tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16094770370826860992024-03-17T00:22:40.413-04:00TS HAWKINSInternational Author | Performance Poet | EducatorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-80587083242564447762024-02-14T15:21:00.017-05:002024-03-17T00:22:07.950-04:00News || Scholar in Residence at UPENN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ilySeYjZ1EOQphopyOMM8zIuam7OEuZNOciMPYdfrJP-IyEHNJSYDvhyphenhyphenzYuH6BbWJqD_HxaMXwOeU49jQwElRg1N5lj2ElnDVv-R16jEbNtvBsv7yVZ94zyJv47Es5Nsm7_tsuBcpdGx-4ZTZnvDiSCFGdrmtJ9ZnQHyffvWVRJJ3MIWdfkPBG84eXl3/s1080/TS%20SIR%20page.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ilySeYjZ1EOQphopyOMM8zIuam7OEuZNOciMPYdfrJP-IyEHNJSYDvhyphenhyphenzYuH6BbWJqD_HxaMXwOeU49jQwElRg1N5lj2ElnDVv-R16jEbNtvBsv7yVZ94zyJv47Es5Nsm7_tsuBcpdGx-4ZTZnvDiSCFGdrmtJ9ZnQHyffvWVRJJ3MIWdfkPBG84eXl3/w400-h400/TS%20SIR%20page.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">LGBT Center at University of Pennsylvania</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>TS HAWKINS</b> - <i>Arts & Education</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The Penn LGBT Center is thrilled to announce its three <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pennlgbt/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2024 Scholars in Residence</span></a>, all of whom are esteemed local entrepreneurs and activists within the city of Philadelphia. This year's selection is particularly resonant, reflecting the Center's commitment to fostering connections with queer professionals who embody the diverse fabric of our local community. This year's Scholars in Residence program aims to provide a platform for local voices and expand LGBTQ+ education beyond traditional boundaries. By incorporating these discussions into classroom settings, the program seeks to spark social change and cultivate allies across various communities, fostering greater awareness and understanding of LGBTQ+ identities and work.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Congratulations to TS Hawkins for being selected as part of UPenn's <i>2024 LGBT Center Scholar in Residence</i> cohort! This residency will focus on stretching the boundaries of what the status quo or the nonprofit industrial complex believes is possible.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The Scholar in Residence Selection Committee has stated that, <i>"TS's steadfast dedication to broadening the horizons of Philadelphia's performing and written arts community is a testament to commendable efforts and exceptional vision. <b>Their groundbreaking work is far more than innovative—it is a reflection of intellectual prowess and unyielding commitment to nurturing an environment of open dialogue through the transformative power of art.</b> As they reshape the cultural landscape, TS compels us to critically engage with the narratives they so skillfully bring to life, both on stage and in print. Their invaluable contributions are not merely enriching the community, but also redefining artistic standards in today's society; setting a precedent for future generations of artists."</i> TS is elated to join in the journey of serving the community in a new and enthralling way!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">UPCOMING EVENTS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><b>QPenn Pride Week Keynote/TedTalk/Masterclass</b></li><ul><li>March 27th; 4PM</li><ul><li><b><a href="https://ulife.vpul.upenn.edu/calendar/view/scholar-in-residence-talk-ts-hawkins-34-purpose-poetry-and-power-tools-for-thriving-in-a-shifting-society-34/3804/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Purpose, Poetry, & Power: Tools for Thriving in a Shifting Society w/ TS Hawkins</span></a></b></li><ul><li><i>In a topsy-turvy social media-driven climate, how does one search for peace? Through various poetic activities, you will explore what it means to own your creative voice, solace of mind, and produce works that educate & elevate beyond the status quo.</i></li></ul></ul></ul><li><b>Community Dinner</b></li><ul><li>April 9th; 5PM</li></ul></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1Uw8WRbrBIj1PAfdAAaoal3zSTv8lbDtm2a_LRlAWT6wiijuawH6RYb_JK7f6ayaqhwILWPLG_QFSgdtSkUYm9Y1H1XNzuh7MfXrmV6rRDuOCD4LgldQALmsdApbQt5Bz7uNdoGw9Gi-vVMhcMlGqegQn2sjUTWjTaO36eYUxi9FPg717W9fLJ4-P3Be/s1080/March27thEvent_SIR_HawkinsTS.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1Uw8WRbrBIj1PAfdAAaoal3zSTv8lbDtm2a_LRlAWT6wiijuawH6RYb_JK7f6ayaqhwILWPLG_QFSgdtSkUYm9Y1H1XNzuh7MfXrmV6rRDuOCD4LgldQALmsdApbQt5Bz7uNdoGw9Gi-vVMhcMlGqegQn2sjUTWjTaO36eYUxi9FPg717W9fLJ4-P3Be/s320/March27thEvent_SIR_HawkinsTS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ABOUT THE SCHOLAR</span></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">TS HAWKINS (<i>they/them</i>) is an international author, performance poet, art activist, playwright, trauma-informed & award winning educator, and member of the Dramatists Guild. <b>Plays, short works, and books include</b> <i>Seeking Silence, sweet bread peaches</i> (formerly, <i>Cartons of Ultrasounds</i>), <i>Too Late to Apologize, In Their Silence</i> (formerly, <i>They’ll Neglect to Tell You</i>), <i>#RM2B, The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G, AGAIN, #SuiteReality, “don’t wanna dance with ghosts...”, #SuiteTea, Sugar Lumps & Black Eye Blues, Confectionately Yours, Mahogany Nectar, Lil Blaek Book: all the long stories short</i>, and <i>The Hotel Haikus</i>. Hawkins’ works and powerful performances have been praised by the <i>Barrymore Awards - Victory Foundation for Excellence in Theatre Education recipient, Philadelphia Magazine - Best of Philly, BroadwayWorld, Philly Voice, NPR, WHYY, WURD Radio, Philadelphia Weekly, Chicago Tribune, The Dramatist</i>, and <i>dosageMagazine</i>. <b>Featured playwriting opportunities include</b> <i>Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellowship Finalists 2024-25</i>. <b>Ongoing projects:</b> <i>TrailOff</i> and <i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i>. [<a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/about-ts.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>click for full biography</b></span></a>]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">LIST OF WORKS BY TS HAWKINS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/buy-cds.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albums</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/buy-books.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Books</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/plays.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Plays</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/about-ts.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Publications</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/masterclasses-workshops.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Masterclasses</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Walking Tours</span></a></li></ul><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ABOUT UPENN & THE LGBT CENTER</span></b></div><div><a href="https://lgbtcenter.universitylife.upenn.edu/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center</span></a>’s mission is to enrich the experiences, foster success, celebrate victories, and affirm the existence of Penn’s LGBTQ+ undergraduates, professional and graduate students, staff, faculty, and alum using the lenses of social justice and intersectionality. Through education, support, and advocacy, the Center cultivates a campus climate where all students, regardless of their gender or sexual identity, can live authentically. After 35+ years, we are incredibly proud of the Center’s progress and status as an invaluable campus resource. That said, we are constantly working to better serve the ever-changing and diverse LGBTQ+ community!