Theater
Black lives, black words – black theater matters
Here’s a recap of today’s episode: In segment #1, I’ll answer last week’s query about Black Theater trivia and supply some historical context. So let me ask you this week’s query. In segment #2, I’ll present this week’s Black Thought. This week’s quote from Audre Lorde most closely fits the theme of the episode. Finally, in segment #3 now we have the interview.
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Today we’ll devote a lot of the program to an interview with founders Reginald Edmund and Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway. is an International is an art movement spanning all countries and continents where Black narratives are told by Black Artists – and under their full control – with a mission to empower all audiences. They occur to be partners in each life and theater, as Reggie and Sim are married.
Additionally, Reggie is Playwright-in-Residence at Tamasha Theater in London, England and Playwright-in-Residence at Chicago Dramatists Theatre, Artistic Associate at Pegasus Theater-Chicago, Artistic Patriot at Merrimack Repertory Theater, and a 10-11 Many Voice Fellow with the Playwrights Center. His play Southbridge was a runner-up within the Kennedy Center’s Lorraine Hansberry and Rosa Parks National Playwriting Awards and was most recently the winner of the Southern Playwrights Competition, the Black Theater Alliance Award for Best New Play, and the Edgerton Foundation’s New American Play Award. His nine-play series titled “The City of the Bayou Collection”, including , and , has been performed at esteemed theaters including Pegasus Theater-Chicago, Deluxe Theatre, Actors Theater of Charlotte, Bush Theater (UK), Boston Court @ Theatre, Landing Theatre, Playwrights’ Center and National Theater (UK). Reginald Edmund earned a BFA in Theater Performance from Texas Southern University and an MFA in Playwriting from Ohio University.
Simeilia is the founder and CEO (www.adofthefuture.com), and Founder/CEO of Beyond The Canon (www.beyondthecanon.com), former problem solver and head of the Black Play archive on the National Theatre, editor of the primary anthology of monologues for Black Plays inspired by Black British Plays. She has been included within the Top 100 Acts list for 3 years in a row, and last yr she was included in The Progress 1000: London’s Most Influential People 2018 – Performance: Theater.
Other publications that Simeilia has edited include The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actors: followed by a second anthology of monologues published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama: interim associate producer at Theater Royal Stratford East and former board member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and Company of the Theater Angels . She has also worked nationally and internationally as a theater director, producer, playwright, educator/guest lecturer, and audience development consultant. Simeilia is currently a member of the magazine’s editorial team (Routledge/UK).
NOTE: The interview audio is ideal for Reggie and Sim. But from ten feet away I sound like I’m talking through a can. Otherwise, it’s an ideal interview. Enjoy.
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Black theater matters is a bi-weekly podcast exploring the intersection of culture, politics and blackness. Black theater matters explores various plays, people and topics vital to Black Theatre, elements of production, and the unique dynamics of Black Theater. In other words, Black Theater matters.
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