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Aomawa Baker was born on 30 May 1975 in Berkeley, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Trojan Women (2004), Nine Lives (2005) and Intermission (2004).
- Actress, Writer
- May 30, 1975
- Aomawa Baker
- One of Four Themed Plays
- Cold Calculation
- Women’s Suffering
As a late 5th century BC Athenian dramatist, Euripides is an heir both to the traditions of oral poetry and mythmaking, and to the rational enquiry of philosophy, rhetoric, and history in a broad sense. While Homer was greatly admired by the literati in 5th century Athens, he does represent a world already long gone. (Homer’s Iliad may date up to 3...
The Trojan Women focuses on a small group of women of the royal house of Troy who await their fate in Greece. These are Hecuba, the widow of king Priam; Cassandra, the prophetess daughter of Priam and Hecuba; Andromache, the widow of Hector and mother of the boy, Astyanax; and Helen of Sparta, who has to plead for her life from Menelaus, her former...
It does seem to be significant too that the only compassion for the women coming from Greek male characters in the play belongs to Talthybius, the (non-aristocratic) herald of the Greeks. The Athenian audience in 415 BC knew very well the main mythical narratives of the aftermath of the Trojan war and the return home. They would know all about the ...
Aomawa Baker is an American actress, writer, and astrophysicist. She is best known for her roles in the television series The L Word and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She is also a professor of astrophysics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Sep 2, 2005 · Nine Lives: Directed by Rodrigo García. With Elpidia Carrillo, Aomawa Baker, Miguel Sandoval, Mary Pat Dowhy. Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
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- Drama
- Rodrigo García
- 2005-09-02
May 14, 2004 · The monstrous Caliban also benefits from a woman’s touch, becoming, in Aomawa Baker’s interpretation, a lonely, misunderstood soul who yearns for tenderness.
Aomawa Baker is known for Nova (1974), How the Universe Works (2010) and The Universe (2007).
Feb 15, 2006 · Aomawa Baker Shields, a 1997 MIT graduate, will perform a one-woman show exploring her life as scientist and actor. When she was 12, Aomawa Shields knew she wanted to be an astronaut. She studied astronomy and set her sights on MIT.
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