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>NOTABLE PRESS</b></span></div><div>"The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn LGBT Center’s Scholars-in-Residence Program is returning for 2024 and will welcome three new LGBTQ+ scholars with diverse backgrounds, all from the Philadelphia area. This year’s program includes a TedTalk by each of the scholars, which will take place during the University of Pennsylvania’s QPenn week March 22-29. This year’s scholars include a cohort of three local activists and entrepreneurs: TS Hawkins, Kyle Cuffie-Scott and Dr. Danna Bodenheimer." -<b>Liz Declan</b>, <b><i><a href="https://epgn.com/2024/03/14/penn-lgbt-centers-scholars-in-residence-program-returns-welcomes-three-local-voices/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">PGN</span></a></i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Who knew that the mystery of Black Conscious cosmos was in South Philadelphia and could be found on a casual stroll?" -<b>A.D. Amorosi</b>, editor of <i><b><a href="https://www.dosagemagazine.com/afrofuturism-in-south-philly-now/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">dosageMagazine</span></a></b></i></div><div><br /></div><div>"It could be said that writers are innovators by nature because you routinely create characters, context, relationships, sometimes languages, and even whole worlds in your art. And then in the midst of COVID-19, dramatists have had one of the signature ingredients of theatre—the gathering of both audiences and artists in the same space at the same time—suspended. Or at least so it seemed. These three scrappy and resourceful theatre writers put their well-practiced powers of innovation to use. I’m excited to talk to TS Hawkins about <i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i>, Krista Knight about <i>CRUSH</i>, and Gabriel Jason Dean about <i>#Rift</i>." -<b>Joey Stocks</b>, editor for <i><b><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/2022/03/news-dramatist-magazine-ft-ts-hawkins.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Dramatist - Innovation Issue</span></a></b></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_2RW9KX9mx1s15kXlrKtzCl5H17nWs9dpZElf1LE_R8CsJ3U_bJB9ttBIM-J3LfznqLjqK381B7ehDOhRjxU_zuH3swuVJJ98kIRQFiKzcayu_BLsiaIrpFeG3z5g5v2GBjNv0cOwJbD4F3U0C5PSDjUZR9LJP0JtxeZ8TAYX0FjNNydFP7kh8mX9VK6/s1080/ScholarInResidence.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_2RW9KX9mx1s15kXlrKtzCl5H17nWs9dpZElf1LE_R8CsJ3U_bJB9ttBIM-J3LfznqLjqK381B7ehDOhRjxU_zuH3swuVJJ98kIRQFiKzcayu_BLsiaIrpFeG3z5g5v2GBjNv0cOwJbD4F3U0C5PSDjUZR9LJP0JtxeZ8TAYX0FjNNydFP7kh8mX9VK6/w320-h320/ScholarInResidence.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-55295920288633832042023-11-21T23:29:00.000-05:002023-11-21T23:29:26.428-05:00News || Victory Foundation Award for Outstanding Theatre Education Program<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEhdA05Dar38b9PrtmQEcSQOU7b5hfv9eZfyJhn1GVqNq0NJp_UHEcnqUJ5fhF9hJXQcgid7cxekPdO0_a7p6V-keKY3kSKp-NWx8Mux0205AkoxbDAwioW2kWIMu22qtHinxUcS0Krq6a9w6vGN7NyRoImUPsqZ_or3jZ8_nYXuIqzvvi-Ap7Eq-mT_r/s1500/VictoryFoundationAward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEhdA05Dar38b9PrtmQEcSQOU7b5hfv9eZfyJhn1GVqNq0NJp_UHEcnqUJ5fhF9hJXQcgid7cxekPdO0_a7p6V-keKY3kSKp-NWx8Mux0205AkoxbDAwioW2kWIMu22qtHinxUcS0Krq6a9w6vGN7NyRoImUPsqZ_or3jZ8_nYXuIqzvvi-Ap7Eq-mT_r/w400-h400/VictoryFoundationAward.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Congratulations to TS Hawkins</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">for winning <a href="https://theatrephiladelphia.org/theatre-news/announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2023-barrymore-awards" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Victory Foundation Award for Outstanding Theatre Education Program</span></i></a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This award recognizes the diverse, rich, and impactful youth-focused education programs in the Philadelphia theatre community, and seeks to put arts education and the future of the field front and center.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This accolade is generously funded by the Victory Foundation and was presented during the 2023 Barrymore Award celebration.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Additional congratulations to all the nominees!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-48045116473287149322023-08-03T22:56:00.000-04:002023-08-03T22:56:12.243-04:00News || Best Of Philly Winner - TrailOff App<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWGtRvrI_4RmqJfeGA7AyUNjM15qfqojwjLjGgDJj2lBHY0QpeRK5FoOx292C8d55RD78sLNI5qVkoaBd1kzqhzKWMBC-Iy8kWMt7UfSbU8oj8Y39FNiy4zvyGYj1DVEDGV3rbT5bwRoXpSX3c7G0AimCgnjpYgTlCZ_nP-zhMeGeBSMUlKVdm4CmuBVn/s1500/BestOfPhilly_SwimPony23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWGtRvrI_4RmqJfeGA7AyUNjM15qfqojwjLjGgDJj2lBHY0QpeRK5FoOx292C8d55RD78sLNI5qVkoaBd1kzqhzKWMBC-Iy8kWMt7UfSbU8oj8Y39FNiy4zvyGYj1DVEDGV3rbT5bwRoXpSX3c7G0AimCgnjpYgTlCZ_nP-zhMeGeBSMUlKVdm4CmuBVn/w400-h400/BestOfPhilly_SwimPony23.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Congratulations to SwimPony</div><div style="text-align: center;">and all the creatives that made TRAILOFF</div><div style="text-align: center;">come alive for the community!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Did you know that TS Hawkins & STARFIRE</div><div style="text-align: center;">are "The Ranger" in the TRAILOFF app?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's right!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hawkins scribed "The Ranger'' script</div><div style="text-align: center;">(<i>and navigations</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">& STARFIRE is the voice;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>WHAT A DYNAMIC PAIRING!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://www.phillymag.com/best-of-philly-archive/trailoff/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Read more at PhillyMag!</span></a></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sOrA_UvDBKC1MKoX5A8pmi_8FLKuteWQELVqhF8_FWU6OGZas-bv3MEyh1G-ad6HgmiFedKysjzyEZ_imdEpz0Wp4aB1NTQokkjGiNxSeHoHAxlWc57EFjTQ4YKQ3MnKrgPVzHDsC6WryEip9v1i4ANUp3zSAPpeXGLFhUBa7TIH8hAvKfFvoIUI8EC0/s1079/Winner_BestOfPhilly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1079" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sOrA_UvDBKC1MKoX5A8pmi_8FLKuteWQELVqhF8_FWU6OGZas-bv3MEyh1G-ad6HgmiFedKysjzyEZ_imdEpz0Wp4aB1NTQokkjGiNxSeHoHAxlWc57EFjTQ4YKQ3MnKrgPVzHDsC6WryEip9v1i4ANUp3zSAPpeXGLFhUBa7TIH8hAvKfFvoIUI8EC0/s320/Winner_BestOfPhilly.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Click <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://trailoff.com/" target="_blank">here</a> </span></b>to join the journey & walk the trails!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Click <a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/2019/08/news-writer-in-residence-ts-hawkins-for.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here to learn</span></b></a> how the journey began!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-70575710513494399492023-04-01T20:59:00.000-04:002023-04-01T20:59:16.081-04:00Events || 2nd Wednesdays at Northeast Regional Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKl0WEUcpJU5lejHLxryhX1c-PAFWlHRSYlaYQKKWsj8vM3gt7qIC8tGQRoKu4luoBA5t2czgSG4b-ZTGfcCyallG_wown5qNNsKJBP4PnLu9xT-KC0xd0mZsl6t3CBCmvErqVL6L_Drt5E02QNF3LVRoRvBFUM-uqS4B80gYsai9jucKO5qkyBo7bg/s1500/UpNextTSH_5x5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKl0WEUcpJU5lejHLxryhX1c-PAFWlHRSYlaYQKKWsj8vM3gt7qIC8tGQRoKu4luoBA5t2czgSG4b-ZTGfcCyallG_wown5qNNsKJBP4PnLu9xT-KC0xd0mZsl6t3CBCmvErqVL6L_Drt5E02QNF3LVRoRvBFUM-uqS4B80gYsai9jucKO5qkyBo7bg/w400-h400/UpNextTSH_5x5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2nd Wednesday’s Poetry @ Northeast Regional Library</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>curated by</i> North of Oxford Literary Journal</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>May 10th; 6PM - 7:30PM</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2023/01/02/2nd-wednesdays-poetry-northeast-regional-library/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">click for more information</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Brought to you by the publishers of The Fox Chase Review, <i>North of Oxford</i> is an international literary journal. North of Oxford is designed to bring the words of poets and authors to our readership in a basic presentation without pretense, and is dedicated to centering new and established voices in the literary world!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Join us on <b>May 10th</b> with featured authors and poets <b><i>TS Hawkins</i></b> & <b><i>Emari DiGiorgio</i></b>! This event is free and open to the public.