On The Record with Professor Justin Emeka

Victoria Garber, Arts Editor
February 24, 2017
Filed under ARTS, On the Record, Theater & Film

Associate Professor of Theater and Africana Studies Justin Emeka, OC ’95, discovered acting at a young age, but racially restrictive casting drove him more toward directing. He graduated with a master’s degree in directing from the University of Washington School of Drama in 2005 and has been ext...

Capoeira Captivates Students

Victoria Garber, Arts Editor
February 3, 2017
Filed under ARTS, Dance, Features, Recent Stories

Personal Facebook Posts Not Grounds for Dismissal

Justin Emeka, OC ’95 and Associate Professor of Theater and Africana Studies
April 1, 2016
Filed under Commentary, OPINIONS

As an Oberlin alumnus, and now an Oberlin professor who was recently granted tenure, much of my identity has been forged in the heated exchange of ideas that exist at Oberlin College. In my first year as a student, I remember meeting Brother Jed, a white conservative Christian from a nearby community who wou...

Feature Photo: Wedding Band

Louise Edwards, Arts editor
October 9, 2015
Filed under ARTS, Theater & Film

In Alice Childress’ Wedding Band, set in 1918 during World War I, College sophomore Chandler Browne plays Julia Augustine, a Black woman who has recently moved to a South Carolinian neighborhood with Herman, her white, German significant other, played by College junior Shane Lonergan. Their landlady,...

Brooks, OC ’70, Returns to Oberlin

Nora Kipnis, Arts Editor
February 28, 2014
Filed under ARTS, Recent Stories, Theater & Film

Actor Avery Brooks, OC ’70, came onstage at Finney Chapel in an all-white suit, took a seat at the piano, and treated the audience to a dramatic performance of “Throw it Away” by jazz singer and songwriter Abbey Lincoln — an unorthodox beginning to an unorthodox convocation. However, the event...