Category Archives: Craft

Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Part 10

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

The din of the Theater Godz is deafening; their roar stills the rest of the world.We are about to be born. The portal is opening. Zen time. Rubber meets road here, but the time to bemoan final fates is past. We … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt. 7

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Blood on the stage. Well not on the stage but in the theater. No we’re not capping at each other… yet. We remain focused in the portal; we go forward in spite of all but the bumps of discord slamming incessantly at our container, … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt.6

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Its dark in the portal, as dark as the inside of the womb. We are being birthed. Its quite here except for the sound of rhythm pitched just above the hum of white noise. We are traveling faster than light; its impossible to calculate our … Continue reading →

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Dairy of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt 5

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

How can all the damn roads be uphill?
Sometimes, shit just “is”. Continue reading →

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt 4

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I have told you that the drama of presenting drama often threatens to eclipse the intended production.

Theater is the land of Murphy’s Law; what can go wrong will.

Diamonds are created by pressure.

Watch us shine. Continue reading →

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am: Pt. 3

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Short time is getting shorter. Costumes, set, programs, show board, props, lights and sound all still need work. Being a creative genius is not all its cracked up to be when your mind moves faster than your hands and the reality that … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. (Part I)

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

My mantra today; be kind to actors. They are a troublesome and childlike collection of talent we can’t create without even if it means no peace as you scramble to create with them. God bless them for what they do. Continue reading →

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The Lower Bottom Playaz’ “Gem of the Ocean”: The Ground on Which I Stand

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

“I knew a man that went to fix the wheel, it was turning backwards, time he was finished the wheel didn’t turn at all, you got to be careful, everything ain’t what it seem.” August Wilson-Gem of the Ocean Continue reading →

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Writers write.

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

They say a writer writes. I have never had enough time to make this true in the way I want it to be true. I am starving for time to write. Ideas are jumbled up in my head, stacked in … Continue reading →

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