| Description | from The Convergence Zone is a series of author readings, and artist talks and performances, sponsored by the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics at the University of Washington Bothell. It brings together sometimes peaceable, sometimes combustible, fronts of discovery and experiment. This series brings to the (virtual) Seattle metropolitan area exciting writers and artists who "cross" and "trans" genres and media. It discusses and performs written arts in an expanded field.
Please join the 2021 Critical Acts Program and the MFA for Creative Writing and Poetics Cultural Change seminar for a Reading, Craft Talk & Conversation on Community Storytelling & Ritual with Sharon Bridgforth via Zoom.
Pre-register for this event to receive an e-mail with the Zoom details the day of the event. This talk is open to the public and will be recorded.
January 21, 2021: Sharon Bridgforth
A Doris Duke Performing Artist, Sharon Bridgforth is a writer that creates ritual/jazz theatre. A 2020-2023 Playwrights’ Center Core Member, Sharon has received support from Creative Capital, MAP Fund and the National Performance Network. A New Dramatists alumnae, Sharon has served as a dramaturg for the Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center Initiative’s Choreographic Fellowship program and has been in residence with: Brown University’s MFA Playwriting Program; University of Iowa’s MFA Playwrights Program; The Theatre School at DePaul University; allgo, A Texas Statewide QPOC Organization; and The Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University. Widely published, Sharon is Executive Producer and Host of the Who Yo People Is podcast series. More at: http://sharonbridgforth.com.
Sharon Bridgforth’s reading, craft talk and conversation is funded through the 2021 Critical Acts Program. Please contact Ching-In Chen (chingin@uw.edu) for more information. |
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