![]() This work will be produced in conjunction with Oyetimein and Brennie Tellu’s company unBossed Productions. (S)LAUGHTER: A PLAY ON PAIN written by Malika Oyetimein is a poetic and painful look at the intersections of the racial injustices of the American healthcare system and prison system. Alone and afraid, she cries out and her epigenetic memory answers the call, bringing help she never envisioned. "(S)LAUGHTER: A PLAY ON PAIN: When a pregnant community activist is thrown in prison for “standing her ground” she goes into labor and is forced to give birth in solitary confinement, shackled to a bed. Select directing credits: How I Learned What I Learned ( Arden Theatre Co.) The workshop production of The First Deep Breath ( National Black Theatre), The Bitter Game (Wallis Annenberg), Eclipsed (Southern Repertory Theatre), the world premiere of WHITE (Theatre Horizon) Barbecue, Bootycandy (Intiman Theatre Festival), And In This Corner: Cassius Clay (Seattle Children’s Theatre). This amazing director from our community - MFA from University of Washington, worked with Book-It Repertory Theatre, Sound Theatre Company, INTIMAN Theatre, Seattle Childrens Theatre, ArtsWest. Maya Angelou's I Know why the Caged Bird Sings (Book-It Repertory Theatre) which garnered a Gregory Award nomination for Best Director. I had the honor of co-adapting and directing Dr. ![]() I was featured in Seattle’s City Art Magazine 2016 Future List, Cross Cut 2017 and my productions of Bootycandy (2016 ) and Hoodoo Love (2017) were nominated for Gregory Awards: Best Production. Her two upcoming directing projects, Robert O'Hara's Bootycandy at the Intiman Summer Festival and Kia Corthron's Force Continuum, part of the UW Drama season, are both in-line with Malika's commitment 'to expand the mindset of not only theater. As of the fall of 2021 I joined the MFA directing faculty at Boston university. Malika recently completed her MFA at the University of Washingtons School of Drama and is a member of. Directing student Malika Oyetimein is featured on, speaking about her work as an 'artivist,' using art as an activist strategy. I am also Merrimack Reparatory Theatre's Artist-in- Residence. I am thrilled to have been nominated by stage, television and film director Liesl Tommy. I am a member of the Directors Lab at Lincoln Center and i'm in the cohort of the inaugural New Hope Colony Artist Residency. I received my MFA from The University of Washington's School of Drama. It was a strong help in regaining myself again. Knitting/ Sewing & Designing was not only therapeutic but a great tool in exercising my brain and using my motor skills. While I was in recovery and navigating my new life, I was grateful to have a passion and skill I could lean into. I am a director and playwright by ' trade' and a passionate knitter / and sewist and designer.Ģ and a half years ago I suffered a brain injury that left me disabled. ![]() Malika Oyetimein’s ‘Hoodoo Love’ Places the Story in the Audience’s Laps. My name is Malika Oyetimein and I am a artist and storyteller. Malika Oyetimein’s ‘Hoodoo Love’ Places the Story in the Audience’s Laps Seattle Weekly. I'm so happy you stopped by to look at my lil corner of the internet!
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