The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble

Theatre Practice-as-Research

Artistic Director: D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson

"I am so glad to see the fine work you are doing on behalf of our students and the university.

Your artistry and activism are appreciated, especially now. Great show!

Proud to call you colleague!" -- Daniel Nadon, Professor of Theatre, School of Theatre and Dance,

Kent State University, Kent, Ohio - Venus Production, March 2017

The [Pan-African Theatre Ensemble] always puts on distinctive productions, and The Purple Flower is no exception. This play should be seen for its unique and nuanced writing, themes and elements of production. Ashlynn Thompson, The Burr, March 2018

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Projection Designs for Digital Masks to Africa - Cheikh Anta Diop: Poem for the Living

Based on Mwatabu Okantah's epic poem - Cheikh Anta Diop: Poem for the Living

Devised/Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson

Projection Designs by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson

Photos by Mark Horning

First performed - March 7, 2019 at Kent State University

To be performed at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland on Aug. 3, 5, 6, 7, 2019

Program for Digial masks to Africa.pdf

ISee pdf of theatre program here:

Opening - Digital Masks to Africa, 2019

Cast members: Yayra Tamakloe and Huda Alhamed

Cast member: Yayra Tamakloe

Projection over cast member: Huda Alhamed

Cast member: Madison Ledyard-King

Cast members: Huda Alhamed & Mike Esekwen

Cast members: Dr. Deana Thomas, Madison Ledyard-King & Yayra Tamakloe

Cast member: Madison Ledyard King

Cast member: Madison Ledyard-King

Cast members: Mike Esekwen & Dr. Deana Thomas

Cast member: Sri Varshani Raghujie

Cast members: Yayra Tamakloe, Huda Alhamed, Mike Esekwen, Madison Ledyard-King, and Dr. Deana Thomas

Cast members: Yayra Tamakloe, Huda Alhamed, Mike Esekwen, Madison Ledyard-King, and Dr. Deana Thomas

Cast members: Huda Alhamed

Cast, Crew, Poet