How To Catch Creation

A feel-good story for dreamers about second chances, finding purpose, and the legacies we leave behind.

Four artists and intellectuals wrestle with creativity, legacy, and the complexities of love and family. Griffin, out of prison just over a year, is contemplating raising a child. Tami, director of a conservatory painting program, hasn’t painted since her last relationship ended. Riley has a thriving tech career but hasn’t made a fresh beat in who knows how long. Stokes, rejected from 13 art schools, decides he’s actually a novelist. These four lives intertwine in the most unexpected ways, when they uncover the work of a Black queer feminist writer from the 1960s.

Bold and imaginative, Christina Anderson’s latest work explores the power of artistic expression and the lasting impact of those who dare to create.

“I feel Black women, specifically, have a history of being erased in terms of their literary contributions...so I think the most important part is to keep these women’s voices alive and active and circulating" 
—Christina Anderson on why she wrote How to Catch Creation

CAST

Amanda Cordner as TAMI

Shakura Dickson as NATALIE

Daren A. Herbert as GRIFFIN

Germaine Konji as RILEY

Danté Prince as STOKES

Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah as G.K. MARCHE

CREATIVE TEAM

Playwright: Christina Anderson

Director: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu

Set Design: Teresa Przybylski

Costume Design: Ming Wong

Lighting Design: Andre du Toit

Sound Design: Heidi Chan

Intimacy Director: Lisa Karen Cox

Movement Director: Esie Mensah

Stage Manager: Laura Baxter

Assistant Stage Manager: Frank/ie

APPRENTICES

through Obsidian Theatre Company's 2026 Young, Gifted & Black program

Direction Apprentice: Abigail Whitney

Set Design Apprentice: Ghislan Sutherland-Timm

Costume Design Apprentice: Nála Simone Lendor

Sound Designer Apprentice: Stephon Smith

Photos by Dahlia Katz