Podcast appearances and mentions of Kathy A Perkins

Camden Rep introduces girls of color between the ages of 14 and 18 to behind-the-scenes careers in theater and film with the company's first Hammer and Nails Conference on Monday, Feb. 3 at Creative Arts High School, located on the campus of Camden High. Bringing together industry professionals and mentors with young, future creatives for a day of inspiration, learning and empowerment, the conference aims to create a career pipeline to the design, technical and production sides of theater and film. The three-pronged event will include a panel discussion featuring industry professionals Toni Barton (production designer for film and TV), Pamela Hobson (tour manager and lighting designer), Kathy A. Perkins (lighting designer and professor emerita of Africa/African Diaspora theater) and Marci Rodgers (award-winning costume designer); a 45-minute hands-on session during which attendees can gain practical experience in key areas of the design and production process; and a Meet-and-Greet Lunch, offering the girls a unique opportunity to connect with the panelists and mentors, gaining inspiration and guidance for their own creative paths. WHEN: Monday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Creative Arts High School on the campus of Camden High 1700 Park Boulevard, Camden, NJ 08103 MORE TICKETS AND INFORMATION:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hammer-and-nails-tickets-1138645131239 camdenrep.com (856) 438-8430

This week Dominique and Arminda are joined by legendary lighting designer and historian Kathy A. Perkins about her collaboration with Alice Childress and how she came to edit the anthology of Childress's plays. Guest: Kathy A. Perkins

Support the Echo Offstage Podcast by making a tax-deductible donation to our PayPal!  Or you can sponsor an episode (or a season) of Echo Offstage.Find out more about Echo Theatre! FB: https://www.facebook.com/echotheatredallasTwitter: @echodallasInsta: @echotheatredallasKeep up with Kathy A. Perkins  on her website!Mentioned in the episode:Howard University TheatreBlack Theater NetworkAlice ChildressTrouble in Mind (Broadway)Smith CollegeRoberta UnoNew WORLD Theater (formerly Third World Theater)Wedding Band (Steppenwolf)Charles Randolph-WrightNational Black Theater FestivalTelling Our Stories of Home - edited by KathyShirely Prendergast-----------------------------------Echo Offstage is a production of Echo Theatre Dallas, a non-profit theatre dedicated to solely producing work by women+ playwrights.Host: Catherine WhitemanProducer & Podcast Manager: Eric BergEditor & Audio Engineer: Jonathan VillalobosGraphics & Social Media Manager: Lauren FloydExecutive Producer: Kateri Cale, Managing & Artistic DirectorTheme Music: Len Barnett with Brent Nance

Kathy A. Perkins discusses her career in lighting design, and how she came to balance professional work with academic publishing and teaching. You can find & purchase all of Kathy's books here. To read a great interview between Kathy and Roundabout's teaching artist Artist Nafeesa Monroe about Alice Childress, Kathy's books about Black American theatre professionals, and her work on Trouble in Mind, click here. Black Theatre History Podcast RSS

Lighting Designer, Kathy A. Perkins joins host, Carol Jenkins to discuss her latest work and debut on Broadway for Alice Childress, "Trouble in Mind".

In Episode 13, "Supporting Black Theatre Artists & Scholars: A Conversation with Kathy A. Perkins," a Seth-less Kyle talks with Kathy A. Perkins about being a Black theatre artist and scholar and her perspectives on theatre in America and around the world. Reach out on Twitter: @TeachingDrama, @sethwish, @kyle_a_thomas Acknowledgments: Music: “Two Minutes on the Isle of Ska” by texasradiofish (c)copyright 2021 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license; http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/59216, ft: Copperhead.

with Kathy A. Perkins - Lighting Designer and Professor of Theatre out of North Carolina On this episode, we discuss how much progress we have made as an industry to promote inclusivity and how much farther we have to go, her unique experiences in theatrical lighting and the entertainment industry, being willing to express herself in multiple mediums including research, books and lectures, the role of race and class in the arts, where racism and classism exist in our industry, the steps that unions have taken to promote inclusivity in theater, her upcoming book - Telling Our Stories of Home, and how to encourage diversity in entertainment. Please visit: www.kathyaperkins.com

  Over the course of a remarkable 45-year career, lighting designer Kathy A. Perkins has worked in theaters all over the United States and as far away as South Africa and Cuba. She has also cultivated a distinguished academic career as a theater historian, editing or co-editing several collections of plays and textbooks, including most recently “The Routledge Companion to African American Theater and Performance.” She chaired the MFA lighting department at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 20 years, and in 2012 she joined the faculty at UNC Chapel Hill, where she is currently Professor Emerita of Dramatic Art. In this conversation with Pier Carlo Talenti and Rob Kramer, Kathy considers the upheaval of the last year through the lens of a theater veteran, a trailblazer in a field where exceedingly few women, much less Black women, have been able to make a career.  

In the Summer 2020 edition of Theatre Design and Technology or TD&T, we explore racism in the theatre in an important piece by Taylor Leigh Lamb. In her article, Lamb interviews noted theatre historian, lighting designer, and USITT's 2020 Wally Russell Professional Mentoring Award recipient Kathy A. Perkins, who states emphatically, "There's no shortage of Black designers." Kathy wrote about Black designers in the American theatre in TD&T back in 1995. In the intervening quarter-century, has the awareness of Black designers increased?For this week's episode of TECHnically Speaking, we sat down with Kathy to discuss her 1995 TD&T article, how the conversation on racism in the industry has shifted, and if Black designers are finally getting the industry recognition they deserve.