bay, ON. Yolanda has performed at Stratford, the National Arts Centre, and theaters across the country. Her solo show bug premiered at the Luminato Festival in 2018 and has toured across the country, and she’s currently developing White Girls in Moccasins, in residency at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. We talked about what it’s like to create during these pandemic times, Yolanda’s relationship to decolonizing theatre, and her upcoming projects.  This week’s Meriendas de Pandemia or Pandemic Snacks are two Mexican delights: pastel de tres leches for Monica and tepache for Camila! Try them yourselves if you’re feeling adventurous.  Show notes: Yolanda participated in the 2019 Gros Morne Playwright’s Residency  Cole Alvis, part of the manidoons collective and director of bug, a play that Yolanda wrote which ran at Theatre Passe Mura