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acting news:
* Nambi will be
performing in COURT MARTIAL AT FORT DEVENS March 8-April 1 at the New Federal Theatre in New York City.
* Nambi will be performing in the Singapore Arts Festival in her own adaptation of THE TIBETAN
BOOK OF LIVING AND DYING which includes co-writers Tze Chien, Oliver Chong, and Antonio Ianniello produced by the Finger Players
Theatre Company in Singapore June 2-3 2012. * Nambi most recently booked and shot a Walmart Industrial,
and recorded voiceover commercials for McDonalds and Honey Nut Cheerios.
playwriting news: *Nambi is a playwright
in residence at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago for the 2011-12 season. Her residency includes a commission to write
and develop a new play, and participate in collective writing/feedback sessions with other members of the playwrights unit.
Nambi's piece will be presented at the Goodman Theatre in June 2012.
* Nambi just returned
from surrounding Tibet and Singapore where she was researching and developing a loose adaptation of THE TIBETAN BOOK OF LIVING
AND DYING for the Finger Players Puppet Theatre in Singapore to be performed in Singapore for the Singapore Arts Festival
2012. * Nambi's play, XTIGONE will enjoy a production at the African American Shakespeare
Co. in San Francisco April 20-May 13, 2012 . The play will be directed by Darryl V. Jones and featuring African American
Shakespeare Company's Artistic Director, L. Peter Callender.
* Nambi is currently developing a project with Regina Taylor
and The American Blues Theatre for the 2013-14 season, theatre TBA. *
Nambi, who was named the Ellen Stone Belic Institute/Goodman Theatre Fellow, most recently did development on her commissioned
piece, FOR HER AS A PIANO, at the Goodman Thatre in Spring 2011. The play is in consideration to be part of the
New Plays Festival at the Goodman Theatre. Nambi shares this honor with Genius Award and Pulitzer Prize winner, Lynn
Nottage.
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