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ABOUT TS HAWKINS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">TS Hawkins is an international author, performance poet, art activist, playwright, trauma-informed educator, and member of the Dramatists Guild. Plays, short works, and books include <i>Seeking Silence</i>, <i>sweet bread peaches</i> (formerly, <i>Cartons of Ultrasounds</i>), <i>Too Late to Apologize</i>, <i>In Their Silence</i> (formerly, <i>They’ll Neglect to Tell You</i>), <i>#RM2B</i>, <i>The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G</i>, <i>AGAIN</i>, <i>#SuiteReality</i>, “<i>don’t wanna dance with ghosts…</i>”, <i>Sugar Lumps & Black Eye Blues</i>, <i>Confectionately Yours</i>, <i>Mahogany Nectar</i>, <i>Lil Blaek Book: all the long stories short</i>, and <i>The Hotel Haikus</i>. <b>Ongoing projects</b>: <i><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/2019/08/news-writer-in-residence-ts-hawkins-for.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">TrailOff</span></a></i> and <i><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</span></a></i>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ABOUT EMARI DiGIORGIO</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Emari DiGiorgio is the author of Girl Torpedo, winner of the Numinous Orison, Luminous Origin Literary Award, and The Things a Body Might Become. Her poetry has received numerous awards, including the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize, RHINO’s Founder’s Prize, and a poetry fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. At Stockton, Emari teaches first-year writing and poetry, is Faculty Director of Murphy Writing, and serves as President of the Stockton Federation of Teachers.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-55141695883540041302023-03-09T18:57:00.003-05:002023-03-09T19:02:26.470-05:00Events || Raise Your Voice 3 at Temple University<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-a8SJsx57uHbBhKqpTqAC092LpIL-iiOADKcJG-zSaZrYR1WPIpv0IAY7NQuoogMTULJX6Jy2fvbbtLBOae3mVEh0J2P-uvsL4eIAzDxNHmw5hGflkGRfayg_f4yld2zr2Db3kNhlFUrArfe6LXO8oTsQxH8F-Db_wLi5hHJSoWlhBOUMDANZadCFA/s1500/RaiseYourVoiceTU_HawkinsTS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-a8SJsx57uHbBhKqpTqAC092LpIL-iiOADKcJG-zSaZrYR1WPIpv0IAY7NQuoogMTULJX6Jy2fvbbtLBOae3mVEh0J2P-uvsL4eIAzDxNHmw5hGflkGRfayg_f4yld2zr2Db3kNhlFUrArfe6LXO8oTsQxH8F-Db_wLi5hHJSoWlhBOUMDANZadCFA/w640-h640/RaiseYourVoiceTU_HawkinsTS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div>RAISE YOUR VOICE</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Champion Diversity In Theater</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Mar. 27th; 6-9PM</div><div>Temple Performing Arts Center</div><div><a href="https://temple-university---tfma.ticketleap.com/temple-theaters-presents-raise-your-voice-3/dates/Mar-27-2023_at_0600PM" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">click here to register!</span></b></a> (<i>in-person event</i>)</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Raise Your Voice</i></b>, the annual celebration of the work of people of color, LGBTQ+, and female-identifying artists returns for a third year! This is a great way to connect with diverse students for pools of apprentice or intern applicants as well as ways to be introduced to new performers. There is an incredible slate of performers including an intro by Dr. Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon and a workshop with international author, performance poet, art activist, playwright, and trauma-informed educator <b>TS Hawkins</b>! The event is free and food and drink will be provided!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-28385171331069697002023-02-05T13:16:00.009-05:002024-02-29T02:26:46.744-05:00Events || Becoming Saturn [album & book release]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczD59G_LXDpeRrE5C1QOuLqgKLKiwBa09fZtaHoshy9GgcJWZWfYW-HeGdkQdxT4c86Zrw4Q-UK-SVirvGznb8h6vE2suBkyXD44JqseMVmUT_O2xdYyqztJDlffzNUOmkD_VXyo1d-SyOjbm8Hxd-n3gfhD7J3KOXs-wCLVKFwiiEQ2cccjEkifNCQ/s1500/BecomingSaturn_5x5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczD59G_LXDpeRrE5C1QOuLqgKLKiwBa09fZtaHoshy9GgcJWZWfYW-HeGdkQdxT4c86Zrw4Q-UK-SVirvGznb8h6vE2suBkyXD44JqseMVmUT_O2xdYyqztJDlffzNUOmkD_VXyo1d-SyOjbm8Hxd-n3gfhD7J3KOXs-wCLVKFwiiEQ2cccjEkifNCQ/s320/BecomingSaturn_5x5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BECOMING SATURN</span></b></div><div><b><i>writer and poet</i></b> TS Hawkins</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>TRACKS</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhN5SE0X9SI" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">black joy is…</span></a></li><ul><li><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">ft. Charlese Hawkins-Hatton</span></i></li></ul><li>from (an elegy, too)</li><li>across the pillow, we…</li><li>obstinate</li><li>receive me</li><li>they’ll neglect to tell you</li><li>adornment</li><li>we be peaches</li></ul></div><div><b><i>Becoming Saturn</i></b> © TS Hawkins, HawkHatt Music & Prime Act Media LLC 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>full poetry album release date <b><i>coming soon!</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">TS HAWKINS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">is an international author, performance poet, art activist, playwright, trauma-informed & award winning educator, and member of the Dramatists Guild. <b>Plays, short works, and books include</b> <i>Seeking Silence, sweet bread peaches</i> (formerly, <i>Cartons of Ultrasounds</i>), <i>Too Late to Apologize, In Their Silence</i> (formerly, <i>They’ll Neglect to Tell You</i>), <i>#RM2B, The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G, AGAIN, #SuiteReality, “don’t wanna dance with ghosts...”, Sugar Lumps & Black Eye Blues, Confectionately Yours, Mahogany Nectar, Lil Blaek Book: all the long stories short,</i> and <i>The Hotel Haikus</i>. Hawkins’ works and powerful performances have been praised by the <i>Barrymore Awards - Victory Foundation for Excellence in Theatre Education recipient, Philadelphia Magazine - Best of Philly, BroadwayWorld, Philly Voice, NPR, WHYY, WURD Radio, Philadelphia Weekly, Chicago Tribune, The Dramatist,</i> and <i>dosageMagazine</i>. <b>Featured playwriting opportunities include</b> <i>Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellowship Finalists 2023-24</i>. <b>Ongoing projects:</b> <i>TrailOff</i> and <i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PRIME ACT MEDIA LLC</span></b></div><div><div>the mission is to employ and highlight the creative talents of individuals over 40 through film, tv, and other digital content.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">HAWKHATT MUSIC</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-663334468-433881813" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">beats</span></a> to remember...</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">LIMITED EDITION BOOK</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">a collection of rhymes, roses, and resistance! This limited edition book accompanies the release of the poetry album of the same name!</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfN7FzAuz6Luj2SHQPIl8G8OZDuy35h87aoTvdSZtI_ueabSIrx0_S5eWyztn69DeXPaivqLzDUbTS6vOI9Y16xAaJCyXfU64DxHyXpuPs19R_L_nkkK1e98WT_d0ARXPpqWyJWUBAuYx-WSKPBEW2EIRICxHeCG27CD66XoEcPVBe6tCS26mLuGAOb1z/s1080/BecomingSaturn_HawkinsTS_website.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfN7FzAuz6Luj2SHQPIl8G8OZDuy35h87aoTvdSZtI_ueabSIrx0_S5eWyztn69DeXPaivqLzDUbTS6vOI9Y16xAaJCyXfU64DxHyXpuPs19R_L_nkkK1e98WT_d0ARXPpqWyJWUBAuYx-WSKPBEW2EIRICxHeCG27CD66XoEcPVBe6tCS26mLuGAOb1z/s320/BecomingSaturn_HawkinsTS_website.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-66122208736523415962023-01-20T13:08:00.011-05:002023-05-01T13:55:35.181-04:00Events || sweet bread peaches by TS Hawkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RVn5bculnMeF4lkSE-YW4NtmniDO2gyCU_zR-4T09OHmnmtHVLDv6tQH1fDUQbYagaqXhl6aWkhaNmw-YCQSSEgVxK_lfqusLzVB70hER-fRzUvIJcJoHOUXQUMUxZxLOI0yFSgO7KfmTIImAXb7h03PIULhlaIMQfGF6ldwLLxUDAFXtM8not3iRw/s1500/sweetbreadpeachesTSH_website3_AzukaReading.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RVn5bculnMeF4lkSE-YW4NtmniDO2gyCU_zR-4T09OHmnmtHVLDv6tQH1fDUQbYagaqXhl6aWkhaNmw-YCQSSEgVxK_lfqusLzVB70hER-fRzUvIJcJoHOUXQUMUxZxLOI0yFSgO7KfmTIImAXb7h03PIULhlaIMQfGF6ldwLLxUDAFXtM8not3iRw/w400-h400/sweetbreadpeachesTSH_website3_AzukaReading.