Cultural Interchange | A Zimbabwean In America

The Yeast Which Makes the Bread Rise

by Patience G. Tawengwa

It’s not every day that one gets the rare gem of an opportunity to learn directly from a renowned, Tony award winning director, playwright and artistic director like Emily Man. The fact that I am here at the McCarter being exposed to the best of the best is a true testament to the power of arts and culture and the ability it has to transcend all barriers and bring people together. I think the famous words “the mind, once stretched by new ideas, never regains its original dimensions” accurately sum up my experience thus far during my first two weeks at the McCarter theatre. There is no way I will ever return to Zimbabwe the same after the experience of sitting in on rehearsals of the play Proof and experiencing firsthand the excellence of the whole organization. I feel like I have discovered my own personal philosophers stone in this exchange – you arrive at the McCarter as lead and after passing through there and experiencing their magic you emerge on the other side as solid gold...

Training Intensive… This Summer

Next Almasi Artistic Exchange: Nikkole Salter Departs for Zimbabwe on
the 17th of September! View her message to Zimbabwean playwrights she
is soon to meet! Help us bring needed training to our selected aspiring
Zimbabwean playwrights by contributing to this Intensive!
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