{"id":6183,"date":"2018-11-27T21:32:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T02:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6183"},"modified":"2022-10-17T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:28:00","slug":"jameeka-holloway-burrell-about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6183","title":{"rendered":"JaMeeka Holloway Burrell:  About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=6178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JaMeeka Holloway-Burrell\">listen to her interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:33.30474%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/images.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=183&#038;ssl=1 183w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"275\" data-id=\"7629\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=7629\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/images.jpg\" data-width=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/images.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.69526%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/download-3.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=259&#038;ssl=1 259w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"194\" data-id=\"7628\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=7628\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/download-3.jpg\" data-width=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/download-3.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">JaMeeka Holloway-Burrell (she\/her, hers) is a freelance director, most passionate about advancing the legacy of Black Theaters and Black Theatre Practitioners.&nbsp; Currently, JaMeeka is artistic director of <a href=\"https:\/\/jameekahdirects.wixsite.com\/2018-19\/black-ops?fbclid=IwAR2g0aFNGxX-zJGvcdmaYigjwgZ9yfHWmZVFJCkn-OgINTmYnL8d0_i-6vk\">Black Ops<\/a>, a theatre company in Durham, NC she founded in 2015 for which she also directs (The Shipment by Young Jean Lee; The Typographer&#8217;s&nbsp;Dream by Adam Bock) and founder\/lead curator for the Bull City Black Theatre Festival.&nbsp; Most recently, Holloway-Burrell directed and co-wrote a new adaptation of her favorite play, Henrik Ibsen\u2019s &nbsp;A Doll\u2019s House for the Justice Theatre Project in Raleigh, NC &amp; directed Citrus by Celeste Jennings at Dartmouth College and has worked as assistant director at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and PlayMakers Repertory.&nbsp; UPCOMING DIRECTING PROJECTS: TWELFTH NIGHT by Shakespeare at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakespeareindetroit.com\/\">Shakespeare in Detroit<\/a> and WHITE by James Ijames with Bulldog Ensemble Theatre in Durham)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to her interview. 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