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iPhoto caption: For Colored Girls. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

The Play That Made Me Love the Theatre

I remembered each poem so intimately, so clearly, it was as if the play had etched itself into my heart and my brain ten years earlier; as if I had never put the script down since first touching it.

By Mumbi Tindyebwa / May 19, 2017

She Cries

There are hundreds of human reactions to being devastated, enraged, and overstimulated. I’d love to be surprised by one of them rather than greeted by familiar waterworks.

By Lauren Holfeuer / Mar 3, 2017
iPhoto caption: Photo by John Gundy

But What Is a Female Hero Myth?

I play all my characters as heroes.

By Chala Hunter / Nov 10, 2016
iPhoto caption: Mikaela Davies as Katharine (left) and the Dauphin (right)

Female Kings

I couldn’t just put on a moustache and hope for the best. I was having my professional Shakespeare debut as the Dauphin of France at the fucking Stratford Festival of Canada.

By Mikaela Davies / Sep 15, 2016