Liesl Tommy

**Liesl Tommy** (/ˈliːsəl/)  darektan Afirka ta Kudu ne. An fi saninta da aikinta na mataki, Tommy ta zama mace ta farko mai launi da aka zaba don Kyautar Tony don Mafi Kyawun Jagora na Wasan, don jagorantar samar da Broadway na Danai Gurira's Eclipsed (2017). Ta kuma baƙo ta ba da umarnin The Walking Dead episode "Chokepoint". Ta yi fim din fim dinta na farko tare da fim din Respect, wanda ya danganci rayuwar mawaƙa Aretha Franklin, tare da Jennifer Hudson kuma an sake shi a watan Agusta 2021.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Tommy a Cape Town, Afirka ta Kudu a lokacin wariyar launin fata kuma ya sami rabuwa da launin fata a matsayin ɗan ƙasa wanda ba fari ba.  Iyalin sun zauna a gari Factreton. Mahaifinta malamin makarantar sakandare ne kuma mai aiki a siyasa a kan mulkin wariyar launin fata. A shekara ta 1985, lokacin da gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu ta ayyana dokar ta baci, dangin Tommy sun yi hijira zuwa Amurka inda mahaifinta ya yi karatun Urban Planning a MIT a kan tallafin Fulbright a cikin shekarun 1970. Sun koma Boston lokacin da Tommy ke da shekaru 15. Ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta Newton North inda ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ɗaliban baƙar fata kaɗan. Tommy ta bayyana cewa yayin da take makarantar sakandare, ta sami yare da manufa ta hanyar wasan kwaikwayo kuma ta mayar da hankali ga hakan.

Bayan kammala karatunsa, Tommy ta yi karatun wasan kwaikwayo tare da Clare Davidson a Landan. Bayan ta koma Boston, ta yi aiki a matsayin malamar makarantar sakandare a Project AFRIC (Advancement for Families Rich in Children),  wani shirin da ke aiki tare da iyalai masu haɗari a yankin Roxbury na Boston.

## Ayyuka
Tommy ya jagoranci gidan wasan kwaikwayo a duk faɗin Amurka, gami da Cibiyar Cibiyar (Baltimore, Maryland), Cibiyar Wasanni ta Dallas (Dallas, Texas), Gidan Wasanni na Shakespeare na California (San Francisco, California), Sundance Gabashin Afirka, Gidan Wayan Wasanni ya Berkeley (Berkeley, California), da La Jolla Playhouse (La Jolla, California). 

An san ta da "sake tunanin" wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya ta hanyar ƙirƙirar sake ba da labari daga abubuwan da ta samu da kuma labarun rayuwa. Kyakkyawan Tommy na jiki ne da na ciki kuma tana da sha'awar nuna tashin hankali na kasancewa mutum a kan mataki ta hanyar tashin hankali na jiki da / ko musayar tashin hankali.

Horar da Tommy a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ya rinjayi salon darakta, musamman yadda take gudanar da karatun ta. Ta sami nazarin rubutu da aikin tebur da ke da mahimmanci yayin tsarin maimaitawa kuma ta guji sanya wasan a ƙafafunsa har sai da ta san 'yan wasan suna da ma'anar halayensu. Ta kuma yi ƙoƙari ta ba 'yan wasan kwaikwayo damar fitar da wannan yanki don masu sauraro su sami damar ganin mutane suna da 'yanci a kan mataki. Tommy ya bayyana falsafarta ta jagoranta: "Aikin da nake yi a matsayin darektan shine jan wannan labarin kuma jan hankalin masu sauraro tare da tafiya da ba za su taɓa mantawa da su ba. Ba na damu da samun sa hannu. Ina damu da yadda za a yi labarin a matsayin dutse da mirgina yadda zai yiwu kuma yana da ban sha'awa yadda zai yiwu. Ina da ra'ayi mai karfi, kuma akwai wasu abubuwa da nake bincika akai-akai a cikin shirye-shiryen na, saboda akwai abubuwan da nake aiki ta hanyar mai zane. "

