Acting Professor is Lead in Atlanta Play Festival Reading

Kaja Dunn, assistant professor of acting in the Department of Theatre, will read the title role in Sonhara Eastman’s play Pearl in a virtual performance on January 28. The performance is the final event in The Graham Martin UNEXPECTED PLAY FESTIVAL 2021, a four-part series of digital readings of brand new plays by Atlanta playwrights presented by Theatrical Outfit in partnership with Working Title Playwrights.

Dunn is an actor, director, and activist. She has performed nationally and internationally in more than 40 productions. An affiliate faculty for Theatrical Intimacy Education, Dunn is a frequent consultant and presenter on issues of equity and diversity. Throughout January and February she is presenting the workshop “Foundations in Race and Intimacy” for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Learn more about her work and research here.