Writer and Director Eva Doumbia in Atlanta: Between Theater, Memory, and Transmission
Talk
Baldwin Burroughs Theater, 350 Spelman Lane, Rockefeller Arts Building
Atlanta, 30314
November 5, 2025
Villa Albertine and Emory University are delighted to welcome writer and director Eva Doumbia to Atlanta for a series of workshops, talks, and conversations with local academic and cultural communities.
From November 2 to 12, 2025, Villa Albertine will welcome Eva Doumbia to Atlanta for a series of workshops, talks, and meetings with local academic and cultural communities. She will lead a variety of activities in partnership with Emory University, Spelman College, Georgia Tech, and the University of Georgia in Athens. The program includes workshops, public talks, classroom visits, and collective discussions on themes such as decolonization and socially engaged artistic creation.
A public reading at Spelman College on November 5
Eva Doumbia will give a public talk at Spelman College on the afternoon of November 5. On this occasion, she will direct a bilingual reading — in French and English — of her play Le Iench. The event will also feature a theatrical interlude in English, with an excerpt from Autophagies performed by a guest actress. Students from Spelman College and Emory University will attend the event, which will conclude with an open discussion with the audience around themes of theater, identity, and cultural transmission.
This event is open to the public.
WHERE ?
Baldwin Burroughs Theater, Latanya richardson Jackson and Samuel L. Jackson Performing Arts Center
350 Spelman Lane, SW, Rockefeller Arts Building, Atlanta
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
A Familiar Voice in the U.S.
This is not Eva Doumbia’s first time in the United States. In 2022, she undertook a residency in New Orleans with Villa Albertine to begin adapting Autophagies for American audiences. The following year, in 2023, she presented the U.S. premiere of the show at the Invisible Dog Art Center in New York, in a unique format blending theater, culinary performance, and documentary storytelling.
An Invitation to Rethink the World
A writer, director, and founder of the theater company La Part du Pauvre, Eva Doumbia creates deeply engaged work at the crossroads of theater, personal narrative, and major postcolonial questions. Her practice explores identity, memory, and silenced stories, as seen in her acclaimed piece Autophagies.
Eva Doumbia’s visit reflects Villa Albertine’s commitment to fostering transatlantic cultural dialogue and amplifying powerful artistic voices that connect personal narratives with collective history, and art with social consciousness.
This event is part of the programming of the season France-Atlanta 2025 and is generously supported by Delta.
