mixed(er)
when a biracial woman struggling with her racial identity discovers a surprise birthday party featuring all of her White friends and her only Black friend, she fights to keep everyone in the boxes she spent a lifetime defining.
Live Performance
mixed(er) is a comedic coming-of-adulthood story about Sam, a biracial woman who returns to her parents’ home in Kitchener-Waterloo after completing her undergrad. What she thought was going to be a low-key homecoming quickly spirals into chaos when she learns they are throwing her a surprise birthday party, including her White friends and only Black friend. Family wounds surface, cultural tensions flare, and a jerk chicken casserole is the final straw of her fractured identity’s back.
Between bedroom fights, hair tangles, a secret unconscious boyfriend, and a Mennonite bakery heist, Sam confronts what it means to belong — to her Black Caribbean heritage, her White mother, her friends, her city, and herself.
“I loved it. I too am mixed race and even with the generational differences there was so much that was relatable” – audience member (2023)
CREATED BY SAM MERCURY & ALTEN WILMOT
PRODUCED BY UNWRAP THEATRE, SAM MERCURY
PRESENTED BY MT SPACE
Production Details
Date: October 1 – 3, 2026
Venue: Centre in the Square – Studio Theatre
(101 Queen St N, Kitchener)
Start Time: 7:30pm, 2:00pm
Ticket Price: Tickets are offered on a sliding scale.
Stay tuned for the announcement of cast and crew!
Acknowledgements:
Photos by Parker Ruby Photography.
mixed(er) will additionally be presented in partnership with local community organizations as part of our 2026 Neighbourhood Series.
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