Tommy ta sanya shi manufa ce ta bayar da shawara don ƙwarewar wasan kwaikwayo daban-daban a cikin shirye-shiryenta. Shirin da ta yi na *Hamlet* a 2012 a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Shakespeare na California ya nuna 'yan wasan Afirka da yawa, gami da rawar Hamlet da Ophelia . Ta ba da umarnin wasan kwaikwayo daga shahararrun marubuta kamar su Agusta Wilson's The Piano Lesson a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Yale a 2011 da Ruined by Lynn Nottage a gidan wasan kwaikwayon Berkeley a 2011.

Ɗaya daga cikin sakewa na samar da gargajiya shine sigar Les Misérables a Cibiyar Wasanni ta Dallas da ta ba da umarni a cikin 2014. Wannan samarwa ya haɗa da bambancin launin fata wanda ya kalubalanci nau'ikan simintin da aka saba da su kuma ya bincika jigogi na zanga-zangar siyasa ta Afirka da "adalci na zamantakewa". Ba ta taɓa ganin samar da Les Misérables ba kafin ta ba da umarni, amma ta karanta littafin lokacin da take yarinya kuma tana da manufa don ba da labarin tashin hankali na ɗalibai. Yayinda take girma a Afirka ta Kudu ta kewaye ta da tashin hankali na siyasa da zamantakewa kuma ta yi tunanin zai zama da amfani don kawo abubuwan da ta samu a cikin samarwa

Tommy ya yi imanin cewa gidan wasan kwaikwayo ya kamata ya kasance mai ma'ana kuma "don canza ku". Ci gabanta ya ƙunshi wasanni iri-iri waɗanda suka sanya wannan falsafar cikin aiki. Ɗaya daga cikin sabbin abubuwan da ta samar, Eclipsed, wanda Danai Gurira ya rubuta ya ba da labarin mata biyar na Laberiya da ke ƙoƙarin tsira zuwa ƙarshen Yaƙin Laberiya na Biyu. Wannan samarwa ta fito da Lupita Nyong'o kuma ta zama wasan kwaikwayo na farko da aka rubuta kuma ya ba da umarni ga mace don farawa a Broadway. Kafin ya koma New York, Tommy ya fuskanci zargi cewa Eclipsed yayi kama da Ruined by Lynn Nottage. Lokacin da Ms. Nottage ta ga wasan ta yarda cewa akwai kamanceceniya, amma ta yi jayayya cewa gabaɗaya labari ne daban-daban game da mata daban-daban da yanayi daban-daban. Tommy ta sami gabatarwa ta Tony Award don jagorantar Eclipsed, wanda ya sa ta zama darakta mace ta farko ta Afirka da ta sami mafi kyawun jagora don wasa a Tony Awards . 

Ayyukanta na jagorantar sun haɗa da wasan kwaikwayo na fim din Disney mai rai Frozen a Hyperion a Disneyland a Anaheim, California .  Ta ba da umarnin Kid Victory, sabon kiɗa da aka samar a Off-Broadway a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Vineyard a cikin 2017.  An ambaci Tommy tun da wuri don jagorantar gabatarwa ta duniya ta Pass Over ta Antoinette Nwandu a Kamfanin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Steppenwolf,  duk da haka, a farkonsa an lissafa Danya Taymor a matsayin darektan. 

A watan Maris na shekara ta 2018, an hayar Tommy don jagorantar Born a Crime, fim din da aka yi amfani da shi na tarihin kansa na wannan sunan ta Trevor Noah.Liesl ya ba da umarnin fim din Aretha Franklin mai suna Respect tare da Jennifer Hudson da ke nuna Franklin.

## Kyaututtuka da gabatarwa

* 2014: Kyautar Obie, Jagora don Daidaitawa, Mai Nasara
* 2016: Lucille Lortel Award, Babban Darakta don Eclipsed, Mai cin nasara
* 2016: Tony Award, Mafi kyawun Jagora na Wasanni don Eclipsed, wanda aka zaba

## Manazarta