Press Reviews of Stay Black & Die

“Stay Black & Die Is Poignant & Provocative! Brilliantly Drawn Characters! A Must See!”
-Winnipeg Sun

“…a great piece of writing –funny, moving, unsettling, and beautiful.. It’s brilliant!”
-Anne Fleming, The Georgia Straight

“Those who could still stand at the end of this play, did so to give Sumter-Freitag a loud Ovation!”
-Doug Nairne, Winnipeg Free Press

“Stay Black & Die gives voice to Silent Lives. Addena Sumter-Freitag exposes the pain of racism in a powerfully personal way”
-Terry McCluskey, Up Here Magazine

“This play shows the strength that come through adversity and the beauty of the human spirit.”
-Nick Carroll, The Messenger, Adelaide, Australia

“Much of the play is hilarious and sometimes even “show-stopping”- other segments are so painful and riveting you forget you are witnessing a performance worthy of thunderous applause-but when the scene fades to black, you can only sit there stunned.”
-Michelle-Lee Williams, Afro News

“…Stay Black and Die won for Best Production at the Montreal Fringe Festival which provided for a remount at The Centaur Theatre. The play packed the house and left audience members fainting in the aisles with a gruelling abortion scene.”
-Tedd Church, Montreal Gazette

“A Northern Star shining in the East”
-Pat Donnelly, Montreal Gazette