Wednesday, September 20, 2017

On Performance and Black Theatre: An Interview with Playwright Nina Angela Mercer, a repost of JT Roane's interview in PERSPECTIVES, published by AAIHS

Talking to my brother, scholar J.T. Roane, is always rich with gems, especially over fries at my favorite diner in the Bronx. Check it out.

http://www.aaihs.org/on-performance-and-black-theatre-an-interview-with-playwright-nina-angela-mercer/

Taking the Road with Ebony Noelle Golden's 125th and Freedom - A Recap and Call to Join the Tribe

Check out my experience witnessing, walking, and strategizing with the 125th and Freedom Tribe at the link ...

https://medium.com/@ninaangelamercer/taking-the-road-with-ebony-noelle-goldens-125th-and-freedom-ef4da537f3d2


That Artist, Scholar, Witness Life ... Recent Publications with Links!

Check out a few of my most recent on-line publications. There's variety here - my own chorepoem, a scholarly essay in a peer review journal, and a recap of a dope street performance that's happening one more time in Harlem at the end of this week.

http://www.wocninc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/VOICESCall.jpg
*My choreopoem ITAGUA MEJI: A Road and A Prayer is published in this issue of Voices online magazine, #SayHerName Edition.

http://continuumjournal.org/index.php/108-volumes/issues/vol-4-no-1/4-1-articles/156-performance-as-participatory-policy-making-taja-lindley-s-trinity-black-life-as-burlesque
*My essay Taja Lindley's TRINITY, Black Life as Burlesque is published in the current issue of Continuum: The Journal of African Diaspora Drama, Theatre and Performance

https://medium.com/@ninaangelamercer/taking-the-road-with-ebony-noelle-goldens-125th-and-freedom-ef4da537f3d2
*My recap of what it was like to witness Ebony Noelle Golden's 125th and Freedom in Harlem.

Back to the grind, y'all. One love. You can also find excerpts of my play GYPSY & THE BULLY DOOR in back issues of Black Renaissance Noire and The Killens Review of Arts and Letters. More print and on-line goodies coming soon!