Nicole Brooks
is a writer, composer, performer, and producer
Before becoming a playwright, Nicole Brooks devoted over 20 years producing innovative content that illuminate the peoples of the African Diaspora. Brooks established a reputable career with hundreds of hours of content in film & television as a producer, director, writer and story editor, having her work broadcasted on Canadian platforms such as CBC, OMNI, Bravo!Fact, VisionTV, and TVOne, and at festival screenings around the world. In 2012, Brooks added playwright to her list of talents.
Her debut theatrical work, Obeah Opera - which she wrote, composed and performed in - has been staged in various incarnations at festivals, workshop productions, and commissioned presentations in Toronto between 2009 and 2019. Supported by several municipal, provincial and federal arts grants, including the prestigious Canada 150 Grant and the National Creation Grant,
Obeah Opera has garnered multiple DORA nominations, including Outstanding New Musical/Opera, Outstanding Choreography, and Outstanding Feature Performance. Obeah Opera's most recent commissions include the Pan Am/Parapan Games in 2015 and the Luminato Festival in Toronto in 2019. Obeah Opera is an official Festival Selection of the 2020 NAMT Festival of New Musicals. Brooks is slated to make her opera directorial debut at Opera Columbus in 2021.
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