Good Thunder Reading Series: Robert C. Wright Minnesota Writer’s Residency Saymoukda Vongsay, Craft Talk

Thursday, October 24, 2024
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Centennial Student Union, Room 245

Saymoukda is an award-winning Lao American playwright. W. Kamau Bell, the host of CNN’s “United Shades of America,” called her work “revolutionary” and the Ordway Center for Performing Arts honored her with a Sally Award for Initiative which recognizes leadership never before seen in Minnesota that significantly impacts Minnesotans. She’s best known for her Kung Fu Zombies play cycle. She’s currently a Mellon Fdn Playwright in Residence at Theater Mu, Bush Fdn Leadership Fellow, and Jerome Fdn/Camargo Fdn Artist in Residence in Cassis France. Current commissions include Mixed Blood Theatre (MN), Theater Mu (MN), and InterAct Theatre Co. (PA).

Libby Kassuelke is a Southern Minnesota native. She grew up in rural New Ulm, received her BA in English with a Multimedia Writing minor from Bethany Lutheran College, and is now a second-year MFA candidate at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her work lives somewhere in and between the creative nonfiction and poetry genres.

 

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