PERFORMER
THE UNIVERSE IS A SMALL HAT
PHILLY EDUCATION STORIES // Simpatico Theater // Performer
Directed by Anissa Weinraub
For one year, educators and students throughout Philadelphia sat down together in story circles to document their experiences and beliefs about education. From these story circles they have created a piece of theater to share their collective vision for educational transformation in Philadelphia.
Check out this thINKing DANCE Article to read more about the process and impetus for this project. Photo by M. Asli Dukan.
SIMPATICO THEATER, Philadelphia
July 2019
PHILLY EDUCATION STOREIS
CLOSE TO HOME // Leah Stein Dance Company // Dancer
Directed by Leah Stein in collaboration with the performers, Close To Home is an intimate performance project for nine dancers in response to the paintings of Edith Neff, a Philadelphia native and visual artist whose subjects include family, Philadelphia public spaces, and mythological allegory.
THE ART ROOM STUDIO, Philadelphia
September 2019
LEAH STEIN DANCE COMPANY
CLOUDS IN THE KITCHEN // The Painted Bride // Performer
Curated, Conceived and Co-Directed by Dante Green
Devised and Developed with the Ensemble
Co-Directed by Josh Walker
Clouds in the Kitchen is a multi-narrative, multi-generational musical piece about the history of a home.
THE PAINTED BRIDE, Philadelphia
July 2019
CLOUDS IN THE KITCHEN
OK, OK // Brown University Writing is Live Festival // Performer
Written by Katie Pearl
Directed by Melissa Kievman
OK, OK is a performance reckoning with the racism of today through the lens of what Katie learned—and didn’t learn—about Oklahoma history while growing up in Tulsa, OK. Watch a one minute clip here.
OK, OK
EL GRITO DEL BRONX // Brown University // Elizabeth
Written by Migdalia Cruz
Directed by Kenneth Prestininzi
EL GRITO DEL BRONX