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staff STX, February 12, 2020). Last year, despite the challenges of the COVID pandemic, UVI comm students placed among the top winners of the Southern Regional Press Institute hosted by Savannah State University. This year, Nadege Barber, president of the University of the Virgin Islands Association Of Black Journalists (UVIABJ) proudly announced that a record …
Reported by Shugga Rosenbloom . ITJA Contributions What is ITJA? Formerly known as the National Critics Institute, now the Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy, ITJA challenges writers to embrace the technology and social media areas that are rapidly changing the …
Institute for Theatre Journalism Advocacy and the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival help put Region IV Students on the map reported by Shugga Rosenbloom Feb 10, 2022—-For the second consecutive year, students in the communication unit of the University of the Virgin Islands were invited to participate in the 2022 Kennedy …
by Karon Reynolds Plays can be very diverse in form and The Meredith College Theatre program presented an interesting set of plays known as the Radio Play Series at KCACTF. These plays are simply audio versions of traditional, standard drama performances. In addition to the vocal artists, the technical director, sound effects manager and stage …
by Michael Bell (STX, February 6, 2022) During the first week of February, I had the opportunity to participate in a week-long theatre festival, hosted by The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). KCACTF is a national theater program involving 18,000 students annually from colleges and universities across the country and UVI is part …
KACTF -Theatre Review by Carlos Eton (STX, February 8, 2022).-There are two types of plays: ones that are so poorly produced and excruciatingly painful to watch that simultaneously undergoing root canals and colonoscopies would be preferable … and ones that move us so deeply that we are bursting at the seams to share that joy …
Set deep within the mysterious Tombigbee Swamp, Wiley and the Hairy Man centers around a young fatherless boy, his conjure-woman mother, his faithful dog, and the Hairy Man who haunts Wiley’s days and dreams. by Hiliary Gordon also printed @https://www.kcactf4.org/itja/6121/wiley-and-the-hairy-man/ The play, Wiley and the Hairy Man, written by Susan Zeder and directed by Brad …
Listen to this awesome podcast by George Francis. Interview w/a playwright, Abigail Coates from the University of Alabama. Featured at the Kennedy Arts Festival Region 4, “Going on Thirteen” was selected for the 2022 Festival.
by Indeyah Todman (STX, February 5, 2022) Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) “Sweet Mama Stringbean,” is more than sweet. Directed by Evelyn D. Tyler, a cast of talented Florida A&M University (FAMU) student actors bring playwright Beth Turner’s vision to life in the hour-long play. Behind the play is a prolific group of skillful stage management, …
Please join me in congratulating my brilliant students and members of UVI Association of Black Journalists (UVIABJ) who were recently awarded a $1,000 grant from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)! Great job!