Tanuja Devi Jagernauth

Truthout • 24th June 2022

To Build the World We Desire, We Must Dream Deeply Together

“Get with your people … and just take a second to appreciate yourself for the ways in which you are surviving a truly unprecedented time,” says organizer Tanuja Jagernauth. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Jagernauth and host Kelly Hayes discuss...

Truthout • 26th May 2022

Hope Is Not a Given. We Must Cultivate It Together.

“It’s time to get clarity and we can actively create that clarity. This is the time to find our alignment,” says activist Tanuja Jagernauth. In these challenging times, how are activists and organizers holding onto hope? In this episode of “Movement...

Facebook • 24th April 2022

Next-Gen Theatre Industry Events: Investing in Healthier Theatre Practices

BroadwayWorld.com • 10th March 2022

Lifeline Theatre's Announces Playwrights for First Writer's Workshop and Showcase

Lifeline Theatre has selected two incredible playwrights to take part in its inaugural Adapting to Stage Developmental Workshop and Showcase. Over the next 5 months, Sandra Jackson-Opoku and Tanuja Devi Jagernauth will work in tandem members of...

Chicago Food Policy Action Council • 9th March 2022

17th Chicago Food Policy Summit Keynote: Moving like mycelium to dismantle white supremacy culture

~~~~~~ This session was presented during the Chicago Food Justice Summit, held virtually between February 23-25, 2022. The theme was Collective Care, highlighting stories of the revolutionary acts of care and kindness that took place in our...

Chicago Reader • 17th December 2021

Prop Thtr finds new places and plans

We're still out here, developing FAUST! I am grateful for the chance to get grounded in community in 2022 and allow this piece to develop and evolve as everything else is also shifting and transforming. "Faust is back on the Prop radar, but this time...

13th October 2021

Tanuja Devi Jagernauth | New Play Exchange

Access some of my plays in process on the New Play Exchange!

13th October 2021

AMERICAN THEATRE | Bylines Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel with interview support by Tanuja Jagernauth

Behind and beyond recent reckonings at the city’s theatres are countless tales of exploitation, harm, and silencing—but it’s not too late for change.

YouTube • 21st February 2021

Jackalope's 11th annual Living Newspaper Festival, Ep. 4 – SUN ON ICE

All proceeds go to Black Abolitionist Network: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising...​ Sun on Ice written by Tanuja Devi Jagernauth. Directed by Arti Ishak, featuring Eric Gerard and Wardell Julius Clark. Inspired by the article:...

yumpu.com • 23rd February 2021

understory quarterly issue #1: WINTER

:::understory::: is a (humble, new, experimental) quarterly zine rooted in the the values and practices of Healing Justice, Disability Justice, Transformative Justice, PIC Abolition, Environmental Justice, and Traditional East Asian Medicine.

JAHAJEE SISTERS • 20th November 2020

Healing & Transformative Justice in this Political Moment

This plenary is from our 2020 Indo-Caribbean Women’s Empowerment Summit, "Building Our Future: Love & Solidarity as the Pathway to Justice" and took place on November 21, 2020. It features social justice leaders: Piper Anderson, President of Create...

Truthout • 3rd November 2020

Having a Meltdown? Let's Process This Electoral Nightmare Together.

Need a break from doom scrolling? Kelly Hayes and Tanuja Jagernauth interrupt the aggravating suspense of Election Day with a grounding conversation about learning to inhabit uncertainty.

Healing Justice Dialogue Series DePaul • 23rd October 2020

Healing Justice, Mutual Aid, and Abolitionist Feminism: Sangeetha Ravichandran and Tanuja Jagernauth

This event is part the of Healing, Justice and Dialogue Series over 2020-2021. Tanuja Devi Jagernauth is a playwright and practitioner of transformative and healing justice. When she is not creating spaces for mutual aid, collective creation, and...

AMERICAN THEATRE • 16th September 2020

The Subtext: Making Space With Tanuja Jagernauth

This month Brian talks to the Chicago-based playwright, activist, and healer about the transition points in her life and career. This month on the Subtext, Brian Zoom-chats with Chicago-based playwright Tanuja Jagernauth. Tanuja is an Indo-Caribbean...

Sixty Inches From Center • 18th July 2020

Beyond the Page: Tanuja Devi Jagernauth

“Beyond the Page” digs into the process and practice of writers and artists who work at the intersection of literary arts and other fields. For this installment, I interviewed Tanuja Devi Jagernauth — Indo-Caribbean playwright, dramaturg, organizer —...

BECKETT'S BABIES • 12th July 2020

64. INTERVIEW: Tanuja Jagernauth Returns!

Based in Chicago, Tanuja Jagernauth is an Indo-Caribbean playwright, dramaturg, and ceramic artist who believes in the necessity of creation during times of destruction. We talked with Tanuja a few months ago about her theatrical work, and we have her...

Truthout • 13th April 2020

We Need a Riot of Empathy

Kelly Hayes talks with Tanuja Jagernauth about collective grief and resisting the normalization of mass death.

chicagotribune.com • 4th August 2019

‘Still/Here: Manifestos for Joy and Survival’ asks audiences to imagine Chicago’s post-apocalyptic future, and who will remain

Free Street Theater’s “Still/Here: Manifestos for Joy and Survival” begins at the end; in the opening of the show, the apocalypse has arrived in Chicago.

BECKETT'S BABIES • 10th September 2019

32. INTERVIEW: Theater is Life-Shifting with Tanuja Jagernauth

Playwright, Dramaturg, Ceramic Artist and former Acupuncturist Tanuja Jagernauth join us on this episode to share her truth on theater and supporting communities through the arts. She also explores the ideas from her current research on fascism to...

Chicago Sun-Times • 26th July 2019

Free Street Theater marks 50 years of community-centric, collaborative theater in Chicago