Sauda Aziza Jackson
Performer
Vocalist
Writer
Lyricist
Producer
Sauda Aziza Jackson has performed in many theater productions during her twenty plus years in New York City.
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The Chicago native has had the opportunity to perform in Now is the Time with Little Lord, Iona Flies Away with Tanisha Christie, Expense of Spirit & Limitless Joy with International Wow (Josh Fox), Sponsored by Nobody’s The Arts & Behind the Bullseye, and The Making of King Kong by Lisa Clair at Target Margin Theater.
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Her own project I Digress: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo, a four episode transmedia performance memoir, has been in transformation and development over the last five years. Starting as two stories and a song performed at Dixon Place’s Little Theater, it went on to have developmental workshop readings at Dixon Place (NYC), SFX Festival (NYC), and Wunder Bar (Syracuse, NY). Episode 1 of I DIGRESS was developed through a residency at Arts at the Palace, Hamilton, NY in May 2021.
EDUCATION
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Eastern Illinois University
Bachelor's Degree in Theater Arts
Charleston, Il
Neighborhood Playhouse and School of the Theater
Summer Scene Study Program
NY, NY
Brooklyn College
Course work towards MFA in Acting
Brooklyn, NY
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​WORKSHOPS
Writing for Electronic Formats (Erik Ehn), Culture Hub, LaMama, January, 2022.
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Neighborhood Playhouse Summer Workshop (Ron Stetson), New York City, July-August, 1996.