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Episode 4: Encouraging Empathy Through Art
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In this episode, Karishma Bhagani (2021 cohort), a Ph.D. candidate in Theatre & Performance Studies (TAPS), sheds light on the power of art to unite people and encourage empathy, her journey of growing up in Kenya as a fifth-generation East African to moving to New York to pursue a degree in theater and history, leveraging the arts to drive conversations of change, and so much more.
Highlights from the episode:
- (5:10) Karishma’s upbringing in Kenya and childhood training in dancing
- (9:35) Karishma’s journey into acting and her degree at NYU; her experiences directing and producing, and how they relate to her interest in history
- (16:06) Karishma’s thoughts on decolonizing the theatre canon by expanding it and critiquing it through a decolonial lens
- (19:05) The role of mentoring from strong women and parental support in navigating a career in the arts
- (25:50) Karishma’s motivations for pursuing a PhD in theater and performance studies at Stanford, and closing the gap between academia and practice by using the university as a space for resistance
- (32:22) How the diversity of the Knight-Hennessy community has shaped Karishma’s vision for the arts
- (34:54) Karishma’s experience directing and producing the play Haldi and Honey, written by the playwright Aleya Kassam, for her second-year candidacy exam
- (39:24) Karishma’s improbable facts and her polyglotism
- (41:24) Karishma’s advice to applicants for Knight-Hennessy
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