Jamila Capitman

Jamilla  Capitman, 24, is a theatre artist, community organizer, and youth worker who grew up in Roxbury, MA. She attended Boston Arts Academy as a theatre major and received a full scholar- ship to the Howard University theater department where she developed her skills as an artist then transferred to Temple University to major in African American Studies. Here she began her journey as an artist/ activist by starting Raw Fruit Theatre Troupe and developing the VISIONS Inc. Legacy Project, a youth program in Roxbury which is funded by the Boston Mayors Youth Fund. She has acted in and directed several shows, including For Colored Girls by Ntzoke Shange and a series of short plays called “Learning To Swim”, which was part of the 2009 Philly Fringe festival. This  year she co pro-produced the film “Alaskaland” by Chinonye Chukwu.  Jamila is the co-writer and director of Raw Fruit's first original piece, “Love, Queens Who Suffer From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”, a choreopoem inspired by her own life experience, and the work of great female literary artists like Ntzoke Shange. “Love, Queens…” has since been featured in the Philadelphia Urban Theatre Festival and the Philadelphia Microfest.  Jamila aims to prove how art can be used as a tool to create healing and change in the lives of all oppressed people.

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