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Over the course of three Sundays, I’ll be working together with Lee Osorio at All Saints Episcopal Church on a class titled “Shakespeare As Prayer.” Together, we’ll be exploring some of Shakespeare’s most famous monologues and soliloquies and drawing parallels between these private asides and prayer. As a classically trained actress, I’m hungry to break apart this text and find new meaning in this wizened work.
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This May, Imani will be a special guest at the William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence, Kansas. She'll be performing two staged scenes as a part of the tribute to playwright Carlyle Brown. She absolutely cannot wait to be a part of such an incredible festival and help honor such an influential playwright. Buy tickets for the Inge Festival here.
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Critics are loving Luna Gale!
"Run, don’t walk, to the Southern to catch Underdog Theatre's LUNA GALE before it closes this weekend. Director H Adam Harris snaps this show taut from its opening scene and holds that tension straight through to the end." -- City Pages
"This is powerful, moving theater, with things to say about subjects that make headlines and race through the lives of real, everyday people." -- TalkinBroadway.com
"It's a heart-breaking story, but not without a glimmer of hope, thanks to the caring people who work within this broken system. And this really wonderful cast makes you feel every emotion of the story..." -- Cherry and Spoon
Luna Gale runs until April 1st. Get your tickets here.
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A Raisin in the Sun opens this month at Park Square Theatre! This is both a public and educational run, and pubic performances are limited. Public performances run from Feb 22nd - March 16th. Get your tickets at parksquaretheatre.org!
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Imani is overjoyed to announce that she will be working with Underdog Theatre on their production of Luna Gale, playing the role of Lourdes. Imani is thrilled to be a part of the Minnesota premiere of Rebecca Gilman's work and looks forward to both working and playing with everyone at Underdog Theatre. Find more info about Luna Gale here.
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Park Square Theatre's Hamlet opens this month on October 13th. Hamlet runs until November, 11th. Get your tickets at parksquaretheatre.org!
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Imani is absolutely thrilled to announce that she will be joining the cast of Park Square Theatre's production of A Raisin in the Sun. Imani will be playing the role of Beneatha Younger and she could not be more excited and honored by the chance to produce such an important work and keystone of both American and Black theatre. Rehearsals begin January 2018 and the show opens mid February.
Get more info on A Raisin in the Sun here.
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Imani is excited to announce that she will joining Doghouse Ensemble Theatre for their production of Israel Horovitz' Hopscotch. She's thrilled to be tackling such an intense show two-person show and sharing the stage with her love, Daniel Sakamoto-Wengel.
Hopscotch runs September 1st-4th. Find more info here.
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Imani will be workshopping Tina Burnside's new play (working title currently The Hair Play) as a part of the WTF (Women/Trans/Femme) New Play Festival by Raw Sugar. She's looking forward to hopping into this new piece of theatre helping strengthen the voices of black female playwrights!
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Imani will be joining the TEASE Festival this June. She'll be playing the role of Naomi in an excerpt of Gemma Irish's play Sugar. Come out to the Crane Theatre, Minneapolis on Saturday, June 24th to see a sampling of new works from a selection of playwrights and catch Imani in Sugar!
Get more info on TEASE here.
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