About the Project
Short Summary:
In 1986, Northern Uganda was plagued by a terrible war against the Lord’s Resistance Army. In Nankunda, a young boy is kidnapped by the army and forced to either killed his mother or be killed. Inspired by true stories and told through dance, this production will open your eyes to the tragedies and beauties of Uganda.
About The Director:
In the past seven years, Alyssa Sprague has traveled to China, Rwanda, Kazakhstan, Uganda and the Philippines where she’s gotten most of her inspiration for her stories. Her first book, a story inspired by her travels to the Philippines, has just been released. She is an experienced dancer who started in gymnastics at the age of six. She’s trained in acro, tumbling, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, ballet, lyrical, modern, ariel silks, lyra, and musical theatre. She performed in musicals like Chicago and A Chorus Line with BellaMar Theatricals where she directed her own original dance show, A Step Outside. She was also a member of the hip hop crew Natural State and did a series of choreography projects throughout the Inland Empire. Currently, Alyssa coaches and is assistant manager at Blackbird Dance Company in Hollywood and trains at The Edge Performing Arts Center. She lives in Fullerton with her husband and it looking forward to the prospects headed her way.
Alyssa Sprague is a dancer and writer, with a heart of gold. She has made it her mission in life to help the children in undeveloped countries. She wrote Nankunda to raise awareness about the hardships that children in Central Africa have to endure.
We are producing Nankunda to be a stage play, where many influential people will be invited to the premiere. We are confident that everyone in attendance will love the show, and our hope is that this will raise awareness for the cause.
If the play is well received and we are able to raise enough funds, the next step in the plan will be to turn Nankunda into a feature film. This of course, would be the ultimate way to help the children as a substantial portion of the proceeds from the film will go towards social entrepreneurship ventures in Africa.
-Because of a poor distribution of wealth, the Uganda government spends only 1.9% of it’s GDP on health
-Uganda’s GDP per capita is only $332, marking it as one of the poorest countries in the world.
-There are only 4 doctors and 28 nurses per every 100,000 people in Uganda.
- 23.1 million Ugandans are likely to fall into poverty and about 8.4 million are trapped in absolute poverty.
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Production Team
