NTU Theatre/Cinema Troupe Intl.

IN EARLY 1992, COLBRI PRODUCED HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL WORKS WITH HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTIVIST, ACTOR & DIRECTOR CEDRIC WARD AND THE ROBESEN PLAYERS AT THE CIRCLE THEATRE(GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN). FROM 1998 – 2001, JUS WORKED AS BOTH ACTOR & ASSISTANT TO PROFESSOR YULISA AMADU MADDY (GIVE US FREE – THE AMISTAD REVOLT; NO PAST NO PRESENT NO FUTURE) AT MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE (ATLANTA, GA). IN 2007

DAWA THEATRE GROUP WAS COMMISSIONED TO PRODUCE BITTER REFLECTIONS, DO NOT FLATTER, THE FIRST ALL-AFRICAN AMERICAN STAGE PRODUCTION TO THE CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, ART & CULTURE (AIKEN, SC.). IN 2009, DAWA SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ARTS WAS LAUNCHED NATIONWIDE, FEATURING EXHIBITIONS WITH NEW & FEATURED MEMBERS OF DAWA THEATRE GROUP PERFORMING ORIGINAL STAGEPLAYS SUCH AS RIDDLE OF THE LOST CHILDREN – A WEST END STORY, AND COLLABORATIVE WORKS WITH THE SPACE & ARTHOTEL GALLERIES. TODAY, DAWA SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ARTS OFFERS COURSES IN NON-TRADITIONAL, WEST AFRICAN AND EPIC THEATRE, IN ADDITION TO PHILOSOPHY, MUSIC THEORY AND PRACTICE IN A CONSERVATORY SETTING.