America at 250: What Does It Mean to You?

What does America mean to you, and what do you want its future to look like? Through movement and spoken word, participants will explore their experiences, identities, hopes, and questions about America today. Together, they’ll create a collective performance reflecting many voices and perspectives on where we’ve been and explore the future.​

Presented by...

Theara J. Ward, “baby ballerina” with Dance Theater of Harlem. Broadway: Black and Blue; Crazy For You; original Ghost of Christmas Future, A Christmas Carol, (Madison Square Garden) Ragtime (Chicago). Regional: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Cleveland Playhouse); The Love Space Demands with Ntozake Shange (Crossroads Theater). TV and Commercials. Belhaven College, visiting artist; Duke University, Dartmouth College, facilitator/panelist. Works with arts education programs: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Teacher/Mentor: Creative Outlet, Brooklyn Contributing writer, re:Claiming Ballet, Dr. Adesola Akinleye, Editor. Theara penned her one woman show, From The Heart Of A Sistah: A Choreopoem.
Stage the Change is co-sponsored by Stage the Change, Inc.
The Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and Hauppauge Public Schools.
Stage the Change programs are made possible with funds from the
Arts Reach Fund at The New York Community Trust, Long Island; the Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund at New York Community Trust; and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the
​Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
This work is supported by Long Island Grants for the Arts through funds provided by the office of the Governor and the
New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council. 
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