The declared mandate of the company is a threefold mission: to produce plays, to develop playwrights and to train theatre professionals.
They produce plays from a world-wide canon focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on the works of highly acclaimed Black playwrights.
[4] In 2021, the theatre created the web series 21 Black Futures for CBC Gem.
[6][7] An integral part of the company is the Obsidian Playwrights Unit, a venue for exploration of ideas.
[12] In June, the playwrights are matched with three directors to work on staging the plays for a workshop production, culminating in a Performance showcase.