But First, let me breathe

Written by Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye

Directed by Stephanie Fung

Produced by Sara May Jarvie-Clark

CAST: Mercedes Isaza Clunie, Vica Pelivan Gauri Prasad & Paul Smith

A boarding house for international students, a final collaboration before university ends. Two broken hearts, one spleen cracked, and four people are responsible. Follow four first-generation immigrants as they collaborate on an ex-machina multidisciplinary showcase.

“But First, Let Me Breathe” is a dramedy, with poetry, about the untold, de-glamorized side of being in a melting pot. What happens when the intersections of race, culture, and language become too much? What happens when you are stuck for four years with the same people? Do we create our own individualism, or is it inherited by society's perspective? What happen if the We vs Them debate was given steroids? Ash, Bev, Cue, and Dee must create a show to make their communities proud, but betrayal, love, and ignorance keep getting in the way.