Ford and Mellon Foundations Reveal 2024 Disability Futures Fellows
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2024
The Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation announced the 2024 recipients of the Disability Futures Fellowship, an initiative administered by United States Artists that is dedicated to platforming and amplifying disabled creative practitioners across various mediums and geographies.
Review: COST OF LIVING at Oakland Theater Project
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - Mar 11, 2024
The Bar Area premier of Martyna Majok’s COST OF LIVING has landed at Oakland Theater Project. With few frills and the focus on dialogue, COST OF LIVING pulls you in and never loosens its grip. In the midst of telling a story of a marginalized community, Oakland Theater Project reminds us of the universality of human nature, connection, rejection, and love.
Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of HOW TO LIVE at LABA
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 28, 2023
Mindy Pfeffer’s new play HOW TO LIVE opened on January 25 at the 14th Street Y in the East Village. The World Premiere runs until January 29 and is being presented by LABA (A Laboratory for Jewish Culture), a NYC-based artist fellowship program for which Pfeffer was a part of in 2021. Jean Randich directs. Check out photos here!
Queens Theatre's Training Program For Actors With Disabilities Returns In October
by Stephi Wild - Sep 13, 2022
Applications are being accepted now through September 23rd for the fifth round of Queens Theatre's Theatre For All (TFA) Professional Actor Training Program. The free, two-week program will run virtually this season, from Monday, October 17th through Friday, October 28th and is open to Deaf or Disabled performers, aged 18 and over. Through intensive workshops over the two weeks, students will build skills, as well as their networks.
Queens Theatre Will Offer Virtual Training Program For Disabled Actors
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2021
Applications are now being accepted for the fourth round of the Theatre For All (TFA) training program. The free, two-week program presented by Queens Theatre (QT) is offered to Deaf and disabled theatre professionals to hone their skills and practice their craft through targeted workshops. Due to the pandemic, this year's workshops and events will be hosted virtually.
Sonia Manzano Begins Performances in THE TEMPEST at Radial Park
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2021
Sonia Manzano, who spent 44 years performing as Maria and writing for the popular and enduring children's television series Sesame Street, and who was recently featured in the new documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street will begin performances tonight in this live outdoor production of Shakespeare's The Tempest in New York.
100 YEARS | 100 WOMEN 2021 Conversation Series Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 26, 2021
Park Avenue Armory has announced the 100 Years | 100 Women Conversation Series in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a continuation of the 100 Years | 100 Women initiative celebrating the centennial of the 19th Amendment's ratification granting some women the right to vote.
VIDEO: Watch Ali Stroker, John McGinty and More in ABLE: A Series
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 15, 2021
After a year on Amazon Prime, SoulStir Creative has just released ABLE, which aims to fill a gap of missing conversations within the entertainment world, on Youtube. In a series of episodic interviews, the hosts Kallen Blair and Alie B. Gorrie join various individuals with disabilities to discuss their experiences in all corners of the entertainment industry.
How Broadway Is Showing Up for the Election- What & When to Watch!
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 18, 2020
The election is right around the corner, and Broadway is showing up to the party. Countless artists have already raised their voices to call for change and inspire people around to world to vote... and they aren't finished yet. Check out some of the most anticipated upcoming events that combine the Broadway stars you love with the most important issues on the moment.