An Extraordinary Weekend at LAND

I was absolutely bowled over by LAND at the Gordon Institute for the Performing and Creative Arts in Cape Town this weekend. Such an amazing assortment of artists and scholars, all doing such amazing work! I shared a bit about my research in East Africa, but the real highlight of the weekend was exploring the many amazing installations that GIPCA had set up all over the city.

To experience LAND vicariously, check out GIPCA's website. They were filming throughout, so hopefully there will be video soon.

Support Mad Noise

Mad Noise, a superb Bay Area band that counts several of my closest friends and collaborators among its members, has finished its first album. Help finance their West Coast tour by donating to their indiegogo campaign. Your ears will thank you.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mad-noise-debut-album-release-west-coast-tour

Old News: New York Magazine

Here's the New York Magazine piece about my novel Live To Tell Me So, then called The Window House . I was so young and forbidding-looking!

http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/2007/32395/ 

Old News: Kinjeketile Write-Up

A 2011 feature on my work with Tanzanian playwright Ebrahim Hussein in the run-up to my production of Kinjeketile  at Berkeley:

http://tdps.berkeley.edu/tdps-graduate-student-seeks-reclusive-playwright-finds-new-meaning-in-play-to-be-performed-in-october/

Contemporary Drama Working Group

I am one of the directors of the Berkeley-based Contemporary Drama Working Group and its New Play Reading Series, which is now entering its second season. Check out our website at: http://cdwg.wordpress.com. This year, the Series will feature some of the most exciting names in the American theatre, among them Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Julia Jarcho and Richard Montoya. If you're in the Bay Area, this is a must-see.