Episode 25 - Rebecca Mwase

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Rebecca speaks about: coming from deep connection to Spirit; growing up African in rural Arkansas; navigating belonging; finding fortitude through literature and the arts; and the work of crafting ritual in performance. Rebecca is Creator of "Vessels" a seven-woman harmonic meditation on the transcendental possibilities of song during the Middle Passage - that asks, “What does freedom sound like in a space of confinement?” Junebug Productions production of Vessels, co-shaped by Ron Ragin (next week’s guest), opens  March 26, 2020. I am proud to say that I served as a dramaturge for this production.

Rebecca is a Zimbabwean-American theater and performance artist, creative consultant, producer, educator and cultural organizer. They craft performance, processes, workshops and curriculum that investigate possibilities for embodied revolution. Rebecca's work creates spaces to reckon with and release the impacts of oppression while deepening connection, healing and belonging. Rebecca has received support from Alternate ROOTS, the Network of Ensemble Theaters, the National Performance Network, MAP Fund, Theatre Communications Group, the Arts Council of New Orleans and A Blade of Grass. 

More about Vessels HERE

Check out Rebecca's TEDx Talk, "Muscle Memory: A Ritual of Remembering" HERE

More about Rebecca and all dem Guests HERE.