Vierge” by Rachel Mutombo and “Love You Wrong Time” by Maddie Bautista and Deanna H. Choi — both playing this month in Toronto — explore and challenge young women’s experiences of sexuality and sexualization.
In the basement of a Pentecostal Congolese Church, four teenage girls meet for Bible study, but the conversation soon turns to topics including the sexy pastor, drinking alcohol and whether the Bible is in fact boring.
“I have several older brothers and our family is Christian … the conversations my parents were having with me and my brothers were different,” she said. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘OK, well, if the girls are all supposed to stay virgins … who are the guys doing it with?’” “It completely changed my perspective about how African stories could be told onstage and what audiences would be interested in,” said Mutombo of that Jocelyn Bioh play. “It talked about dark subject matter but with a lot of levity and joy.”
“We have fun with it, we poke fun at it, and it’s in that humour that we discover more truths about ourselves and our relationships, and what is actually authentic about our desires versus what's imposed on us,” said Choi.
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