{"id":9533,"date":"2011-11-09T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T20:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=9533"},"modified":"2012-03-27T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T15:46:19","slug":"acclaimed-actor-director-to-visit-emu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2011\/acclaimed-actor-director-to-visit-emu\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed Actor, Director to Visit EMU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A noted performance scholar, actor and director, Mshai S. Mwangola, PhD, will be sharing her gifts in literature and rhythm with the Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) community on Tuesday, Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The opportunity for EMU students to interact with a performer and scholar of this caliber is a fantastic gift,&#8221; said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/hw456\">Heidi Winters Vogel<\/a>, chair of EMU&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/theater\/\">theater department<\/a>. &#8220;Dr. Mwangola speaks to the power of storytelling and theater to build community.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2011\/11\/acclaimed-actor-director-to-visit-emu\/mshaisample3-2-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9547\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9547\" src=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/11\/mshaisample3-21-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/11\/mshaisample3-21-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/11\/mshaisample3-21.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A native of Kenya, Mwangola&#8217;s pedagogy, research and creative work are grounded in understanding performance as process and as the product on meaning-making. &#8220;She has performed, conducted workshops, researched and worked with and for diverse performance ensembles and individuals on four continents, with a career stretching over 25 years, primarily in acting, directing and story-telling, focusing on African literature by women,&#8221; according to her <a href=\"http:\/\/theatre.uiuc.edu\/pages\/mshai-mwangola\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Schedule of events<\/h3>\n<p>Mwangola will be offering a workshop on women&#8217;s voices with ties to literature at 1 p.m., Nov. 15. Admission is free and open to the general public.<\/p>\n<p>Her second workshop will focus on drumming, chanting and working with rhythm at 3 p.m., Nov. 15. Admission is free but limited to the first 15 respondents. Contact the EMU theater department to register at theater@emu.edu.<\/p>\n<p>Mwangola will give a performance on three African short stories by women: New Life at Kyerafaso, Dressing the Dirge and To Be Feminist Is&#8230;, 8 p.m., on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/theater\/contact\/\">mainstage theater<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>About Mwangola<\/h3>\n<p>Mwangola earned her PhD in performance studies from Northwestern University in Chicago. She is chairperson of the Governing Council of the Kenya Cultural Center and serves as vice-chairperson of the Uraia Trust.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to RSVP contact the EMU theater department at 540-432-4360 or theater@emu.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A noted performance scholar, actor and director, Mshai S. 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