"Writing for Performance" workshop with Dr. Gowrinathan and D'Lo
Join this year’s GSRC Keynote Speaker Dr. Gowrinathan and ’L for a workshop on applying key concepts from the keynote lecture in academic spaces with a specific focus on art-making, storytelling, and comedy.
About the speakers
Dr. Nimmi Gowrinathan
Nimmi Gowrinathan is an activist, writer, and scholar and founder of the , a global project to explore the political impact of gender-based violence. She is also the Founder and Publisher of , a literary journal to re-humanize policy, and the creator of the Female Fighter Series at Guernica Magazine. Her book, (Beacon Press 2021), examines the politics of the female fighter. Her political essays, which have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, Freeman’s Journal, McSweeney’s Quarterly, Guernica Magazine, and Foreign Affairs, among others have been described as “searing in a search for answers.”
’L
’L is a queer/transgender Tamil-Sri Lankan-American actor/writer/comic. His acting credits include: LOOKING, TRANSPARENT, SENSE 8, and MR.ROBOT, and web series EASTSIDERS, DYKE CENTRAL, including a leading role in a ColorCreative & Project Greenlight produced MINIMUM WAGE, and finally his very own web series PRIVATE DICK. He also plays the role of Gio in upcoming feature film DEATH & BOWLING and is in post-production for a buddy comedy short film he wrote featuring ’L and Shakina Nayfack called RO & SHIRELLE.
In 2020, ’L guest starred on NBC’s CONNECTING and also was an actor/writer and producer on another BTR collaboration with Pop Culture Collab on his project called NIMZO. His most recent credits include Billy Eichner’s film BROS and an upcoming episode of Quantum Leap.
His work has been awarded grants from the City of Santa Monica, Durfee Foundation, National Performance Network, Ford Foundation and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Most recently, ’L was awarded the Artist Disruptor Fellowship for TV Writing through the Center for Cultural Performance and 5050×2020 an initiative started by Joey Soloway; as well as the Civic Media Fellowship through USC’s Annenberg Innovation Lab funded by the MacArthur Foundation; a Cultural Trailblazer Award from the City of Los Angeles’ Department of Cultural Affairs, and a Sherwood Award Finalist through CTG.
His solo shows Ramble-Ations, D’FunQT, D’FaQTo Life and To T, or not To T have toured theaters and festivals nationally.
His work has been published and/or written about in academic journals, literary anthologies, and print/online journalism sources, such as LA Times, The Guardian, NBC, and The Advocate. He was invited to be a commentator on CNN, has appeared in Buzzfeed and Fusion videos, and the award-winning documentary PERFORMING GIRL centers his queerstory as a trans artist.
He facilitates ‘writing for performance’ workshops, and created the “Coming Out, Coming Home” writing workshop series for South Asian and/or Immigrant LGBTQ Organizations across the nation, as well as workshops on creating healing through comedy at universities/colleges nationally.
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