Using Our Voices to Share Our Stories
Students will collaborate with the Houses on the Moon team to devise a piece of theater in groups based on a topic they are passionate about. We’ll start with group brainstorming through theater games, then move into the development process. Students will be on their feet, using their bodies, voices, and original text to tell stories that are authentic to each participant.
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Emily Joy Weiner is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Houses on the Moon Theater Company. Since its inception in 2001, Emily has led Houses through the creation and development of multiple new works that explore our social climate and address the complex and sensitive issues of our time. Most recently Emily wrote and performed in the Off Broadway premiere of SHARED SENTENCES that explores the lives of family members and loved ones of the incarcerated, which is currently touring to theaters, conferences and Universities. Over the last few years she directed THE SANTA CLOSET at Teatro Circulo, guided the company through its production of DE NOVO at Next Door at NYTW, directed the world premiere of THE ASSIGNMENT at the ART/New York Theatres and the touring, live storytelling production of gUN COUNTRY. She has performed all over NYC and beyond with some highlights including OTHELLO at the West End Theater, COMING THROUGH at the American Place Theatre, FINDING THE WORDS at the Lucille Lortel and AN EPIDOG with Mabou Mines. The League of Professional Theatre Women recently honored Emily with the Josephine Abady award for her work in the creation of multicultural works.
Angelika Menendez is a proud New York-based Latine actor/educator who graduated with her BFA from Emerson College. She is thrilled to be back at Stage the Change this year! Recent credits include Man of La Mancha (Antonia), For Carmen in San Sebastian, Do You See... (The REV); Before We Focus on Others (Teatro Chelsea), and other cabarets and new works in NYC. She is also a teaching artist with New York City Center, Houses on the Moon, and TADA! Youth Theatre.
IG: @angelikamenendez | angelikamenendez.com Houses on the Moon is a home for unheard stories. Our projects begin with relationship building, collaboration, and partnership with grassroots community organizations to identify an urgent social need; a vital untold story that must be heard. Our creation process includes extensive research, first-person storytelling workshops, and interviews, and our work is presented Off Broadway as well as in non-traditional spaces throughout New York City, the US, and internationally. Houses on the Moon collaborates with communities to theatrically amplify their untold stories, create awareness, offer support, and ultimately foster a more empathetic world. www.housesonthemoon.org
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