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EP 006: Sojourner Truth + Founding First World Theater Ensemble: Zuhairah McGill
Tonight, our guest at the table was Actor, Director and Founder/Producing Artistic Director of First World Theater Ensemble, Zuhairah McGill.
“Z” is the founder and producing director of First World Theater Ensemble, where she has produced 24 plays. Zuhairah is a three-time award winner from DC Excellence in Black Theater; a three-time Barrymore nominee, twice for her one-woman show Sojourner, and for Gem of the Ocean at The Arden in 2019. First World Theatre Ensemble has been at the forefront of 4 Town Hall Meetings in recent months (and upcoming) addressing police brutality and systemic racism. She’s a dynamo that can move mountains both on and off the stage -- we’ll talk with her about her life, her dedication to her community and her activism in the arts. Her company is at the forefront of conversations in the community about police brutality and systemic racism.
Zuhairah originally hails from New York, NY, where she trained and studied under Ossie Davis, Barbara Ann Teer, and Uta Hagen. Zuhairah is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of First World Theatre Ensemble, under which she produced 24 plays, 5 world premieres. She is also the Creative Artistic Director for the Master Griot Project, and was formerly the Director in Residence at the Prince Music Theatre.
Zuhairah has appeared in off-Broadway and national tours, including: “Sojourner”, “Most Dangerous Man in America: W.E.B. DuBois”, “Wallop”, “ All my Sons”, “Fences,” “Gutta Beautiful”, “From Ancient to Hip-Hop: The African Continuum” in which she conceived and directed, “ Night Mother”, “Wade in the Water: A Katrina Drama”, “Julius Caesar set in Africa, “Trick the Devil”, “First Breeze of Summer”, “Blues for an Alabama Sky”, “Trouble in Mind”, “Before it Hits Home”, “Bourbon at the Border”, “ A Piece of my Heart”, “Black Girl”, “Venice”, “My Name is Sapphire.. Damnit!”, “Mojo and the Sayso”, and “For Colored Girls.” She also includes in her work numerous national commercials and films.
“Z” is the founder and producing director of First World Theater Ensemble, where she has produced 24 plays. Zuhairah is a three-time award winner from DC Excellence in Black Theater; a three-time Barrymore nominee, twice for her one-woman show Sojourner, and for Gem of the Ocean at The Arden in 2019. First World Theatre Ensemble has been at the forefront of 4 Town Hall Meetings in recent months (and upcoming) addressing police brutality and systemic racism. She’s a dynamo that can move mountains both on and off the stage -- we’ll talk with her about her life, her dedication to her community and her activism in the arts. Her company is at the forefront of conversations in the community about police brutality and systemic racism.
Zuhairah originally hails from New York, NY, where she trained and studied under Ossie Davis, Barbara Ann Teer, and Uta Hagen. Zuhairah is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of First World Theatre Ensemble, under which she produced 24 plays, 5 world premieres. She is also the Creative Artistic Director for the Master Griot Project, and was formerly the Director in Residence at the Prince Music Theatre.
Zuhairah has appeared in off-Broadway and national tours, including: “Sojourner”, “Most Dangerous Man in America: W.E.B. DuBois”, “Wallop”, “ All my Sons”, “Fences,” “Gutta Beautiful”, “From Ancient to Hip-Hop: The African Continuum” in which she conceived and directed, “ Night Mother”, “Wade in the Water: A Katrina Drama”, “Julius Caesar set in Africa, “Trick the Devil”, “First Breeze of Summer”, “Blues for an Alabama Sky”, “Trouble in Mind”, “Before it Hits Home”, “Bourbon at the Border”, “ A Piece of my Heart”, “Black Girl”, “Venice”, “My Name is Sapphire.. Damnit!”, “Mojo and the Sayso”, and “For Colored Girls.” She also includes in her work numerous national commercials and films.
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Tonight, our guest at the table was Actor, Director and Founder/Producing Artistic Director of First World Theater Ensemble, Zuhairah McGill.
“Z” is the founder and producing director of First World Theater Ensemble, where she has produced 24 plays. Zuhairah is a three-time award winner from DC Excellence in Black Theater; a three-time Barrymore nominee, twice for her one-woman show Sojourner, and for Gem of the Ocean at The Arden in 2019. First World Theatre Ensemble has been at the forefront of 4 Town Hall Meetings in recent months (and upcoming) addressing police brutality and systemic racism. She’s a dynamo that can move mountains both on and off the stage -- we’ll talk with her about her life, her dedication to her community and her activism in the arts. Her company is at the forefront of conversations in the community about police brutality and systemic racism.
Zuhairah originally hails from New York, NY, where she trained and studied under Ossie Davis, Barbara Ann Teer, and Uta Hagen. Zuhairah is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of First World Theatre Ensemble, under which she produced 24 plays, 5 world premieres. She is also the Creative Artistic Director for the Master Griot Project, and was formerly the Director in Residence at the Prince Music Theatre.
Zuhairah has appeared in off-Broadway and national tours, including: “Sojourner”, “Most Dangerous Man in America: W.E.B. DuBois”, “Wallop”, “ All my Sons”, “Fences,” “Gutta Beautiful”, “From Ancient to Hip-Hop: The African Continuum” in which she conceived and directed, “ Night Mother”, “Wade in the Water: A Katrina Drama”, “Julius Caesar set in Africa, “Trick the Devil”, “First Breeze of Summer”, “Blues for an Alabama Sky”, “Trouble in Mind”, “Before it Hits Home”, “Bourbon at the Border”, “ A Piece of my Heart”, “Black Girl”, “Venice”, “My Name is Sapphire.. Damnit!”, “Mojo and the Sayso”, and “For Colored Girls.” She also includes in her work numerous national commercials and films.
“Z” is the founder and producing director of First World Theater Ensemble, where she has produced 24 plays. Zuhairah is a three-time award winner from DC Excellence in Black Theater; a three-time Barrymore nominee, twice for her one-woman show Sojourner, and for Gem of the Ocean at The Arden in 2019. First World Theatre Ensemble has been at the forefront of 4 Town Hall Meetings in recent months (and upcoming) addressing police brutality and systemic racism. She’s a dynamo that can move mountains both on and off the stage -- we’ll talk with her about her life, her dedication to her community and her activism in the arts. Her company is at the forefront of conversations in the community about police brutality and systemic racism.
Zuhairah originally hails from New York, NY, where she trained and studied under Ossie Davis, Barbara Ann Teer, and Uta Hagen. Zuhairah is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of First World Theatre Ensemble, under which she produced 24 plays, 5 world premieres. She is also the Creative Artistic Director for the Master Griot Project, and was formerly the Director in Residence at the Prince Music Theatre.
Zuhairah has appeared in off-Broadway and national tours, including: “Sojourner”, “Most Dangerous Man in America: W.E.B. DuBois”, “Wallop”, “ All my Sons”, “Fences,” “Gutta Beautiful”, “From Ancient to Hip-Hop: The African Continuum” in which she conceived and directed, “ Night Mother”, “Wade in the Water: A Katrina Drama”, “Julius Caesar set in Africa, “Trick the Devil”, “First Breeze of Summer”, “Blues for an Alabama Sky”, “Trouble in Mind”, “Before it Hits Home”, “Bourbon at the Border”, “ A Piece of my Heart”, “Black Girl”, “Venice”, “My Name is Sapphire.. Damnit!”, “Mojo and the Sayso”, and “For Colored Girls.” She also includes in her work numerous national commercials and films.