Dr. Ibby Cizmar is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Franklin & Marshall College and an Associate Faculty member at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She holds an MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School/New School for Drama. Her Ph.D. in Drama from Tufts University focuses on acting theory during the Black Arts Movement. As a published scholar, her work intersects with Africana Studies, Performance Studies, Theatre History, and Queer Theory. Today we talk about Afrocentric acting, Malcolm X, Tupac, Spike Lee and much more. Throughout the episode Ibby mentions a lot of really great artists and work, see below:Ernie McClintock (Afro-American Studio for Acting & Speech, 127th Street Repertory Company, Jazz Actors Theatre in Richmond)Ronald WalkerMarc PrimusA. Peter Bailey (critic & historian)N.R. Davidson's El Hajj Malikntozake shange spell no. 7Ed Bullins Goin' a BuffaloRichard Wesley The Mighty GentsSonia Sanchez's Uh; Uh, but how do it free us?Dereck Walcott's Dream on Monkey Mountain