KHADIJA BANGOURA
About Khadija:
Khadija Bangoura (they/she) is a Black & Queer theater and teaching artist based in Brooklyn. Khadija received their BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University. They are passionate about writing and directing new work in front of New York Audiences, performing in art as a form of protest, and inspiring communities through collaborative-based theatre education. At a young age, Khadija realized that theatre was a place where they could transform and experience true, uninhibited joy. They started their theatrical journey as an African Dancer, participating in her parent’s performance company, “Jeh Kulu Dance & Drum Theatre”. This fostered their love of community and storytelling. As Khadija grew older, they began to see how oppressive systems permeate the theatre industry. They want their art to make her community feel welcome, artistically challenged, and engaged.
Khadija works toward freedom, with Play in their their pocket and Joy in their left, they hope to carve out a space in the storytelling world for a new type of theatre that calls out White Supremacy and Fascist regimes, and calls in joy, cultural recognition and resistance.
Produced and directed: Peach Phoenix vs. The American Nightmare by Cole Merrell and Jacob Morton at South Oxford Stage, Salamander and the Impediment by Charlotte Weinman at Pink Frog Cafe, and Mad Little Reefers by Michael Valladares at Fresh Fruit Festival. Playwriting Credits: Jamal The Black Boy Werewolf at BU Theatre, Sunjata at BU’s New Work Fest. They made their off-Broadway debut at the Cherry Lane Theatre with the Negro Ensemble Company.
Khadija is inspired by queer artists of color who have paved the way for intersectionality in storytelling. She hopes to someday create an artistic space dedicated to new work, theatre education and organization for her community.