Ep. 54 Victoria

Today I sit down with the amazing Jaci de Villiers, we talk protest art, Gideon Irving, the playwright, women's rights in South Africa and much much more! Jacquelyn is a South African award-winning actor, director and playwright and theatre reviewer (Stagebiz.com) now living in New York City. She studied a Bilingual Performer’s Diploma at the University of Cape Town and studied opera under Wendy Fine, Kathleen Quinlin and Sarita Stern. After ten years as a professional actress working predominantly in physical theatre, improvisation, devised productions and original musicals she moved into directing and writing. She created Tweeling Productions in 2002 with husband Gys de Villiers where she co-wrote/wrote and directed 16 original plays and musicals. In 2006 she launched a writing company, The Perfect Pitch with business partner Jocelyn Broderick, specializing in writing television and film scripts, Industrial and corporate theatre productions, and show running for live events and broadcasts. She also has extensive experience as a teacher specializing in improvisation techniques for devising original work, dramaturgy and acting coaching. Jaci currently works on the Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival for the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation, directed Clouds Like Waves by Megan Furniss for NY Winterfest and recently returned from a residency in Prague for Miss Amerika by Mirenka Cechova (NYC Premiere - 2019/2020).