Methodology – Theatre Practice-as-Research
Critical Scholarly Investigations with the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble:
Audience Reception Theory and Audience Engagement – How to decode stereotypes and iterative representations in gendered and racialized vocabularies – Qualitative Data
Social Justice – Interest in representations of race, gender, sexuality, sexual violence, and how these issues affect women of color, multiple oppression, and in creating liberation on stage
Cultural Activism – Curating (Pan)Black theatre – Pan-African and African Diasporic works reflecting theatres from the continent of Africa and the African Diaspora.
Theatre Pedagogy - Developing theatre pedagogy for deeper reflective character analyses and embodiment
Community – Developing leadership training and role-playing for women-of-color from the community and providing access to theatre, digital media and interaction with STEAM in theatre arts and technology.
Exposé – Unearthing human experience, suffering and resolve, and exploring how theatre and performance reflect, empower, and heal communities
Images – How do images – embodied, moving, and still - impact various performers and audiences?
Current Practice as Research Projects – Leading to theatre productions and/or publications.
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Black Feminist (Re)Memorials – The restaging of the past as present moments/happenings
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New Black Plays Series
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Women’s Digital Mask Project
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Radical Inclusion II - Installation