NOW AFRICA playwrights festival is a reading series, conceptualized by playwright Mfoniso Udofia and developed/produced with Chinyere Anyanwu, Ngozi Anyanwu, Erin Cherry and Bashir Solebo. This team will reintroduce New York City to the masters of African Dramatic Literature. These master playwrights include: Ama Ata Aidoo, Tawfiq al Hakim, Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong’o. This festival will also introduce New York City to the incoming classes of contemporary African playwrights.

This inaugural event will be hosted by the Center for Art & Public Policy and the Institute of Performing Arts at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Anna Deavere Smith’s Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue.

Support the arts and don’t miss this enlightening series!

When:  September 26-28, 2015

Where: New York NY, locations vary

Time: 7pm-9:30pm

Cost: FREE! But seating is limited

For more info/RSVP: nowafricafest@gmail.com