Apr 21, 2021
Lisa, Brian and Dean are joined by two very special guests to
discuss the amazing tour de force that is Chadwick Boseman's final
performance, but which also features knockout performances from a
killer ensemble cast, starring the spectacular Viola Davis, Coleman
Domingo (who Lisa has cast before in the film Nothingman), Glynn
Turman (who Lisa cast on Criminal Mind and adores from Fargo) and
Michael Potts (Brother Mouzone to you Wire fans out
there!!).
Chiming in with great insight are two professors who are both
experts and authors in the field;
Dr. Monica White Ndounou is an Associate Professor of Theater and
the founding Executive Director of The CRAFT Institute which
convenes
The International Black Theatre Summit and administers the
Pay-It-Forward All-Career Level Mentorship Program along with
various initiatives designed to create culturally inclusive
ecosystems throughout the world of arts and entertainment by
transforming formal training and industry practices while promoting
equitable access. She is also the past President of the Black
Theatre Association (BTA) (2016-2018), Vice President of Advocacy
for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
(2019-2021) and serves on the board of The August Wilson
Society. She is a founding member of the National
Advisory Committee of
The Black Seed, a national strategic plan to create impact and
thrivability for Black theater institutions and
initiatives.https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/shaping-the-future-of-african-american-film/9780813562551
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Laurence Glasco is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh. Since coming to the University of Pittsburgh’s History Department in 1969, he has focused on African American history, both locally and globally. A graduate of Antioch College, Dr. Glasco received his Ph.D. in History from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Professor Glasco has studied the history of Black Pittsburgh for the past decade or so. He researched and narrated the recent exhibition on slavery in early Pittsburgh, “Free at Last?” and has extensively written about Black Pittsburgh history for exhibits at the Heinz History Center and a variety of publications.
Dr. Glasco has made an intense study of the Pittsburgh
upbringing and childhood experience of August Wilson to reveal how
the playwright developed his characters, gained inspiration for his
stories, and cultivated his craft as one of the most celebrated
African-American playwrights in the world. What can we glean about
ourselves from the life and writings of Pittsburgh’s own
playwright?
Editor, The WPA History of the Negro in Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004)
Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: African-American Landmarks in Allegheny County (with Frank Bolden and Eliza Smith) (Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, 1995)
“Race, Caste and Untouchability: Lessons from India” (Sanskriti 1993)
“National Versus Racial Identity: Juan Gualberto Gomez of Cuba and W.E.B. Du Bois of the United States,” in Wolfgang Reinhard and Peter Waldmann, Nord und Süd in Amerika (Rombach,1992)
“The Life Cycles and Household Structures of American Ethnic Groups,” Journal of Urban History (1975)
How's that for some heavy hitters kids ? Enjoy!