Written in Brooklyn's Solo Show Festival brings together New York’s best and brightest performers to make you laugh, cry, and question everything you’ve ever known. It’s called entertainment, baby!
Welcome to the 4 person 1 person show where four storytellers will delve into their respective rejections and acceptances that have shaped their lives.
A hit at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland: Through happy times. Through sad times. With friends. With enemies. With strangers. ‘The Jokes’ have always been there for Harmon. The Jokes saved his soul.
Today’s the day. You’re really doing it. You’re going to leave this place behind for good and you won’t look back. Not once, not ever.
Women of Color for Progress (WCP) is a multi-strategy political organization founded by women of color for women of color. WCP empowers women of color to excel, lead, represent, and be heard. Ultimately, WCP hopes to not only elect women of color into public office but also create a pipeline of women of color political leaders.
Presented as part of Speak Up Rise Up 2018, curated and produced by Asher Novek of Speak Up, Rise Up in association with The Tank.
Trampolines, Mormons, and Braids: Lessons from Growing is a true story about a childhood adventure gone wrong, family dynamics, growing up black in Utah in the 90s, and what it means to be an outsider - all brought to life with audio clips, photos, and plenty of hijinks.
@ is a storyteller, performer, and founder of TheNewQuo.com, a platform + consultancy with 1M social media impressions to date that teaches storytelling for change. Her stories showcase the subtle ways we other one another through our beliefs, and are inspired by her experience growing up as an extreme minority in Utah. As a Utah native & NYC resident for the past 9 years, she knows far more uses for jello than she'd like to admit.
Presented as part of Speak Up Rise Up 2018, curated and produced by Asher Novek of Speak Up, Rise Up in association with The Tank.
Written & performed by Emily Ray Reese. The only child in a town of six residents, Reese, was raised by her bear hunter father, Zeus, and her artist mother, Mary Jo. Reese takes us on a memorable trip through pivotal moments in her life. Her story is sure to be unlike any you’ve heard before.
Presented as part of Speak Up Rise Up 2018, curated and produced by Asher Novek of Speak Up, Rise Up in association with The Tank.
Join us at the GenEquality - Community Showcase to hear and share meaningful actions that people take in their daily lives in order to move the needle a little closer to gender equality. Featuring a diverse line-up of storytellers - most of whom don’t engage in storytelling for a living - this event is an opportunity to inspire and be inspired.
By sharing these anecdotes and stories, our storytellers provide inspiration for the rest of us as we collectively seek to create positive change. Whether you’re a public servant, a financial analyst, a programmer, an activist, an artist, a manager, or something in between – we believe that you have an inspiring story within you. If you're interested in sharing your story as well, contact us!
About genEquality:
genEquality is a nonprofit organization on a mission to activate gender equality, with and for everyone. We use art, design, fashion, and technology to positively influence culture change - in peer groups, in workplaces, and in our wider society.
GenEquality - Community Showcase is presented as part of Speak Up Rise Up 2018, curated and produced by Asher Novek and Speak Up, Rise Up in association with The Tank.
The Center for Popular Democracy works to create equity, opportunity, and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions. CPD strengthens our collective capacity to envision and win an innovative pro-worker, pro-immigrant, racial and economic justice agenda.
Presented as part of Speak Up Rise Up 2018, curated and produced by Asher Novek and Speak Up, Rise Up in association with The Tank.
A work-in-progress collection of big-hearted stories told through movement, lighting, and contemporary music.
A work-in-progress collection of big-hearted stories told through movement, lighting, and contemporary music.
