CREW MEMBERS

DIRECTORS

Ogakason Rasheed Oshoke

Joseph Ali Dameh

STAGE MANAGER

Abodunrin Oyindamola Margaret

Israel Sunday

MAKEUP/COSTUME

1. Kehinde Agbale

2. Peter Ukor

3. Adiat Halimah Temitope

4. Afolabi Aminat

5. Deborah Kushia

6. Precious Orji

7. Gabriella Ochanya
8. Ashafa Esther

PROPERTY MANAGERS

1. Nneka Obi

2. Yahanat Haruna

3. Anthonia Moses

4. Sururah Ellams

5. Amametu Mohammed

SET DESIGNERS

1. Desmond Atsehe Ngutor

2. Peter Friday Akpan

CHOREOGRAPHERS

1. Beatrice Adoga

2. Stephanie Zugwai Chindo

3. Elizabeth Desmond
4. Peace Paul Elisha

6. Suzan Adegbesan

7. Fauziyat Yusuf

FINANCE MANAGERS

1. Sidi Balaraba Mohammed

2. Harriet Chinenye

LIGHT MANAGERS

1. Fauziyat Yusuf

2. Ritjimwah Tongakah Ayuba

3. Peter Friday

4. Ayomide Deborah Adegboye

5. Ishola Akeem Ibrahim

6. Kabor Afolabi

SOUND MEN/ DRUMMERS

1. Israel Sunday

2. Raymond Moyinoluwa Oyelade

3. Sunday Bello

4. Akanbi Ayobami John

5. Isiah Praise

MUSIC

1. Blessing Amos

2. Chijioke Ekwueme

3. Peter Friday Akpan

4. Blessing Amos

5. Gift Zanchi

6. Peter Ukor

7. Adedayo Deborah Jesugbemi

8. Abodunrin Oyindamola Margaret

CAST
1. Daisy - Gift Zanchi & Stephanie Zugwai Chindo

2. Ruth- Ruth Noah Ameichi & Maryam Maji

3. Yemoja - Fauziyat Yusuf & Yahanat Haruna

4. Okei - Chijioke Ekwueme & Peter Ukor

5. Sherifat - Adiat Halimah Temitope & Sururah Arabhorghi Ellams

6. Adaku - Janet Emmanuel & Deborah Kushai Mathias

7. Tolue - Fatima Mamuda Suleiman & Anthonia Moses Sewuese

8. Ajaka - Ritjimwah Tongakah Ayuba & Sidi Balaraba Mohammed

9. Koko - Akanbi Ayobami John & Famous Odu Benlad

10. Ajie - Paul Ali Puru

11. Her Excellency - Harriet Chinenye

12. Hausa Man - Seriki Isyaka Abdullahi

13. Okpanachi - Isiah Praise Okpanachi

14. Her Excellency's Bodyguard - Adamu Kenchi

15. Bouncers - Azinta Daniel

16. EFCC - Raymond Moyinoluwa Oyelade

Precious Orji
 Brendan Ushie Afen

Promise Okah Ashiheam

16. Women - Beatrice Adoga

Amametu Mohammed

Deborah Olamide Thompson

Kehinde Sarah Agbale

Precious Ezinne Orji

Aminat Abiodun Afolabi

Ayomide Adegboye Deborah

Suzan Adegbesan Adeola

Abodunrin Oyindamola Margaret

Blessing Amos

Raymond Moyinoluwa Oyelade

Sunday Bello

Ashafa Musa Esther

Blessing Obayemi

Nneka Obi
 Gabriella Ogwuche Ochanya

Peace Paul Elisha

Elizabeth Desmond

17. Men - Seid Aliyu Onoruoiza

Promise Okah Ashiheam

Bem Terhemba Geofrey

Felix Samuel Ojomene-Enyo

Peter Friday Akpan

Gabriel Joseph Ochekwu

Precious Uchechukwu Anyamele

Famous Odu Benlad

Muhammad Abdulrazak

Tess Osonye Onwueme's Tell It To Women

INTRODUCTION
Tell it to Women tells the story of Yemoja, Ruth, Daisy and ths women of Idu. Daisy and Ruth,

modern women who tries to take advantage of the rural women in a quest to satisfy their

selfish desires.

THE PLAYWRIGHT

Tess Osonye Onwueme is a Nigerian female playwright. She is a political dramatist who rose to

prominence writing plays with themes of social justice, culture, and the environment. Through

her plays, she is able to use the theatre as a medium to showcase historically silenced views

such as African women, and shedding more light on African life.

Synopsis of the play

The play recounts the story of Yemoja, a semi-literate Idu woman and her journey to find a “a

better life." At the core of the play is the Better Life for Rural Women , a programme funded by

the government and spearheaded by Daisy and Ruth. They perpetuate their selfish desires

undee the guise of leading the women and liberating them from the impression of man. This

brings conflict in the village particularly between men and women including her husband and

father.

SETTING The production of Tell it to Women is set in post colonial Nigeria. It is set in Idu, a

cosmopolitan town and the city

GENRE

The production of Tess Onwueme is a satire.

CONFLICT

The major conflict is that of man against the society. Daisy and Ruth's beliefs and attitudes

contradict those of the traditional community.

DIRECTORIAL INTERPRETATION

The message of the play is to speak to happenings in the contemporary Nigerian theory. With

the discourse on feminist and queer theory being on the rise, the production aims to bring

these issues to the forefront and to concientize the audience.

DIRECTORIAL APPROACH

Transformation Directorial approach.

DIRECTORIAL STYLE

Brecht's Epic Theatre and Abdulrasheed Adeoye's Neo-Alienation. We applied certain elements

from both theories to stage oyr performance. These elements include:

Aesthetic of Theme Song and Systematic Dramatic Dramatization: The first song, “Intentional

Women” speaks specifically to the theme of the play which is to allow women take back their

sense of power and pride in womanhood. The players (actors) also fraternizsd with the

audience during the performance.

Photoramic/Caption Aesthetic: This played out in the use of cardboards to communicate with

the audience.
Brecht's Epic Theatre aims to bring about political and social change. By distancing itself from

its audience, epic theatre hopes to communicate meaning to the audience while awakening

them to their social reality.

Metatheatre: Thiis is one of the techniques of Brecht's Epic Theatre. At a point in the play, the

narrator decasted some actors and recasted new actors.

CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISATION

Yemoja - A semi-literate woman from Idu. The representative of the Idu women

Adaku - Narrator, the eldest member of the Umuada.

Daisy - A Western-educated woman, wife of Okei and mother-of-two.

Ruth: A feminist scholar, closely attached to Daisy.

Okei: Danish husbay, secretary to the government and a father of two children.

Koko: Semi-literate rural man, Yemoja's husband.

Ajie: Yemoja's father-in-law.

Sherifat - Daisy's mother-in-law and Okei's husband.

Ajaka: amA rural woman, Yemoja's Mother-in-law.

Tolue: Yemoja's mother.

Bose: Daisy and Okei's fourteen years old daughter.

Okeke: Yemoja's father.

Her Excellency: Wife of the President, special guest at the Better Life programme.

MUSIC/SONGS

The sounds used in the production of Tess Onwueme's Tell it to Women is a combination of of

multimedia and songs from the orchestra.

Song 1- Intentional Women

Song 2 - Burna Boy's Common Person

Song 3. Deception Everywhere

Song 4 - Ene me

Song 5 - Iyemoja

Song 6. - Kaabo oh, Kaabo

Song 7 - Better Life for Rural Women