DECOLONISE REINDIGENISE INTERIORISE

A Three-Month Playwriting Course

with d'bi.young anitafrika

Overview

Journey into the world of playwriting using the groundbreaking Anitafrika Method. This 12-week online course, led by renowned artist and Siminovitch Prize playwright finalist d'bi.young anitafrika, offers participants an opportunity to dive deep into decolonising, indigenising, and interiorising modes of playmaking, using the ground-breaking Anitafrika Method. Dismantle colonial tropes and models and unearth your unique storytelling process.

Course Details

Date: April 7 - June 23, 2024

Duration: 12 weeks, 3-hour sessions weekly on Sundays 12-2pm (EST)

Platform: Online

Focus: Cultivate your playmaking skills through a decolonial, trauma-informed, oppression-aware approach. Work on a new play or refine an existing one.

Final Presentation: Share an excerpt of your draft to an invited online audience at the culmination of the residency.

Why This Course

The Anitafrika Method: A decolonial Black queer feminist framework, performance praxis, and pedagogy of transformation, inspired by the foundational dub poetry theory of Dub Poet Anita Stewart.

Holistic Growth: Beyond standardised Western-thought playwriting techniques, global indigenous modes of storytelling have existed since people have been telling stories. Engage in reflexive inquiry to support personal and professional growth in storytelling modes that are old, recovered and reimagined.

Explore Your Story: Dive into your cultural, personal, and spiritual narratives using the Anitafrika Method as your guide.

Who is Welcome

Playwrights at all stages of their professional journey, both new and established.

Open to all genders and ethnicities.

Course Fee

Course fee: $3000USD.

Subsidies and payment plans are available.

About d'bi.young anitafrika

d'bi.young anitafrika is a transformative artist, creator of the Anitafrika Method, and is deeply influenced by the dub poetry theory of their mother, Dub Poet Anita Stewart. Committed to decolonial artistry, d'bi.young has dedicated their life to creating spaces for queer melanated voices and stories to thrive.

Join us and redefine the landscape of playwriting.