Trey Anthony

Trey Anthony (born 1974) is a Canadian comedian and playwright.

Born in London, England to Jamaican parents, Anthony arrived in Canada at a young age with her mother. She is a regular on the Canadian comedy circuit. She began doing stand-up comedy during African Nubian Comedy Nights at Yuk-Yuk's.[1] She has performed as well at The Second City, the Urban Womyn's Comedy Festival and Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.

She was also a writer and performer for Kenny Robinson's sketch comedy show After Hours with Kenny Robinson and a writer for The Chris Rock Show.[1]

Her first theatrical play, Da Kink in My Hair, debuted in 2001 at the Toronto Fringe Festival.[1] Anthony says that coming out as a lesbian to her family inspired her to write the play.[2] In 2005, it was adapted into a television movie by Vision TV, with a cast that included Anthony, Mimi Kuzyk and Sheryl Lee Ralph.[3] Da Kink in My Hair went on to a US premiere at the San Diego Repertory Theatre with a cast including D'bi Young, Amina Alfred, Abena Malika and Karen Robinson.[4]

A television series version of Da Kink in My Hair began airing in 2007 and Anthony was a cast member before the show was cancelled in 2009.[5]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 DeMara, Bruce (2007-12-04), "When doors closed, she hired herself", Toronto Star
  2. ↑ Swartz, Shauna (2007-03-28). "Trey Anthony Brings Black Women Onstage". After Ellen. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  3. ↑ Bailey, Pamella (Fall 2007), "'Da Kink takes on the small screen", Sway Magazine
  4. ↑ Hebert, James (2005-09-11), "She relied on 'trust and fate,' and a play was born", San Diego Union-Tribune
  5. ↑ Serafin (2007-10-11), "ON TV: 'Da Kink in My Hair", Xtra
  6. ↑ Kish, Cuauhtémoc (2005-09-15), ‘Da Kink in My Hair’ (925)
  7. ↑ Lostracco, Marc (2007-02-20), Local Play Wins Four NAACP Awards (925)
  8. ↑ James, Royson (2013-04-26), Harry Jerome Awards offer a gift to a whole community: James (925)
  9. ↑ Rau, Krishna (2009-02-18), Naming Canada's top black queer activists


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