Adong Judith is a

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and filmmaker."Adong Lucy Judith"
wpic.riksteatern.se. Retrieved 20 November 2014. She is a graduate of the arts from

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, where she lectured at the Department of Performing Arts and Film. In July 2011, she was the only African writer among 10 international writers to attend the

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playwrights' residency, where she developed her play ''Just Me, You and the Silence'', which featured at the New Black Fest in October 2011. She had a public reading for the play at the

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in London, in 2012."Judy Adong"
thesilenceplay.org. Retrieved 20 November 2014. She is also an alumna of the New York acclaimed

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founded

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Theatre Program Lab and Mira Nair's Maisha Film Lab (2008). In 2007, she was the lone Ugandan screenwriter employed on the first ever Kenyan

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original television drama series, ''The Agency''. Some radio drama series titles to her name are ''Rock Point 256'' (2005), ''River Yei Junction'' (2007) and ''Take My Hand'' (2011)."ADONG Lucy Judith "
paf.mak.ac.ug.org. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

Writing

Adong's writings cut across the dramatic media of

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and

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and

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. She has also had a number of books for children published by

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and

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. In April 2011, she was invited by Sundance Institute Theater Program in collaboration was 651 Arts, an arts organization that supports African stories, for a follow-up visit to New York City, where she attended a number of workshops and productions in Broadway as well as Off-Broadway. An excerpt from her play ''Silent Voices'',"A play shines light on a deepening divide inside Uganda"
jackeebatanda.wordpress.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014."Ugandan Voices of Change: Adong Judith Lucy"
startjournal.org. Retrieved 20 November 2014. which is based on interviews with victims of the Northern Uganda conflict depicts, was read at the WYNC National Public Radio in an evening christened "Meet the Artist", in which the audience interacted with Adong about her play. Adong was awarded a

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to Film making MFA of Temple University in

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, where she is currently based. She has also written extensively on social-political and pop culture for television and radio in Uganda,

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and

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in both

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and her local language –Luo (Acholi dialect)."MEET JUDITH ADONG"
thenewblackfest.org. Retrieved 20 November 2014. In 2018,She was the author and director the play ''Ga-AD!, that ran'' from September 26–30 at the

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Plays

*''Just Me, You and the Silence'' *''Silent Voices'' *''Rock Point 256'' (2005) *''River Yei Junction'' (2007) *''Take My Hand'' (2011) *''GA-AD''

References

External links

"Judith Adong: Telling the stories others fear to tell""Ugandan Playwright Judith Lucy Adong Brings African Theatre to WorldPride 2014"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adong, Judith Living people Ugandan writers Ugandan women writers Ugandan dramatists and playwrights Ugandan women dramatists and playwrights Kumusha 1977 births