You are cordially invited. . .

Working Actor Thembi

For those that know Thembi Duncan, then you know that whenever you run into her, you never can tell which Thembi you may encounter.  I met Thembi in February 2000, when she was New Actor Thembi. Over the next couple of years, she evolved into Working Actor Thembi, all the while balancing Mother Thembi and Poet Thembi.

As I was making preparations for my New York move in 2003, Thembi was transitioning into Admin Thembi, working diligently for Ford's Theatre, where she put in some years.

THEN she conjured up enough audacity to better herself, returning to school to complete her bachelors degree in theatre, as Undergrad Thembi, at the University of Maryland.  (She even went through a rebellious phase, like a college student, in the form of Blonde Thembi.)

Blonde Thembi

Now she's graduated, and working on combining all of her manifestations into one Mega-Thembi.  As Mega-Thembi, she's now tackling playwriting and is ready to unleash her power on the world.  Her first play, "The New Negro," is receiving a staged reading that is open to YOU, Galvanize.  If you are available, please go and support her, before she transforms into Thembi of Mass Destruction. . .

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You are cordially invited to a FREE staged reading of

The New Negro

by Thembi Duncan

Directed by Brandon White

Summer, 1926: A country schoolteacher inherits a Harlem boarding house from her worldly, sophisticated aunt and arrives on the doorstep eager to take the big city by storm. Instead, she finds herself caught in a whirlwind of enthralling characters and events that teach her more about herself than she ever imagined.

Experience one of the oft-ignored stories of lesbians, gays, – and everything in between – during the period that came to be known as the Harlem Renaissance.

Thursday, September 16

7:00 pm

Dr. Oswald Durant Memorial Arts Center

1605 Cameron St.

Alexandria, VA 22314

(A few blocks from King Street Metro on the Blue/Yellow lines)

Please RSVP to thembiduncan@gmail.com by Tuesday, September 14.

*Refreshments will be served, but it's BYOHS (Bring Your Own Hot Sauce)*

Thembi and I (July 2000)

Working Actor Thembi in "From the Mississippi Delta" (African Continuum Theatre Co.)