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">sweet bread peaches</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(formerly, Cartons of Ultrasounds)</span></i></div><div>by <b>TS Hawkins</b></div><div><b>directed by</b> Cheyenne Parks</div><div>May 13 - Rising Writers Reading</div><div>in the Proscenium Theatre at The Drake</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://ci.ovationtix.com/35093/production/1137192?performanceId=11156119" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tickets & Information</span></a></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ABOUT THE PLAY</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>“we be. we be soil. we be root, and we land at the bottom of humanity’s consciousness. yet, we be fruit shouldering the nourishment of society. the meaty compromise of the world’s moral promise, still, we be peaches.”</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Capitalism and white supremacy have made existing in one's skin a political landfill. From toxic social commentary to epigenetic injustice, America continues to legislate black & brown bodies as entities to war over or rally against. Meet <b><i>journey</i></b> & <i><b>onward</b></i> as they navigate the cost of unearthing what it means to be "free".</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">CAST</span></b></div><div><b>Sabriaya Shipley</b> as <i>journey</i></div><div><b>Alexis Goode</b> as <i>onward</i></div><div><b>Jaylyn Anderson</b> reading<i> stage directions</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">CREATIVE & CREW</span></b></div><div><b>Reva Stover</b> - <i>Azuka Theatre co-Artistic Director & Rising Writers Artistic Coordinator</i></div><div><b>TS Hawkins</b> - <i>Playwright & Dramaturg</i></div><div><b>Cheyenne Parks</b> - <i>Director</i></div><div><b>Abby Toll</b> - <i>Stage Manager</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">MOODLIST</span></b></div><div><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7sDmhrsZRyuDiSXXPgUi1f?si=5d49ddb37e3541d7 " target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span>listen </span><span>on Spotify!</span></span></a></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">DIGITAL TALKBACK FORM</span></b></div><div><b><a href="https://forms.gle/mVNVoVZduRJPKKp7A" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">click here to share your thoughts!</span></a></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">FEATURED PUBLICATIONS</span></b></div><div><b><i><a href="https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/pandemic-of-violence-anthology-ii-poets-speak/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pandemic of Violence Anthology vol. 2</span></a></i></b> (North of Oxford Press)</div><div><b><i>Family Legacies - SONKU Collective vol. II</i></b> (SONKU Literary Magazine)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PRODUCTION HISTORY</span></b></div><div><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/cartons-of-ultrasounds-by-ts-hawkins.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">click here!</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwbPtnUL4XLV8gbHk-TXnoOfVZbTQ2lFhd51Q1JHCkryKuAEtBn7wqI0qAGdxOZAYGEpbekhUMzjQbrJdBFHw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-80375936786180307662022-12-21T18:47:00.005-05:002023-01-04T22:07:06.933-05:00Events || Thriving Ain't Easy: Finding Peace through Poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWO1ko-sLcy1S-J4nd6v7XHkL9nTxUuAO4SOkoq_Rd5hMl7gd4r3Ccq7TM94BHWmKhi_yT0eUQJeCONgop6G360_pYCnow5TsUE500bWKRz_imddq4d52emxjQ2Md7Pv3Uo4fjpzzyy_jp4AsKuKFSCPbhPQH5VdA-i4Nap5RPWHVBqJ3nYHTEhWfQfQ/s1500/HawkinsTS_Bartol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWO1ko-sLcy1S-J4nd6v7XHkL9nTxUuAO4SOkoq_Rd5hMl7gd4r3Ccq7TM94BHWmKhi_yT0eUQJeCONgop6G360_pYCnow5TsUE500bWKRz_imddq4d52emxjQ2Md7Pv3Uo4fjpzzyy_jp4AsKuKFSCPbhPQH5VdA-i4Nap5RPWHVBqJ3nYHTEhWfQfQ/w400-h400/HawkinsTS_Bartol.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">In a topsy-turvy social political media-driven climate,</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">how can you search for peace?</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Date/Time: <b>Wed, January 18, 2023, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM EST</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Location: <b>Zoom</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hosted by: <b>Bartol Foundation</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Curated by: <b>TS Hawkins</b>, <i>Trauma-Informed Arts Educator</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thriving-aint-easy-finding-peace-through-poetry-tickets-489821989757" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">REGISTER HERE</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a topsy-turvy social-political media-driven climate, how can you and those you are engaging in your teaching artist practice search for peace? Through various poetic activities, participants will explore what it means to own one's voice and solace of mind. Led by <b><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/about-ts.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">TS Hawkins</span></a></b>, an international author, performance poet, art activist, playwright, trauma-informed educator, and member of the Dramatists Guild, this session will support you to poetically explore, unearth, and embrace your intersectionalities. TS will share strategies to engage and create in a supportive/brave collaborative environment. You will be invited to be part of a low-engagement in-class performance. <i><b>Teaching artists in all disciplines are welcome!</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thriving-aint-easy-finding-peace-through-poetry-tickets-489821989757" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="113" data-original-width="447" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2KmQa2ahAC6g4X-FrbxZSr0RdLMbuaKGXGBMgqFlih-PZGt65LB-i5NgOOx04CgJpWneNTqWIOGZzSl0L-8aNXDstX2jQT_K4L7fohLpeaBOgU6zkQuTMM0Te3NPGstJQPNNhCBPxhk4nxELsDE_sIfz7VvxWK7GPEbQy-TE8Y8vEuxsV6yI9g5pCQ/s320/register.png" width="320" /></a></div></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-73629020829060630852022-12-01T20:20:00.004-05:002022-12-02T20:16:59.612-05:00News || Caring Package: Experiments in Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Patz67OnHBY1SI51EV72avOvqHbiwIrTeHFGt8JTKwYhdwRoSg1NvGTlLYfNCfIFfFny4BsR13GCu1gFlLdiiMmQLQUDfaovfnThv4GPJksiJcdia04nOAb1Ma0C94PqYgkcTwZw3WhK9ce4rNs0fUa_I2JAAkcrq4u9mfDGnoImjAqFBqoIEo-diA/s1500/CaringPackageProject_designHawkinsTS_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Patz67OnHBY1SI51EV72avOvqHbiwIrTeHFGt8JTKwYhdwRoSg1NvGTlLYfNCfIFfFny4BsR13GCu1gFlLdiiMmQLQUDfaovfnThv4GPJksiJcdia04nOAb1Ma0C94PqYgkcTwZw3WhK9ce4rNs0fUa_I2JAAkcrq4u9mfDGnoImjAqFBqoIEo-diA/w400-h400/CaringPackageProject_designHawkinsTS_Final.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Caring Package: Experiments in Love</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">a <b>KALEID THEATRE</b> mixxtape curated and written by <i>Sarah Mitteldorf</i>, <i>Pratima Agrawal</i>, <i>Charlie Davis</i>, <i>Ro Gauger</i>, <i>TS Hawkins</i> & <i>Minou Pourshariati</i> is a love note, soul siren song, and the ultimate "thank you" to a community of creatives near and far leaving it all on the stage (and page) for the world to experience!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Download your free digital copy of the book <a href="https://forms.gle/xaMwP61D9kvoeMHAA" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Listen to the Moodlist on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7KrJLAqtWZniuTCrBFnRTv?si=f0a214efbfc54b65" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Spotify</span></b></a>!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Read about <i>#BehindTheScenes</i> care treatments <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dFmzLGPfsRd1VedG-WRT_mq29u1TPfYBL5IaY5VZtaI/edit" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>here</b></span></a>!