Thanks to the extraordinary achievements of the pioneers of Black theatre production in Canada: the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW), Black theatre was allowed to “flourish across Canada, providing dynamic venues for the work of Black playwrights, directors and actors” (Lewis). 

Black Theatre Canada (BTC) was founded in 1973 by Trinidadian-Canadian actress, producer and educator Vera Cudjoe. Cudjoe’s aim as a female pioneer in Black Theatre in Toronto was to not only share the culture of Black people with the larger community but also with the mission to develop a collection of new works rooted in the cultural, social and political experience of the Canadian and international Black diaspora. In order to achieve this goal BTC took Black productions to schools and even ran workshops in order to educate the communities of Toronto (Lewis). 

To put this historical context into perspective, Seremba published Come Good Rain in 1993. Therefore, Seremba is entering the African-Canadian world of theatre approximately twenty years after such theatre was introduced. Even though Black theatre is already established in Canada, it takes up an incredibly small portion of the national arts scene, even today.