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2025 Conference
Workshops and Presenters

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​ Please collect your student's choices for workshops before starting to register.

​Click here to download the Student Workshop Selection form you can print and distribute for collecting student choices.
Stage the Change Conference registration is now closed.
For registration questions please email [email protected]
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Keynote Speaker
J. Harrison Ghee, LGBTQIA+ advocate, Tony Award and Grammy Award winner
​Workshops marked with an asterisk (*) are accessible for Spanish speakers, with live interpretation available.
Theatre
...And Justice For All, Angelika Menendez and Emily Weiner / Houses on the Moon
Communicating Science Issues Through Theatre, Elizabeth (E-Beth) Bojsza
Creating a Scene: Staging a Flashmob, LIU Post
Headlines Into Punchlines, Billy Recce
*Is Speech Really Free?, Anna Mayta | *Interpretation available for Spanish speakers
Moment Work, Brandon Anderson / Tectonic Theater Company
Own Your Story: A Playwriting Workshop, SMJ

Staging Power & Rehearsing Change, Kea Trevett / Theatre for a New Audience
​*Stories That Break Free, Carmen Rivera | *Interpretation available for Spanish speakers 
Telling Your Story: Defining Your Praxis, Fabian "FARBEON" Saucedo / The Hip Hop Re:Education Project
Voices of Change: How I Find Light in the Darkness, Oya Bangura and Elise May 
Writing for the Stage and Screen with a Social Voice, Jim Hoare / Theatrical Rights Worldwide 
You Are Your Instrument For Change, Nick Mayo / Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids
Dance/Movement
Building Resilience and Hope Through Dance!, Marie Klepacz / Arts Ignite ​
Dance For Every Body: Movement Workshop, Urban Bush Women
Dance Your Voice, Fritzlyn Hector / LIU Post Concert Dance Company 
Embodied Resilient Voices, Theara J Ward | This is a two-part workshop
Moving Together: Moving with Impact, Lynn Neuman / Artichoke Dance Company
TIKoRO Creative Dance Workshop, Clement Mensah / TIKoRO 
Film
Filmmaking at Your Fingertips: Empowering Voices for Change, Makeba L. Ross / Reel Works
Short-Form Storytelling for Social Media, Gerson Legend / Reel Works
For Educators
Empowering Voices in Challenging Times​, Joy Ferrara 
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
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Stage the Change is co-sponsored by Stage the Change, Inc.
The Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and Hauppauge Public Schools.
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Stage the Change programs are made possible with funds from the
Arts Reach Fund at The New York Community Trust, Long Island; The 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.
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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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