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-34982114586799706172022-08-23T09:36:00.002-04:002022-08-23T09:54:25.825-04:00News || Pandemic of Violence Anthology vol 2 [North of Oxford Press] ft. we be peaches by TS Hawkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_sQ83Eg0t0IglW6VuA5b6U3ZKQ6t2izWQ8SbANqAL102rspk9wknW7cixd8dy4Soh_s8gd80hLYRTORUujBQ3Ck6UNPsQBfy6kEWmWnEgC12gqTXhfkwzHdSk3Dk7xL-OGEV0MIjhDLjSMkBZqF5-PTUG59ZqaKU_nkyL8L5VJ-Fx8xCM4D95zoVsw/s1500/PandemicOfViolence2_HawkinsTS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_sQ83Eg0t0IglW6VuA5b6U3ZKQ6t2izWQ8SbANqAL102rspk9wknW7cixd8dy4Soh_s8gd80hLYRTORUujBQ3Ck6UNPsQBfy6kEWmWnEgC12gqTXhfkwzHdSk3Dk7xL-OGEV0MIjhDLjSMkBZqF5-PTUG59ZqaKU_nkyL8L5VJ-Fx8xCM4D95zoVsw/w400-h400/PandemicOfViolence2_HawkinsTS.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to all the poets who contributed to <b><a href="https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/pandemic-of-violence-anthology-ii-poets-speak/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pandemic of Violence Anthology II – Poets Speak</span></a></b> from North of Oxford. In order of appearance, we present <i><b>TS Hawkins</b>, Charles Rammelkamp, Dee Allen, Mike Reis, Bruce Deemer, Kyle Toon, George McDermott, Lois Perch Villemaire, Alan Catlin, Megha Sood, Tony Dawson, Robert Cooperman, Roger G. Singer, Greg Bem, John D. Robinson, Patricia Carragon, Louis Faber, Henry Crawford, Michael Todd Steffen, Mary McCarthy,</i> and <i>M. J. Arcangelini</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Introduction</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Violence of humanity has been with us since mythology came into existence. The myth of Cain and Abel, documents the first homicide; domestic abuse; jealousy of power, all of which continue today. Slavery, wars over land, homicides, and violence in cities and countrysides have all been common occurrences throughout history. Wars over doctrine; religion; power; fascists; racists; monarchs; autocrats all opposed to freedom of will for people have been collected into the history of every nation and continent; where man has resided. School violence in North America can be traced to 1764. So where are we in 2022?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The poets speak in this anthology about war; racial division; lack of equity; of school violence; of domestic violence; of child abuse; the need for gun control, of violence in the streets. In some small way the editors are hopeful the words of the poets will cast light upon the darkness; make us better people; light a spark to cause humanity to begin to mature; cast the past away; end the violence that plagues our people. A tall order for a small online anthology, but the change has to start somewhere, a beginning possibly to ending thousands of years of humanity's abuse of humanity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read <i><b>we be peaches</b></i> <b>by TS Hawkins</b> and the works of other featured poets <a href="https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/pandemic-of-violence-anthology-ii-poets-speak/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>here</b></span></a>!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Listen to <b><i>we be peaches</i> by TS Hawkins</b> by downloading the Walking Guide in <b><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html " target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</span></a></b>!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-89449872667074355052022-07-17T21:38:00.000-04:002022-07-17T21:38:39.962-04:00News || Azuka's Rising Writers Cohort<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7fBmPxEXFXoVXaE4Om6xrLfJs5I0SAK1nKGj-S612Nof6HVN1SmAm7XD40gcgGdRzQWNuDBn0m-G7L4hu0yAquHdpdavJw64bbhH7csJrmw3Y9SIwSE__9E0RtcMZyqS7u7lpX4eWATQFSZc62aB9_7_g5jGF-M0KiPttGyq-LOnYJ2IcNKrlo9-pg/s1500/RisingWriters_5x5Mktg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7fBmPxEXFXoVXaE4Om6xrLfJs5I0SAK1nKGj-S612Nof6HVN1SmAm7XD40gcgGdRzQWNuDBn0m-G7L4hu0yAquHdpdavJw64bbhH7csJrmw3Y9SIwSE__9E0RtcMZyqS7u7lpX4eWATQFSZc62aB9_7_g5jGF-M0KiPttGyq-LOnYJ2IcNKrlo9-pg/w640-h640/RisingWriters_5x5Mktg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div>Rising Writers</b> offers playwrights the opportunity to work with established playwrights from Azuka’s New Page’s program as well as occasional staged readings, the possibility of limited edition print books, and even seeing their work produced in one of Azuka’s seasons. Azuka aims to aid in the professional and artistic development of a diverse group of playwrights. By providing professional feedback, a supportive yet challenging artistic community, and networking opportunities, we hope to provide the tools for underrepresented and underfunded artists to make their voices heard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Developed by Co-Artistic Director <b>Reva Stover</b>, the Rising Writers Cohort includes <b><i>TS Hawkins, Pratima Agrawal, Ang(ela) Bey, Boris Dansberry, Derrick Ju'Wan Ford, Mackenzie Kirkman, Noah Mannix, Imani Alyse Redman, Priyanka Shetty</i>,</b> and<i> <b>BJ Tindal</b></i>! [<a href="https://www.azukatheatre.org/rising-writers" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">learn more</span></b></a>]</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-12112811876709613802022-07-17T10:54:00.002-04:002022-07-17T10:54:34.938-04:00Events || LMDA Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobt2DveuclFJZx73J9m0A_-egSZ-Pcrv0qkUDZVkVAjeF--xetCprojNXifkrEH9IaBHnQTFuhFbmd_DjxZshs1MDcqYdx05VUxfFNVv1KQOz1SXX0e8sFgHj1iSWrexbLx_O9hwTfQ-q0SJz6k0q_gFfdhahggz5wr1WHBye_8b1hR1hCIwwnacLNw/s1500/CommunityCapital_LMDAMktg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobt2DveuclFJZx73J9m0A_-egSZ-Pcrv0qkUDZVkVAjeF--xetCprojNXifkrEH9IaBHnQTFuhFbmd_DjxZshs1MDcqYdx05VUxfFNVv1KQOz1SXX0e8sFgHj1iSWrexbLx_O9hwTfQ-q0SJz6k0q_gFfdhahggz5wr1WHBye_8b1hR1hCIwwnacLNw/w400-h400/CommunityCapital_LMDAMktg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">July 20-24: 2022 LMDA Conference</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>CURATORS CONVERSATION</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">with TS Hawkins & Lois Moses</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Community Capital</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sunday July 24th; 2-330PM</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://lmda.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=144" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">REGISTER HERE</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">LEARN MORE & DOWNLOAD WALKING GUIDE</span></a></b></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-43981632306183414432022-06-11T19:39:00.000-04:002022-06-11T19:39:31.438-04:00Events || SoLow Fest & Black Music City<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3gZ5Q5pyHpYZnB7EG2Tktp_cYlTCtrYZGDB56INGvvA_ZEe5NrDiS01_eOGRNLLyhK7z8qVkUbthX_FcmqbCsWRDFvWBSCa3XxU8XtOk2salL3CjYHsWKS7IWsf8CQjq16COVayn06GROlajn1qWwMS8EMTrBzSPjgKYCC-_MOmgxKd4THbV8LRAcA/s1500/UpNext_CommunityCapital_Mktg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3gZ5Q5pyHpYZnB7EG2Tktp_cYlTCtrYZGDB56INGvvA_ZEe5NrDiS01_eOGRNLLyhK7z8qVkUbthX_FcmqbCsWRDFvWBSCa3XxU8XtOk2salL3CjYHsWKS7IWsf8CQjq16COVayn06GROlajn1qWwMS8EMTrBzSPjgKYCC-_MOmgxKd4THbV8LRAcA/w400-h400/UpNext_CommunityCapital_Mktg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Upcoming events featuring <b><i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i></b> by TS Hawkins & Lois Moses</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>SoLow Fest</b>: <a href="https://solowfest.squarespace.com/2022-lineup " target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">June 17-27</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Black Music City</b>: <a href="https://www.blackmusiccity.com/apply" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">June 19</span></a> (<i>Phase 2 Release Event</i>)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>About the Project:</u></b> We speak ourselves into existence. But, what happens when others of the world silence your tones to cacophony their worth? Originally commissioned as part of the Painted Bride Art Center's “<i>Power to the Prompt</i>" conversation, <b><i><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</span></a></i></b>, curated and written by <b>TS Hawkins</b> & <b>Lois Moses</b>, illuminates an intersectional poetic expedition of sound and unearthing through the streets of South Philadelphia. Letting ancestors pave permeable possibilities, this self-guided trek opens multiple dimensions of storytelling that ignite the expansion of mind, body, and spirit! Journeying fixed and beyond, participants will have the opportunity to connect with intergenerational voices searching for an equitable community one neighborhood at a time!