DOMINIC TAYLOR- USING CULTURE TO CREATE PLAY STRUCTURE
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In this 2 hour workshop, Dominic Taylor will have you mine your cultural connection to come up with scaffolding to make new provocative work
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August Wilson claimed that his 4 B's- The Blues, Amiri Baraka, Romane Bearden, and Jorge Luis Borges were the 4 main influences on his aesthetic.
In this 2-hour workshop, Dominic Taylor will have you mine your cultured connections to come up with a scaffolding to make new provocative culturally connected work.
Knowledge of FOR COLORED GIRLS, THE COLORED MUSEUM, and MOJO AND THE SAYSO are helpful but not essential. Come with your imagination and desire to grow.
About DOMINIC TAYLOR
Dominic Taylor is a scholar of African-American theater and a writer-director whose work has been seen across the country. He is the former associate artistic director of Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul, Minn., one of the premiere African-American theaters in the country. There he utilized his unique culturally specific play development process called OKRA. Since his arrival at UCLA TFT, Taylor has reshaped the school's curriculum for African American theater with a cycle of courses that begin in 1619 and go through contemporary African American life. He is on the Faculty Advisory Committee for the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and was a guest speaker at the "UCLA Institute of American Cultures Film Festival: Celebrating 50 Years of Ethnic Stories." In UCLA TFT's 2018-19 Theater Season, he directed Paula Vogel's play The Long Christmas Ride Home.His essay, "Don't Call African-American Theatre Black Theatre: It's Like Calling a Dog a Cat" was published by Massachusetts Review in September 2019. Previously, Taylor was an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He has also taught at Bard College and City University in New York; Columbia College of Chicago; Bennington College and Brown University.Taylor received his bachelor's and master of fine arts degree from Brown University and is an alumnus member of New Dramatists. He is also a member of the Dramatists Guild, and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society; a board member of the Givens Foundation for African American Literature; and an associate artistic director of America-in-Play.
