AFRICAN ARTISTS

Please join us and support these artists!

This month, eleven theatre artists from East Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda) will be at Dartmouth College and NYC for a three and a half week residency. On July 21 and 22, they will stage work-in-progress presentations at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center CUNY.

The aim of the program is to facilitate concrete and useful relationships that can be translated into practical opportunities to build further connections between the U.S. and East Africa.
Performances and discussions will take place over the two days with East African theatre artists: Robert Ajwang' (Tanzania); Deborah Asiimwe (Uganda); Hope Azeda (Rwanda); Mumbi Kaigwa (Kenya); Mrisho Mpoto (Tanzania); Charles Mulekwa (Uganda); Mgunga Mwa Mnyenyelwa (Tanzania); Eva David Nyambe (Tanzania); Okello Kelo Sam (Uganda); George Bwanika Seremba (Uganda) and Andrea Kalima Zawose (Tanzania).

Discussion with the artists will be joined by leading African and African-American theatre artists and scholars. Project Designers include; Laura Edmondson, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Charles Mulekwa, playwright, Uganda (Brown University); Roberta Levitow, Theatre Without Borders, Santa Monica, CA; and Liesl Tommy, Director, South Africa-NYC. Consortium partners include: Dartmouth College, Peter Hackett, Chair, Department of Drama;

651 ARTS, and Georgiana Pickett, Executive Director and Anna Glass, Managing Director.
3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Monday, July 21 & Tuesday July 22, 2008
Martin E. Segal Theatre. FREE!The Graduate School and University Center
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
The Graduate School and University Center
The City University of New York
365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016-4309
The City University of New York365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016-4309

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