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Phase II - <b>#FutureNow: A Tribute to Land & Sound</b> sponsored in part by <i>Black Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia</i> & <i>Black Music City</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPIrckhBNed5ezsSIg51pqzvuPfcfC8epM_TUy7uLhriL0j7EKw_a1l9knNnHbEJUl_FpPdBDsM-1VawdiQItdyaazb5254tZ4eHUHSA-VuxUyvNITNqiDJHQywUGpQNoC7qGSehLX6_TJjYgqJo5hayvvSwGNx8-exHcsARHozoccuH-K3heJbXzhg/s1200/CommunityCapital_SupporterLogos3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPIrckhBNed5ezsSIg51pqzvuPfcfC8epM_TUy7uLhriL0j7EKw_a1l9knNnHbEJUl_FpPdBDsM-1VawdiQItdyaazb5254tZ4eHUHSA-VuxUyvNITNqiDJHQywUGpQNoC7qGSehLX6_TJjYgqJo5hayvvSwGNx8-exHcsARHozoccuH-K3heJbXzhg/w640-h240/CommunityCapital_SupporterLogos3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-74433684229703617892022-04-13T22:35:00.006-04:002022-04-13T22:46:28.097-04:00News || National Poetry Month with WURD Radio ft "black joy" by TS Hawkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aZSCElOwnMi69ouDhnhFp5DH4uV5xuAw4l18Xh10L4Ci7JpHP_lPIYFiThaEzezY0nXKL3yodbSmFvVB2-aaMQxDHWBg67JAqI_jXZFYOtuhYQGXrUEE-0liE3h60vE9FhpgZh3SGAwFUX7AQQVvR2cih7gI3hheoB6xWRDF8kskEUcJnPq4tmAjgw/s1500/WURD_BlackJoy_HawkinsTS_5x5Mktg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aZSCElOwnMi69ouDhnhFp5DH4uV5xuAw4l18Xh10L4Ci7JpHP_lPIYFiThaEzezY0nXKL3yodbSmFvVB2-aaMQxDHWBg67JAqI_jXZFYOtuhYQGXrUEE-0liE3h60vE9FhpgZh3SGAwFUX7AQQVvR2cih7gI3hheoB6xWRDF8kskEUcJnPq4tmAjgw/w640-h640/WURD_BlackJoy_HawkinsTS_5x5Mktg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WURD Radio with Tiffany Bacon celebrates National Poetry Month!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Listen to <b><i><a href="https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/national-poetry-month-ts-hawkins" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">black joy</span></a></i> by TS Hawkins</b> on Soundcloud!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-48923209921963236102022-03-11T00:21:00.004-05:002022-03-14T12:18:05.962-04:00News || The Dramatist Magazine ft. TS Hawkins, Gabriel Dean, & Krista Knight (Innovative Dramatists)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhj_cIIqnBO4BuQmIst0nUCQweCg2mzfec04ddgmYGjx9USrNZGatWmoVI1tcHKfkWV9gJKElqzu7BRXfdWPg-NsSWb7u9QT_e5dhOd_bYr_YXu9hPKElVG7oh33pbfyeauWLJ4pREfJ1vzyIqa0ZK1r99yMf7AqLDBmDsyLk3mn_c--7_Bw4NeNxqh0w=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhj_cIIqnBO4BuQmIst0nUCQweCg2mzfec04ddgmYGjx9USrNZGatWmoVI1tcHKfkWV9gJKElqzu7BRXfdWPg-NsSWb7u9QT_e5dhOd_bYr_YXu9hPKElVG7oh33pbfyeauWLJ4pREfJ1vzyIqa0ZK1r99yMf7AqLDBmDsyLk3mn_c--7_Bw4NeNxqh0w=w640-h240" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"It could be said that writers are innovators by nature because you routinely create characters, context, relationships, sometimes languages, and even whole worlds in your art. And then in the midst of COVID-19, dramatists have had one of the signature ingredients of theatre—the gathering of both audiences and artists in the same space at the same time—suspended. Or at least so it seemed. These three scrappy and resourceful theatre writers put their well-practiced powers of innovation to use. I’m excited to talk to <b>TS Hawkins</b> about <i><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</span></b></a>, </i><b>Krista Knight</b> about <i>CRUSH</i>, and <b>Gabriel Jason Dean</b> about <i>#Rift."``</i> -<i>Joey Stocks</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist/innovative-dramatists?fbclid=IwAR0Xv0-SZda4V7cZpgxSB9bzfVW4Grq9N06uZrZ2TfVutFNe4_ncC-IunmI" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Read More!</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist/innovative-dramatists?fbclid=IwAR0Xv0-SZda4V7cZpgxSB9bzfVW4Grq9N06uZrZ2TfVutFNe4_ncC-IunmI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="503" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjupukcf-5SHj2MGKxyR1ITJrfWh7P38hbFBv3OefWLZvJM70qs-SovKiiabdEF0njYRkEQ1O7ovCrKdlB_DAuaZNHlWuqk8z7VkvxXk4QzP31wjv-yG-4RUuOCPRRZ9N2-Sd10Jif9mnU0hB9Rn-Btg-mDNADqe1JVS1vlnasTJkiiU69YQvRxJdMxXQ=w496-h640" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>The Dramatist</i> is made possible by funding from the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America, a generous gift from the John Logan Foundation through a grant from the Dramatists Guild Foundation, and contributions from Guild members.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-56503709599668003002022-03-07T11:59:00.002-05:002022-03-14T12:16:29.183-04:00News || Philly Theatre Week - Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnZzwkZdzVrrPoK6qazxA6DoYAQPaecBE_Lf0H5E1fw6d_ynPw91zzHcGfe6oH-suJZz0HbuhRj7IkmcgOX3DJmmAvP22NS9sklzOlWMCYmQLXFaM33H_Wm7pMhg9WRInIu4TwvE7ksWhSrYzeR1m1hZ-C-hK2dvPK8o7JNiBv_Uh0RA04ikwy3N58Ww=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnZzwkZdzVrrPoK6qazxA6DoYAQPaecBE_Lf0H5E1fw6d_ynPw91zzHcGfe6oH-suJZz0HbuhRj7IkmcgOX3DJmmAvP22NS9sklzOlWMCYmQLXFaM33H_Wm7pMhg9WRInIu4TwvE7ksWhSrYzeR1m1hZ-C-hK2dvPK8o7JNiBv_Uh0RA04ikwy3N58Ww=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">PHILLY THEATRE WEEK</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">by TS Hawkins & Lois Moses</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>APRIL 1 thru 10</b> (<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-small;">self-guided experience</span>)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We speak ourselves into existence. But, what happens when others of the world silence your tones to cacophony their worth? Originally commissioned as part of the Painted Bride Art Center's “Power to the Prompt" conversation, <i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i>, curated and written by <b>TS Hawkins</b> & <b>Lois Moses</b>, illuminates an intersectional poetic expedition of sound and unearthing through the streets of South Philadelphia. Letting ancestors guide permeable possibilities, this (self-guided) trek opens multiple dimensions of storytelling that ignite the expansion of mind, body, and spirit! Journeying fixed and beyond, participants will have the opportunity to connect with intergenerational voices searching for an equitable community one neighborhood at a time! <b><i>Learn more about the project and creative teams</i></b>, <a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>BOX OFFICE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Free tickets & downloadable Walking Guide, <a href="https://www.theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/community-capital-an-afrofuturism-south-philly-walking-experience" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">MOODLIST & RESOURCES</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Listen to project MoodList on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0iHJcPQFIzwmTjtCIwBbj2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Spotify</b></span></a>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read the project SparkList, <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QzLuwl777o9GmudPOuN7VmQMqizub4gR/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>here</b></span></a>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ESTIMATED RUN TIME</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">35 minutes (<span style="font-size: x-small;">length of experience can vary</span>)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>CATEGORIES</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Virtual Event | Devised | Experimental</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsp520yC_me_vdk-ijSsRJ__pCKhdAkYFvtOdbRt3OLSrmQIqJHDB1sX2sDQNjNPez-pOHE4v8Jgi6iveKehXKSBKfAY3-ZhoVnuX8osjMY21zJAGc7JDp940UJRkVG32Y_SsEI7nJhcJbmLk_tpdTnc3MalQ8qLfWzBxHHn7MLn5CmsnI06HEJMLIxw=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsp520yC_me_vdk-ijSsRJ__pCKhdAkYFvtOdbRt3OLSrmQIqJHDB1sX2sDQNjNPez-pOHE4v8Jgi6iveKehXKSBKfAY3-ZhoVnuX8osjMY21zJAGc7JDp940UJRkVG32Y_SsEI7nJhcJbmLk_tpdTnc3MalQ8qLfWzBxHHn7MLn5CmsnI06HEJMLIxw=w640-h240" width="640" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-57035097163224390692022-02-02T16:27:00.002-05:002022-02-02T16:27:41.103-05:00News || The Dramatist "Motivation Issue" ft. TS Hawkins<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPbYoaT2vBByRHcA9i9ZLqdwDMcUzd9fIlwAt86mOI9pZb9TppoKiablqQF_Gmsb1uIjpd5TzMXtx8MAIxdPRE5BYIaGubnemGWNpJEEwp8SlOL9hWrGztZz4DLlD6EK7he7tAZwbCqfozjVqjYzGGkniEn9Gi0siCP0eCCBL9dNATsng36rsOqT3btA=s1500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPbYoaT2vBByRHcA9i9ZLqdwDMcUzd9fIlwAt86mOI9pZb9TppoKiablqQF_Gmsb1uIjpd5TzMXtx8MAIxdPRE5BYIaGubnemGWNpJEEwp8SlOL9hWrGztZz4DLlD6EK7he7tAZwbCqfozjVqjYzGGkniEn9Gi0siCP0eCCBL9dNATsng36rsOqT3btA=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In the latest edition of <i><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist/archive/motivation-issue" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Dramatist</span></a>...