Posted: Feb 16, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 16 Obsidian Theatre's artistic director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu recently launched her first project with the company, 21 Black Futures.(Craig Chivers/CBC) Playwright and artist Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu was hired as artistic director of Toronto's Obsidian Theatre Company in January 2020 with a full season of shows scheduled. But by the time she took over in July, COVID-19 restrictions had cancelled or postponed them all. Tindyebwa Otu said she was left not only staring at a blank calendar, but also at daily news stories about protests against police brutality and a widespread reckoning with racism perpetrated against Black people.