Cultivating Stories & Systems

Establishing sustainable performance infrastructure, dramaturgical fellowships, and creative access across Uganda and Eastern Africa.

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Etymology & Purpose

“Tebere” — Continue Telling Your Story

“Tebere” is a word in the Runyankore language which means “continue telling your story”.

Inspired by the lack of adequate access to conservatory performing arts training, Tebere’s larger vision is to support the growth of Uganda’s theatre industry by creating an incubator for emerging artists to develop their own work and artistic practice, and to commission new work from mid-career and established theatre makers in order for all to continue to tell their own stories.

Foundation Mandate

Who Are We?

Tebere Arts Foundation is a non-profit supporting playwrights and artists in theatre. We offer programs and opportunities for artists to develop and showcase their work and grow their skills through 5 major programs:

01. Emerging Artists' Intensive Lab Lab → 02. Mid-Career & Playwrights Residency Residency → 03. Annual Production Showcase Staged → 04. Community Theatre Outreach Grassroots → 05. Kampala International Theatre Festival KITF

Strategic Intent

What Do We Want?

"To create systems and contribute towards supporting artistic platforms and infrastructures in Eastern Africa that are sustainable and focused on professionalism, ingenuity, new, creative, and inventive ways of thinking and working, as well as exposure and exchange."

Strategic Mandate Tebere Arts Foundation

Leadership & Management