Norman and I are thrilled to have Dr. Ayodele Nzinga as our next guest for The Yay. Dr. Nzinga is an actress, director, playwright, poet, educator and community advocate. She is the director of the Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc., Oakland's oldest North American African Theater Company and founder of Lower Bottom Playaz Summer Theater Day Camp. She was the director of 3Girls Theatre’s Tasha. We talk about the state of bay area theatre, activist theatre, her life as an artist and activist and where she sees herself in the future.
Dr. Nzinga can be reached directly via Instagram and Twitter: @wordslanger
SHOWS:
Aren’t You… (The Marsh)
April 7 – May 5
Fred Pitts’ One Man Show
ShawnJ West (Episode 146) directs the show
https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/
Home (Z Space)
LAST SHOW TONIGHT
Norman Gee & Brian Rivera (Episode 154) are in the show
http://www.zspace.org/wfw-home
The Nigger Lovers (Magic Theatre)
May 3 – May 21
Takika Baptiste (Episode 253) is in the show
https://magictheatre.org
Grand Horizons (San Jose Stage)
April 5 – April 30
Nick Mandracchia (Episode 43) is in the show
https://www.thestage.org
Best of Playground 27 (Playground-SF)
May 13 & 14
Bridgette Dutta Portman (Episodes 75 & 236) has her play “Gallows Humor” in the show
https://playground-sf.org/festival/
To Master The Art (Contra Costa Civic Theatre)
April 21 – May 21
Anne Yumi Kobori (Episode 192) is in the show
https://ccct.org/to-master-the-art/
Chinglish (SF Playhouse)
May 4 – June 10
Sharon Shao (Episode 176) is in the show
Michael Barrett Austin (Episode 133) is in the show
Jeffrey Lo (Episode 153) is directing the show
https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2022-2023-season/chinglish/
Becoming Robin Hood (Berkeley Playhouse)
May 26 – June 25
Paul Plain (Episode 125) is in the show
https://tickets.berkeleyplayhouse.org/Online/default.asp
Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Town Hall Theatre)
June 3 – 24
Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) is directing the show
https://www.townhalltheatre.com/crumbs
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SF Shakes)
March 1 – May 6 in various locations – see website for details
Alan Coyne (Episode 29) is in the show
Evan Held (Episode 226) is in the show
https://www.sfshakes.org
King Lear (Silicon Valley Shakes) – an ALL WOMAN CAST
July 28 – Sept 1
Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is directing the show
https://www.svshakespeare.org/lear
Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out!
The Black Man’s Heart
On Spotify and all your podcast apps
Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It’s Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It’s Generational on all podcast apps.
Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app.
Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app.
The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3)
Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay)
Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)