</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/about-ts.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">TS Hawkins</span></a>, Blossom Johnson, Jeremy Geragotelis, Brianna Barrett, and Psalmayene 24 reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic’s lasting impact, while Amelia French concocts a recipe for motivation. Guild members take to Twitter to share what keeps them motivated, and Chisa Hutchinson moderates a roundtable featuring S.M. Shephard-Massat, Carson Grace Becker, MJ Kaufman, Guadalís Del Carmen, Ben Krywosz, and Amrita Ramanan, who have made it their mission to provide dramatists the tools, space, and resources they need to create art. Also in this issue, Lily Dwoskin and Jordan K. Stovall look to the past and future of End of Play.®, Keenan Scott II answers “Ten Questions,” Anita Gonzalez discusses “What I'm Teaching Now,” and Larry Dean Harris explains “Why I Joined the Guild.” -Joey Stacks, editor of <i>The Dramatist</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/cart" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="109" data-original-width="463" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1unSab0DuZguhMTDrokRPaDz1kJ6d1gqbvmflcrrEebVycj4CIuvSbgBFDKY4wC0NM5wxa2_6dcEgTghdO9j4cAogMl7RvFLCTmjBe5a23GADRipa-p5nBHKezHxeGiRJNUwFnrSuP4Odn-dNlAcyeHFDqfTOdsJ8GUIikSCwHsnkXH-jMoksF89IRw=w400-h94" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Dramatist</i> is made possible by funding from the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America, a generous gift from the John Logan Foundation through a grant from the Dramatists Guild Foundation, and contributions from Guild members.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-6645189492398866992022-01-21T16:14:00.002-05:002022-01-21T16:14:46.464-05:00News || Rising Voices: Poems Towards a Social Justice Revolution [University Professors Press] ft. from (an elegy, too) by TS Hawkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifWHGZL_bakm3soDxwuetm9vclABjrfR4WiPSXkKnmbAOlcIWmcIT8mpkX1oTAdIXILK_nvaRTMFMRI-jm6UxfjLGQVvyzCzmxn-HFC6ZgZ6F-u7T3iDtY7tJfOhqosYRmkNl6Ku5Nd1-Au5XwuguYLGuWSFtfl5d4BzbHDqI1XanJADUXqlyjyKeXMw=s1500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifWHGZL_bakm3soDxwuetm9vclABjrfR4WiPSXkKnmbAOlcIWmcIT8mpkX1oTAdIXILK_nvaRTMFMRI-jm6UxfjLGQVvyzCzmxn-HFC6ZgZ6F-u7T3iDtY7tJfOhqosYRmkNl6Ku5Nd1-Au5XwuguYLGuWSFtfl5d4BzbHDqI1XanJADUXqlyjyKeXMw=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Voices-Toward-Justice-Revolution/dp/1955737126" target="_blank">GET YOUR COPY!</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Merci’s sensitive & emotionally informative poetic monologue, <i>“from (an elegy, too)”</i> in the play <b><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/theyll-neglect-to-tell-you-by-ts-hawkins.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In Their Silence</span></a></b> (formerly <i>They’ll Neglect to Tell You</i>) by TS Hawkins has been published in <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Voices-Toward-Justice-Revolution/dp/1955737126" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Rising Voices: Poems Towards a Social Justice Revolution</b></span></a></i> [University Professors Press]!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">ABOUT THE PLAY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Grace is a burgeoning therapist. Merci dangles for freedom at the bottom of a bourbon glass. College sweethearts and newlyweds, they elope to Philadelphia for a fresh beginning. Stumbling into polarizing landscapes, they struggle in the margins of heart and home. <a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/theyll-neglect-to-tell-you-by-ts-hawkins.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Watch videos and learn more!</span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Poetry and art can — and should — change the world. <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Voices-Toward-Justice-Revolution/dp/1955737126" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rising Voices: Poetry Toward a Social Justice Revolution</span></a></i> forcefully demonstrates this truth. With 77 poems from 45 poets, <i>Rising Voices</i> addresses critical social justice issues of our time, including racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, homelessness, and more. Each topic is approached with sensitivity and insight, strength and compassion. Readers will be provoked to reflection, tears, and action. <i>Rising Voices</i> seeks to comfort, support, and empower those engaged in social justice work while inspiring others to join the movements. This volume includes poems by <a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/about-ts.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">TS Hawkins</span></b></a>, Frederick K. Foote, Jr., Red Haircrow, Aliya J'anai, J. Thomas Brown, Venita Thomas, Carol Barrett, Nathaniel Granger, Jr., Veronica Lac, Louis Hoffman, and more. In addition to the poems, <i>Rising Voices</i> includes a powerful introduction that frames the poetry of the volume through covering topics such as Critical Race Theory, counter-stories, the role of empathy, transforming suffering through meaning, the hard and soft edges of social justice, and more. At the conclusion, several activities are included to help readers reflect upon how they can use their own poetry and the poetry of others to participate in the social justice revolution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Voices-Toward-Justice-Revolution/dp/1955737126" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="603" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLcdG6m0YxLySyggwjdvZ8Yz1SnP1VXGQqtme_B9h9Tb9DRTv759YfgKAxhsHrApylJ6p10lJy-SvRIXVdv842EV0rxicjmSXMpkj32_Krk5k1IDBjNNYoir2sBs3_mvEvsePM4J34_pvuR9MSQVlv3KWv0rT_a1LrLRzgMTLGB2Nm9nbNrdiKt3109A=s320" width="320" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-40012656332716926782022-01-13T18:37:00.002-05:002022-01-13T18:44:16.292-05:00News || Pandemic of Violence Anthology [North of Oxford Press] ft. across the pillow, we by TS Hawkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlTT12L52SF27nkD2EL94BzjoIN0JxzwJ4ufGzCBABhS6uo-z9CHFY8Ge_3vOtt6AtD2lYLIWJGlk6jwfH6YDdvpriqugu6wKVw-g6YTWXrSlWE7BCJ8N4Xo820ZVslD5VnndFT3_aKyeC5IiOm-4XjQ77l23H9AUv9GgQ0KWgrG337RDPPW5iGlCLpg=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlTT12L52SF27nkD2EL94BzjoIN0JxzwJ4ufGzCBABhS6uo-z9CHFY8Ge_3vOtt6AtD2lYLIWJGlk6jwfH6YDdvpriqugu6wKVw-g6YTWXrSlWE7BCJ8N4Xo820ZVslD5VnndFT3_aKyeC5IiOm-4XjQ77l23H9AUv9GgQ0KWgrG337RDPPW5iGlCLpg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to all the poets who contributed to <a href="https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/pandemic-of-violence-anthology/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Pandemic of Violence from North of Oxford</b></span></a>; TS Hawkins, Howie Good, Rustin Larson, Susana H. Case, Dee Allen, Alex Carrigan, Naila Francis, MaryAnn L. Miller, Megha Sood, Steven Croft, Lauren Camp, Chad Parenteau, Henry Crawford, Thaddeus Rutkowski, Michael T. Young, M.J. Arcangelini, J.C. Todd, Antoni Ooto, Byron Beynon, Jane ‘SpokenWord’ Grenier, Linda Nemec Foster, Sean Howard, Brian Donnell James and Greg Bem! Additional thanks to artist Lois Schlachter for the contribution of digital art work to this anthology.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>across the pillow, we...</i></b> by TS Hawkins originally appeared in <i><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</b></span></a></i>!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-53963217600876975722021-12-14T13:00:00.003-05:002021-12-14T13:00:50.649-05:00News || Power to the Prompt Lead Artist Conversation: moderated by Carl(os) Roa!