{"id":7453,"date":"2021-06-28T15:13:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T19:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=7453"},"modified":"2021-06-28T15:17:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T19:17:40","slug":"kamilah-long-about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=7453","title":{"rendered":"Kamilah Long:  About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"1042\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7430\" data-id=\"7430\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/playon-d2.png?resize=695%2C284&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/playon-d2.png?w=1650&amp;ssl=1 1650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/playon-d2.png?resize=70%2C29&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/playon-d2.png?resize=1024%2C419&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/playon-d2.png?resize=768%2C314&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/playon-d2.png?resize=1536%2C628&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/playon-d2.png?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=7429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Kamilah Long\">listen to her interview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kamilah L. Long is an innovative leader and dynamic theatrical professional. Her multifaceted theatre career includes roles as an actor, director, producer, educator, fundraiser, activist, and speaker. She started her career in theatre as a storyteller, which led her to joining Actors Equity and becoming a professional actor before completing her undergraduate theatre degree from Alabama State University. Kamilah went on to receive her Master\u2019s Degree in Fine Arts in performance along with a Certificate in African American Theatre from the University of Louisville. Kamilah is a world-class orator, having traveled as far as South Africa to speak and perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her experiences ultimately led her to become the current managing director of Play On Shakespeare. Before that she worked for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where she was awarded a producing fellowship and rose from an entry-level artistic assistant to Senior Director of Development. Kamilah is also a proud member of the Board of Directors for Southern Oregon Public Television (SOPTV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently she was the founder and CEO of The Black Whole, a multimedia company focused on centering the Black global community through art and storytelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to her interview Kamilah L. Long is an innovative leader and dynamic theatrical professional. Her multifaceted theatre career includes roles as an actor, director, producer, educator, fundraiser, activist, and speaker. 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