Beyond The Canon: The Writers Room - In Conversation with Nambi E. Kelley

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Beyond The Canon: The Writers Room

Beyond The Canon

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Beyond The Canon is an organisation championing ground breaking; yet forgotten and hidden plays by culturally diverse writers. In this first season Beyond The Canon's founder & artistic director Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway and associate producer Sarudzayi Marufu will be celebrating Black, Asian, Latinx and Middle Eastern plays and playwrights. They'll also be giving away plays and anthologies donated by Methuen Drama, Oberon Books & Playwrights Canada Press. They will be joined by some incredible guests including award winning playwrights. Find out more at www.beyondthecanon.com

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Beyond The Canon: The Writers Room - In Conversation with Nambi E. Kelley

Beyond The Canon: The Writers Room

1 hour 21 minutes 17 seconds

4 years ago

Beyond The Canon: The Writers Room - In Conversation with Nambi E. Kelley

In this episode we have award-winning playwright and actress Nambi E. Kelley as our guest.

Nambi was chosen by literary legend Toni Morrison to adapt her novel Jazz for the stage (Baltimore Center Stage, Marin Theatre Company). Nambi also penned an adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son that has been seen at theatres across the country, most notably at The Duke on 42nd Street (Off-Broadway Premiere, The Acting Company), Yale Repertory Theatre, and the Court Theatre in Chicago (world premiere). Nambi has authored plays for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Lincoln Center (Director’s Fest), and internationally. She is a former playwright-in-residence at the National Black Theatre in New York, and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.

She recently served in residence at New Victory Theatre and as a Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow. Nambi has been recognized with several awards and nominations including the AUDELCO Award for “Best Production” for Native Son (Off-Broadway Premiere 2019), a Drama League nomination for “Best Revival” for the same production; the Prince Prize 2019; and a Dramatists Guild Foundation Writers Alliance Grant 2018-19. Her current commissions include a play based on the life of Stokely Carmichael (Prince Prize/Court Theatre) and one on African American icon Dr. Maya Angelou (North Carolina Black Repertory Theatre). Nambi is a season three staff writer on Showtime’s The Chi.