This episode features Esmé Ng, a junior majoring in Theater and American Studies (Race and Ethnicity Concentration), and Isabel Algrant, a senior majoring in Theater and Government.
In the first half of this episode, we hear Esmé Ng read a monologue from Among the Dead by the transnational playwright Hansol Jung. Esmé is a Staten Island-raised Playwright, Actor, Dramaturg, and Art Model. Their work typically centers around Asian American, Queer, and Feminine identities, and seeks to examine how theater’s historical hierarchies of power can be erased and re-written. Esmé is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Theater and American Studies, concentrating in Race and Ethnicity at Wesleyan University.
In the second half, Isabel Algrant reads from Toni Morrison’s Desdemona. Isabel is a senior government and theater double major at Wesleyan. She is the Senior Coordinator of the SHADES student of color theater collective as well as being the Chapter Leader for Eye to Eye. She is currently pursuing an honors thesis in theater focusing on race, interrace, and inclusion in theatrical performance. Find more about her work on Othello at https://sites.google.com/wesleyan.edu/thebraidedproject/home
Thanks to Esmé and Isabel for their appearances on this episode!
The Words of Wesleyan is produced by the Shapiro Center for Writing at Wesleyan University.
Host: Anna Tjeltveit
Creators: Anna Tjeltveit, Amy Bloom, Stephanie Weiner
Theme Music: "Let Me Make It Clear" by Wesleyan Professor of Music Jay Hoggard
