Tazewell Thompson

**Tazewell Thompson** bụ onye ntụzi ihe nkiri America, onye bụbu onye ntụzi nka nka nke Westport Country Playhouse (2006–07) na Westport, Connecticut na Syracuse Stage (1992–95) na steeti New York . Tupu mgbe ahụ, ọ bụ onye na-enyere aka na Arena Stage na Washington, DC Ọ bụ onye nduzi nke Opera Studies na Manhattan School of Music . 

Thompson eduzila ọtụtụ mmepụta onwe ha, na ebe ọ bụ na 2000, mgbe ọ na-eduzi opera mbụ ya, *Porgy na Bess* maka New York City Opera, ka a na-akpọ ka ọ duzie operas na egwu egwu. Ihe ịga nke ọma ya butere akwụkwọ ịkpọ òkù ka ọ rụpụta ihe kpọmkwem nke Francis Poulenc 's *Dialogues of the Carmelites* maka Glimmerglass Opera na City Opera na 2002 na 2004, n'otu n'otu, yana ọrụ ndị ọzọ. A họpụtara Thompson maka Emmy na 2006 dị ka onye ntụzi kacha mma maka mmepụta televishọn nke *Porgy na Bess* nke emere na Arena Stage na Washington, DC. N'August 2012, o duuru Maxwell Anderson na Kurt Weill 's *Lost in the Stars* (1949) maka Glimmerglass Opera, egwu sitere na akwụkwọ akụkọ South Africa kpochapụwo *Cry, Obodo a hụrụ n'anya* nke Alan Paton .

Dị ka onye na-ede egwuregwu, Thompson enwetawokwa nkwanye ùgwù, na ọtụtụ mmepụta nke *Constant Star* (2002) banyere onye na-eme ihe nkiri Ida B. Wells . Egwuregwu ya, *Mary T. & Lizzy K.*, gbasara Mary Todd Lincoln na Elizabeth Keckley, malitere na Washington, DC, na Arena Stage na 2013. *Jubilee*, ihe egwu *cappella* nke o dere ma duzie ya dabere na Fisk Jubilee Singers nke Mahadum Fisk, nwekwara mmalite ya na Arena Stage, na 2019.  

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Tazewell Thompson na New York City . Oge nwata ya siri ike ka nna ya, onye egwu jazz, na-eme njem ugboro ugboro. Nne ya nwere nsogbu mmetụta uche, mgbe ọkụ gbasịrị n'ụlọ ha ebe nwanne ya nwoke dị afọ atọ nwụrụ, ọ nweghị ike ilekọta ya. Mgbe Tazewell dị afọ asatọ, nne nne nna ya tinyere aka iji nyere ya aka, tinye ya n'ụlọ nke ụmụnna nwanyị St. Dominic na- agba na Blauvelt, New York . Ya na ha biri afọ isii, ma nata sacraments mmalite nke Ụka Katọlik . Ọ na-echeta ụmụnna nwanyị ndị gbara ya ume ka o nwee mmasị na ihe nkiri. Ọ tụpụtara n'ahụmahụ ya ọtụtụ afọ ka e mesịrị n'ịduzi Poulenc's opera *Dialogues of the Carmelites.* 

## Ọrụ
Dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri, Thompson bụ onye nkedo nke mbụ Broadway mmepụta nke *National Health* (1974)  na *Checking Out* (1976).  Ọ mere n'ọtụtụ ihe egwu egwu Off-Off-Broadway nke Rosalyn Drexler mere. 

## Ntuziaka ihe nkiri
Na New York, Thompson kụziri na St. Ann's School ma tinyekwa nnukwu mmepụta ihe na ụmụ akwụkwọ ya, gụnyere Stephen Sondheim 's *Follies* na *Phèdre* (na French). Ọ gara n'ihu na-eme ihe n'onwe ya na ntụzịaka ya. 

## Onye odee egwu
Thompson edewo ma na-eduzi ọtụtụ egwuregwu, gụnyere *Constant Star* (2002), ihe nkiri egwu egwu banyere ndụ onye na-eme ihe ike na narị afọ nke 19 na onye nta akụkọ Ida B. Wells, nke mbụ mepụtara na Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, na Ụlọ ihe nkiri City .  Ọ na-eji ndị na-eme ihe nkiri ise na-egwu Wells, bụ ndị na-egosipụtakwa ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị ọzọ na ndụ ya. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ isi ihe nkiri, ọ gụnyere ihe dị ka mmụọ negro 20 nke ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na-abụ ma jiri ya mee mgbanwe.  Ejije a gagharịala mba Amerịka.

Thompson kwuru maka egwuregwu ya:

: Okwu mmeghe nke mbụ m na Ida B. Wells bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ PBS na ndụ ya. Akụkọ ya masịrị m. Nwanyị a mụrụ n'ohu, ọ ga-etolite wee bụrụ otu n'ime nnukwu ndị ọsụ ụzọ na-agba mbọ nke Civil Rights Movement . A precursor nke Rosa Parks, ọ bụ a suffragist, akwụkwọ akụkọ nchịkọta akụkọ na onye nkwusa, investigative odeakụkọ, co-nchoputa nke NAACP, ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nwa akwukwo, nne, nwunye, na otu onye kasị ike onye ndú na mgbochi-lynching mkpọsa na America. Nwanyị na-agba ọsọ, esemokwu, nke na-adịghị mma, nwanyị agbụrụ na-adịghị agbanwe agbanwe, ọ na-agbaji achịcha ma na-agafe mma agha na ụfọdụ ndị na-akwagharị na ndị na-ama jijiji nke oge ya: Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Marcus Garvey, Booker T. Washington, WEB Du Bois, President McKinley . Site na ntule ziri ezi ọ bụla, ọ bụ onye ọkà mmụta sayensị na Post- Reconstruction America. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

* *Mary T. & Lizzy K.* (2013), egwuregwu ya banyere Mary Todd Lincoln na Elizabeth Keckley, onye bụbu ohu bụ onye *modiste* na enyi Lincoln, meghere na March 2013 na Mead Center for American Theatre na Washington, DC. 

## Ihe nketa na nsọpụrụ

* 2006, Thompson meriri NAACP Theater Award maka Director nke Musical maka mmepụta ya nke *Porgy na Bess* . 
* 2006, a họpụtara ya maka Emmy dị ka onye ntụzi aka kacha mma maka mmepụta televishọn nke *Porgy na Bess ya.* 

## Ntụaka
19 na onye nta akụkọ Ida B. Wells, nke mbụ mepụtara na Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, na Ụlọ ihe nkiri City .  Ọ na-eji ndị na-eme ihe nkiri ise na-egwu Wells, bụ ndị na-egosipụtakwa ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị ọzọ na ndụ ya. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ isi ihe nkiri, ọ gụnyere ihe dị ka mmụọ negro 20 nke ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na-abụ

## Ebe ndị ọzọ

* Frank Rizzo, "Thompson in na Westport: Onye nduzi nka ga-amalite ọrụ ọhụrụ Jan. 1", *Ụdị dị iche iche,* June 21, 2005
* "Westport Playhouse Names Tazewell Thompson Artistic Director", Westport Ugbu a, June 20, 2005   

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