Soyinka Speaks About Urban Ruin and many other things...

Read the article here:
http://dukechronicle.com/article/soyinka-speaks-urban-ruin-lagos
And click this link for a resource list on urban ruin.
http://theaterstudies.duke.edu/uploads/assets/AREA BOY Mega-Slums.pdf

Chats with the Cast: Part 2

Chats with the Cast: Part 1

Duke Drama Students Work with Nobel Laureate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCj20GMx2o

A Minstrel is Born: Learning the Cigar Box Guitar

Oil, Corruption and Human Rights in Wole Soyinka's World

The Set Comes to Life!

What does "beatification" mean in the title? Dramaturg Nina Prieur explains...

Lighting

Our Dramaturg Speaks

Photoshoot (and more...)

Costumes

Fine-Tuning Their Instruments

Fine-Tuning Their Instruments

Vocal coach Ellen Hemphill (theater studies faculty) works with the Area Boy cast to get the most out of their voices. They learn to dig deep and throw far as they embody Soyinka's masterful language.