CANCELED: The Great Bakersfield Pie Mystery (The Joe Play)

Sawubona Creativity Project

Theater, Art for Young Audiences (Kids Fringe), Family

This show has been canceled.

Joe, a Pie Maker in the town of Bakersfield, NY is preparing for the town's most prestigious baking contest. Joe is a shoe in to win until someone sneaks into his bakery and sabotages all of his pies. Tag along with Joe and his best friends Lucy, Roxanne and Ronald as they embark on a journey through Bakersfield to try to uncover the culprit.

You never know who they will meet!

The Great Bakersfield Pie Mystery (formerly The Joe Play) is a new play devised by several students in the playwriting program at Sawubona Creativity Project. The students range in age from 5-9. Through pure imagination they devised a world with rich characters and a relatable storyline.

The Great Bakersfield Pie Mystery is a story full of intrigue, mystery and friendship. Tag along as these 4 friends try to figure out who would want to destroy Bakersfield most beloved baker.

Details

Run Time: 55 mins

Ticket Price: $5

Venue: Sawubona Creativity Project

Dates: September 7, 2024

September 7, 2024 1.00pm

1935 E. Passyunk Avenue

General Admission: $5

About the Artist

Latanya (Tanya) Morgan is a Philadelphia based actor, writer, director, trauma informed teaching artist, improv performer, acting and improv coach, applied improv corporate trainer and owner/operator of Sawubona Creativity Project: Theatre for Performance Art & Education.

Tanya has been acting on stage, in films and commercials for over 20 years. She spent time as a writer and performer on one of the most popular Philly sketch teams, The Rhubarbs. Tanya performs improv comedy monthly with indie improv teams: Daddy Issues, The NCrowd, NYTEShift, No Diggity and Not Yet Rated.

In March 2023, Tanya opened Sawubona Creativity Project, a community theatre space that offers FREE monthly improv jams, family friendly workshops, shows, and events; as well as classes in improv, acting, playwriting and storytelling for kids, teens and adults.

As a teaching artist Tanya uses her trauma informed care training, her background as a performer, and a mental health professional to incorporate social emotional learning skills and mindfulness practices into the creative arts courses and workshops she creates and facilitates. Tanya believes that theatre arts forges a pathway to mental well-being and advocacy.

Tanya has also facilitated applied improvisation courses, mindfulness workshops and team building programs for schools and organizations. Some of our past and current partners are: William Jeanes Memorial Library, Asian Arts Initiative, Abington Friends School, Lola Ivory Productions, The Lab Ambler, Yes And! Collaborative, Penn Live Arts, First Person Arts, U Arts, The Franklin Institute, Pan American Charter School, Bright Intervention, Delaware River Port Authority, Philly Dance Fitness. Tanya has also recently taught an improv workshop for teens at this years Happy Valley XL Improv Fest.

Tanya MorganProducer
Daniel SDirector
Maeve MDirector

Accessibility & Content Considerations

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This event is appropriate for all ages

Covid-19 Safety policy

This event does not require proof of vaccination to attend or masks to be worn