American essayist, playwright and poet of DR-Congolese descent
Brenton Weyi
Personal details
Born
Brenton Zola Weyi
(1990-01-16) January 16, 1990 (age 34) Dallas, Texas
Alma mater
Whitman College
Profession
Writer and Multidisciplinary Artist
Website
brentonweyi.com
Brenton Weyi (born January 16, 1990) is an American essayist, thinker, playwright, poet, and humanist.[1][2][3] He is an inaugural Playwright Fellow at Denver Center for the Performing Arts[1] as well as a lead organizer for TEDxBoulder—one of the largest global TEDx events.[4][5] He is known for cross-disciplinary creativity[6][7][8] as well as for his upcoming musical, My Country, My Country[9][10][11][12]
He is the great-great-grandson of venerated Congolese religious leader Simon Kimbangu, the great-grandson of statesman Charles Kisolokele, and a descendant of Kongo Empire prophet and leader Kimpa Vita[13]
^ abPress, DCPA (2019-02-16). "Denver Center Theatre Company expands commitment to local playwrights". Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
^"Untold: Denver's Next Massivemuse". Colorado Community Media. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
^Harris, Kyle (2017-02-22). "Feral Factory Launches Plan to Activate Art Spaces With First Urban Collage Exhibit". Westword. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
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