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Getting to experience that has been great,\u201d says Asha. \u201cI know a bit more on what is going on in theatre in terms of politics, management and a sense of everything the theatre includes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/02\/FLEX-CrowsTheatre-ObsidianTheatre_byElanaEmer_EE_9097-Enhanced-NR-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33736\" style=\"width:452px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/02\/FLEX-CrowsTheatre-ObsidianTheatre_byElanaEmer_EE_9097-Enhanced-NR-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/02\/FLEX-CrowsTheatre-ObsidianTheatre_byElanaEmer_EE_9097-Enhanced-NR-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/02\/FLEX-CrowsTheatre-ObsidianTheatre_byElanaEmer_EE_9097-Enhanced-NR-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/02\/FLEX-CrowsTheatre-ObsidianTheatre_byElanaEmer_EE_9097-Enhanced-NR-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/alumniandfriends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2026\/02\/FLEX-CrowsTheatre-ObsidianTheatre_byElanaEmer_EE_9097-Enhanced-NR-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Asha credits her time at York for&nbsp;building the foundation and providing the tools to prepare her for a career in the performing arts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYork&nbsp;really helped put down a good foundation for me,\u201d says Asha.&nbsp;\u201cIt helped me learn how to break down a script, giving me tools for that and tips for the actual acting element.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also&nbsp;recognizes&nbsp;the&nbsp;female&nbsp;instructors she worked with at&nbsp;the&nbsp;School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design for&nbsp;helping her&nbsp;hone her craft and refine her skills as an actor.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have a deep appreciation for the&nbsp;female&nbsp;instructors that I had, specifically Erika Batdorf&nbsp;[Associate Professor, Theatre],\u201d says Asha.&nbsp;\u201cI did her workshop, which really helped me as an actor,&nbsp;just finding another layer of depth in my performances and being able to tap into different states.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on her purpose as an actor, Asha explains what she hopes the audience takes away from her&nbsp;work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want people that see my work to feel connected to my character in some&nbsp;way,\u201d says Asha.&nbsp;\u201cI want to leave them walking away feeling something and feeling like that was real, I could connect with that, or I see someone in that.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up, Asha James (BFA \u201918) always had a deep interest in the arts,&nbsp;but it&nbsp;wasn\u2019t&nbsp;until&nbsp;she&nbsp;joined musicals&nbsp;in&nbsp;high school&nbsp;that&nbsp;she&nbsp;would&nbsp;discover&nbsp;that&nbsp;the stage was where she felt most at home.&nbsp;As&nbsp;Asha entered the&nbsp;acting&nbsp;industry, she was determined to find&nbsp;stories and&nbsp;cast members&nbsp;that&nbsp;reflected her community.&nbsp;It was this desire that would lead her to&nbsp;land a role in Obsidian Theatre\u2019s&nbsp;FLEX,&nbsp;a project that&nbsp;would shape her career.&nbsp; \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1457,"featured_media":33745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[286,124],"tags":[168,95,98],"class_list":["post-33718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-profiles","category-black-history-month","tag-all-campuses","tag-alumni-profile","tag-york-u-alumni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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