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 In 1995, Kathy made her first trip to South Africa and after this initial visit, would return over a dozen times for design andf other projects, including the designs for the premiere production of ''[[Hang on in There, Nelson]]'' (1996) at the [[Windybrow Arts Centre]] in Johannesburg, ''[[A Coloured Place]]'' (1998) at [[The Playhouse]] in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal), and the premiere of [[Fatima Dike]]'s  ''[[The Middle Passage: A Ritual of Healing]]'' (2003) at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and [[University of Cape Town]]'s [[Little Theatre]]. She would also return to Grahamstown to work on a variety of other projects over the years.
-Inspired by her travels in Africa, Kathy compiled and published an invaluable collection - ''[[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1998) - which was the first anthology of plays focusing specifically on South African women, and in 2008 she published ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]''. In 2020 sshe was made an Honorary Life Member of the [[African Theatre Association]] ([[AfTA]]) in recognition of her contribution to African theatre studies.
+Inspired by her travels in Africa, Kathy compiled and published an invaluable collection - ''[[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1998) - which was the first anthology of plays focusing specifically on South African women, and in 2008 she published ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]''. In 2020 she was made an Honorary Life Member of the [[African Theatre Association]] ([[AfTA]]) in recognition of her contribution to African theatre studies.
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 In 1995, Kathy made her first trip to South Africa and after this initial visit, would return over a dozen times for design andf other projects, including the designs for the premiere production of ''[[Hang on in There, Nelson]]'' (1996) at the [[Windybrow Arts Centre]] in Johannesburg, ''[[A Coloured Place]]'' (1998) at [[The Playhouse]] in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal), and the premiere of [[Fatima Dike]]'s  ''[[The Middle Passage: A Ritual of Healing]]'' (2003) at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and [[University of Cape Town]]'s [[Little Theatre]]. She would also return to Grahamstown to work on a variety of other projects over the years.
-Inspired by her travels in Africa, Kathy compiled and published an invaluable collection - ''[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1998) - which was the first anthology of plays focusing specifically on South African women, and in 2008 she published ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]''. In 2020 sshe was made an Honorary Life Member of the [[African Theatre Association]] ([[AfTA]]) in recognition of her contribution to African theatre studies.
+Inspired by her travels in Africa, Kathy compiled and published an invaluable collection - ''[[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1998) - which was the first anthology of plays focusing specifically on South African women, and in 2008 she published ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]''. In 2020 sshe was made an Honorary Life Member of the [[African Theatre Association]] ([[AfTA]]) in recognition of her contribution to African theatre studies.
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 In 1995, Kathy made her first trip to South Africa and after this initial visit, would return over a dozen times for design andf other projects, including the designs for the premiere production of ''[[Hang on in There, Nelson]]'' (1996) at the [[Windybrow Arts Centre]] in Johannesburg, ''[[A Coloured Place]]'' (1998) at [[The Playhouse]] in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal), and the premiere of [[Fatima Dike]]'s  ''[[The Middle Passage: A Ritual of Healing]]'' (2003) at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and [[University of Cape Town]]'s [[Little Theatre]]. She would also return to Grahamstown to work on a variety of other projects over the years.
-Inspired by her travels in Africa, Kathy compiled and published an invaluable collection - ''[[South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1998) - which was the first anthology of plays focusing specifically on South African women, and in 2008 she published ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]''. In 2020 sshe was made an Honorary Life Member of the [[African Theatre Association]] ([[AfTA]]) in recognition of her contribution to African theatre studies.
+Inspired by her travels in Africa, Kathy compiled and published an invaluable collection - ''[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1998) - which was the first anthology of plays focusing specifically on South African women, and in 2008 she published ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]''. In 2020 sshe was made an Honorary Life Member of the [[African Theatre Association]] ([[AfTA]]) in recognition of her contribution to African theatre studies.
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-[[Kathy A. Perkins]] is an American lighting designer and theatre scholar.
+[[Kathy A. Perkins]] (1954-) is an American lighting designer and theatre scholar.
 == Biography ==
-Born in Mobile, Alabama (USA) during the era of segregation. Through her parents, teachers, and mentors, she learned the importance of education and love of the arts.
+Born in Mobile, Alabama (USA) in 1954, during the era of segregation. Through her parents, teachers, and mentors, she learned the importance of education and love of the arts.
 She received her BFA in Drama from Howard University, and her MFA in lighting design from the University of Michigan.

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 Her interest in South African theatre began when she met and designed lighting for several exiled artists working in the New York beginning in the late 1970s, among them [[Welcome Msomi]] and [[Duma Ndlovu]]. Through these artists she discovered the parallels between US segregation and South African [[Apartheid]].
-In 1995, she made her first trip to South Africa and after this initial visit, Kathy would return over a dozen times where to design the premiere production of ''[[Hang on in There, Nelson]]'' (1996) at the [[Windybrow Arts Centre]] in Johannesburg, ''[[A Coloured Place]]'' (1998) at [[The Playhouse]] in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal), and the premiere of [[Fatima Dike]]'s  ''[[The Middle Passage: A Ritual of Healing]]'' (2003) at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and [[University of Cape Town]]'s [[Little Theatre]]. She would also return to Grahamstown to work on a variety of other projects over the years.
+In 1995, Kathy made her first trip to South Africa and after this initial visit, would return over a dozen times for design andf other projects, including the designs for the premiere production of ''[[Hang on in There, Nelson]]'' (1996) at the [[Windybrow Arts Centre]] in Johannesburg, ''[[A Coloured Place]]'' (1998) at [[The Playhouse]] in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal), and the premiere of [[Fatima Dike]]'s  ''[[The Middle Passage: A Ritual of Healing]]'' (2003) at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and [[University of Cape Town]]'s [[Little Theatre]]. She would also return to Grahamstown to work on a variety of other projects over the years.
-Inspired by her travels in Africa Kathy compiled and published ''[[South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1998), which was the first anthology of plays focusing on South African women, and in 2008 she published ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]''.
+Inspired by her travels in Africa, Kathy compiled and published an invaluable collection - ''[[South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1998) - which was the first anthology of plays focusing specifically on South African women, and in 2008 she published ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]''.
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