Kaja Dunn
Profile: https://coaa.uncc.edu/people/kaja-dunn
Twitter: @KajaDunn
Artist: Kaja Dunn
Email: kajath@yahoo.com
ABOUT: Kaja Dunn, an assistant professor in the UNC Charlotte Department of Theatre and affiliate faculty for Theatrical Intimacy Education, is an actor, director, and activist. She has performed nationally and internationally in over 40 productions. She has been invited to consult or present on issues of Equity and Diversity for Blumenthal Performing Arts, Actor’s Equity Association, Spelman College, Emory University, The Women’s Theatre Festival, MICHA, North Carolina Theatre Association (Keynote Panelist), George Mason University (keynote July 2020), Children’s Theatre Charlotte as well as for schools and private corporations. She has published in the US and has two co-authored publications coming out in the UK: one for a new Arden Research Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance on decolonizing Shakespeare in performance and another for the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training’s Special “Against the Canon,” Training Theatre Students of Color in the USA. Dunn has presented her work on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion as well as Anti-Racism and Decolonization at University of London Goldsmiths, Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) and SETC Theatre Symposium, Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival and The Association of Theatre in Higher Education, among other places. She is on the Board as assistant secretary of the Black Theatre Network. Her primary research focus is on using theatre to facilitate complex cultural conversations and reimagining theatre training for actors of color. You can follow her on Twitter where she frequently posts about EDI issues under the handle @KajaDunn.
MEDIA COVERAGE
You’ve Got to Be Taught: Cultural Competency in Theatre Training - American Theatre
Kaja Dunn - Howl Round Theatre Commons
Kaja Dunn: Decolonizing Theatre - UNC Charlotte’s College of Arts + Architecture
Acting Professor Publishes Essay in Theatre Symposium Series - UNC Charlotte’s College of Arts + Architecture
Theatre Professor Co-develops Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Intimacy Initiative - UNC Charlotte’s College of Arts + Architecture
This UNCC professor has made racial equity in theater education her life’s work- The Charlotte Observer
