Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates (“Dr. T”) shares the origins, discovery, and application of Ritual Poetic Drama in the African Continuum.

check out the ConciliationLAB’s mission, productions, and community-based work at theconciliationlab.org.

for more information about the work of the Conciliation Project, click here.

to watch Dr. T’s TED talk, click here.

(she also has a pretty great lecture that she did for VCUArts, “from shakespeare to shange” - you can watch it here.)

the text, Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches can be purchased here.

learn about the Black Acting Methods Studio at their website.