Why Tony-Winning Actor Joaquina Kalukango Has Started Telling Stories as a Writer, Too
Gordon Cox Theater EditorAudiences already know Joaquina Kalukango as an actor onstage (“Slave Play”) and on screen (“One Night in Miami”) — and on the most recent Tony Awards telecast, when she capped off a roof-raising performance with a Tony win for her work in the musical “Paradise Square.” What fans might not know, though, is that she’s also at work on a few projects as a writer.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:“I am trying to concentrate on narratives of our culture specifically, because I don’t see them,” Kalukango said on the latest episode of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. “I also am writing. I’m Angolan so there are specific stories I want to tell from my community as well.” For now, she’s declining to share too many details of what she’s writing.