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About the Guest Speakers

Kaja Dunn, who is an assistant pro-
fessor at the University of North Caroli-
na-Charlotte Department of Theatre and
affiliate faculty for Theatrical Intimacy
Education, and she 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 Wom-
en’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 De-
colonizing 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, SETC and
SETC Theatre Symposium, KCATF and The Association of Theatre
in Higher Education, among other places. She is on the Board as As-
sistant Secretary of the Black Theatre Network. Her primary research
focus is on using theatre to facilitate complex cultural conversation
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.

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