Ford's Focus: Quincy Armorer

Just Hitting His Stride

It begins with a conversation in a kitchen...

by Barbara Ford

Like many parents, Quincy Armorer’s hoped their sons would become successful lawyers, doctors and businessmen and Armorer gave it an honest shot. Though he was excited by the text and language acting in MacDonald Cartier High School Shakespeare productions on the South Shore, he made good use of his high school math and science scores to register in Health Sciences at CEGEP, with the intention of eventually becoming a doctor. After a year, “I just knew it wasn’t me.” So as not to lose the time he had already invested and the credits he’d accumulated, he pragmatically switched to commerce, which allowed him to take a few minor courses in arts and still finish in the usual two years.   

The Upstage Interview

This Old House, This New Face

Upstage Contributor Gaspare Borsellino spoke with Quincy Armorer about his recent appointment as Artistic Director of Black Theatre Workshop. Below is an abridged version edited by Estelle Rosen CharPo Editor-in-chief.