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAc7S37plaBjxUosnSXrc8MIUlHJB7XVinrVspGzYNEl4Hr53nX1uX1yZwMER2zj8ejlz-3kjE0MrC_TNbevHiUewC15XVn37gD6rK2JZxKoQqWguDYpDclxLGveJ3819DN9raUrkvMqp3jYm90mXJ2rqKLj9NzN2S5AWKSOsYXFfI5a7POv5BfJgVGQ=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAc7S37plaBjxUosnSXrc8MIUlHJB7XVinrVspGzYNEl4Hr53nX1uX1yZwMER2zj8ejlz-3kjE0MrC_TNbevHiUewC15XVn37gD6rK2JZxKoQqWguDYpDclxLGveJ3819DN9raUrkvMqp3jYm90mXJ2rqKLj9NzN2S5AWKSOsYXFfI5a7POv5BfJgVGQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Painted Bride Art Center "Power to the Prompt" lead artists <b>TS Hawkins</b> (<i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i>), <b>Terrell Halsey & Nina Elizabeth "Lyrispect" Ball</b> (<i>Call Home</i>), and <b>Mehgan Abdel-Moneim</b> (<i>Heard That!</i>) join Carlos (Os) Roa for a conversation about their artistic process!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>About the Community Capital:</u></b> We speak ourselves into existence. But, what happens when others of the world silence your tones to cacophony their worth? Originally commissioned as part of the Painted Bride Art’s Center “Power to the Prompt" conversation, <i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i>, curated and written by TS Hawkins & Lois Moses, illuminates an intersectional poetic expedition of sound and unearthing through the streets of South Philadelphia. Letting ancestors guide permeable possibilities, this (self-guided) trek opens multiple dimensions of storytelling that ignite the expansion of mind, body, and spirit! Journeying fixed and beyond, participants will have the opportunity to connect with intergenerational voices searching for an equitable community one neighborhood at a time! Click <a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>here</b></span></a> to learn more about <i>Community Capital</i> & download the Walking Guide to begin your journey!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u2lP7gbz-hs" title="YouTube video player" width="300"></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-13045148473555859282021-11-18T13:14:00.004-05:002021-11-18T13:59:27.670-05:00News | October - December 2021 Newsletter<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plUm6i0BHWw/XyyqlUw2dPI/AAAAAAAARNc/rV2w8TkV150_6MVLc7BNbFG22WCvI-E2wCPcBGAYYCw/s1200/NewsletterBanner2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plUm6i0BHWw/XyyqlUw2dPI/AAAAAAAARNc/rV2w8TkV150_6MVLc7BNbFG22WCvI-E2wCPcBGAYYCw/w640-h240/NewsletterBanner2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.”</i></b> – <a href="https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/kofi-annan" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kofi Annan</span></a>, seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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For full project details and to read testimonials, <a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">click here</span></a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1q_hF_jVipk/YZaYHk6N-RI/AAAAAAAARvk/Cisl28z6M0sZi_B1xgFUlYRbJrYJg-C_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/N2TU_UPP_5x5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1q_hF_jVipk/YZaYHk6N-RI/AAAAAAAARvk/Cisl28z6M0sZi_B1xgFUlYRbJrYJg-C_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/N2TU_UPP_5x5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>* Merci’s poetic monologue, <i><b>“from (an elegy, too)”</b></i> in <i>They’ll Neglect to Tell You</i> by TS Hawkins will be featured in <b>Rising Voices: Poems Towards a Social Justice Revolution</b> (University Professors Press) slated to release <b>December 2021</b>! <i>They’ll Neglect to Tell You</i> has had wonderful manifestations since its inception in 2015. Thus, to have this poignant piece, that highlights the emotional development of such an intricate character, showcased in this anthology centering voices of progressive change is beyond thrilling! Extended gratitude to all the voices that have aided in the journey of bringing this work to life: Painted Bride Arts Center, 1812 Productions - Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Residency, Bridge Theatre Festival, The New Virtual Play Reading Festival, Theatre Exile's Studio X-hibition New Play Development Reading Series, <i>directors</i>: Lois Moses & Carley S. Robinson, <i>actors</i>: Cynda Purnell, Betsy Vivar, India Knight, Mikayla Johnson, & Angela Bey, and <i>community collaborators</i>: Cara Blouin, Jenn Childs, Gabrielle Corsaro, Gabe Moses, Deborah Block, & Brey Ann Barrett!! For more information about the play/choreopoem, MoodList, and testimonials <a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/theyll-neglect-to-tell-you-by-ts-hawkins.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">click here</span></a>! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b2ET6jsj-lU/YZaYYCY67RI/AAAAAAAARvs/WTOHi-S6q2s-7VPFm81DQt7Q_f2v2Ns5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/TS_edu-21-22%2Bemma%2B%2Bgraphic%2B1.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="600" height="267" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b2ET6jsj-lU/YZaYYCY67RI/AAAAAAAARvs/WTOHi-S6q2s-7VPFm81DQt7Q_f2v2Ns5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/TS_edu-21-22%2Bemma%2B%2Bgraphic%2B1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />* <b><i>“Restorative Healing” (for Actors/Performers/Writers)</i> with TS Hawkins</b>! Join TS Hawkins and other creatives on <b>Saturday, December 4th 11AM - 1230PM</b> for an opportunity to fine-tune your creative skillset at Theatre Exile’s <i>“Restorative Healing”</i> Workshop! This workshop is designed for actors, performers, writers, and librettists to conduct a concrete dive into the voices, worlds, universes they have manifested and to make space to honor the intersections of the characters on and off the page. Participants will receive a <b>Certificate of Completion</b> following the conclusion of the workshop. For details & registration, <a href="https://theatreexile.org/education/workshops/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">click here</span></a>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihUmkCoKBrM/YZaZLNp1lxI/AAAAAAAARv0/TY_siVKlxTEvYJC3nrkCF95VMiz5tu97ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/1Comment_CC.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihUmkCoKBrM/YZaZLNp1lxI/AAAAAAAARv0/TY_siVKlxTEvYJC3nrkCF95VMiz5tu97ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1Comment_CC.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>These workshops are part of a series that will take place throughout Theatre Exile’s 25th Anniversary Season. The theme of this year’s workshops is <b>“Pivot, Plan, Proceed: Activating the Arts for Creatives”</b>, which will focus on providing opportunities for theatre professionals to sharpen their soft skills and enhance their understanding of communal accountability in the arts. The goal is to manifest holistic magic for theatergoers and theatremakers! All attendees will receive inspirational and captivating experiences from innovative instructors who are knowledgeable in the following: <i>Theatre Arts Pedagogy </i>(playwriting, stage management, director, and performance), <i>EDI</i> (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) <i>for Artists & Administrators</i>, <i>Trauma & Restorative Healing</i>, <i>Biopsychosocial Learning</i>, <i>Social Justice Workplace Development</i>, and <i>LGBTQIA+ Studies</i> for supporting students and staff exploring the intersectionality of identity!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <b>#TimeWithTS</b>: In the “downtime”, see what holds TS’s attention! <b>The Top 5</b> – <i>Twenties: Season 2</i> (BET), <i>The Wonder Years</i> (ABC), <i>Canvas</i> (Netflix), <i>Pretty Hard Cases</i> (IMDBtv), and <i>Queens</i> (ABC). What shows/plays spark joy for you? <a href="mailto:bookings@tspoetics.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Email us</span></a> to shout out your favorite programming!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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But, what happens when others of the world silence your tones to cacophony their worth? As part of the Painted Bride Art’s Center “Power to the Prompt" conversation, <b><i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i></b>, curated and written by <b>TS Hawkins</b> & <b>Lois Moses</b>, illuminates an intersectional poetic expedition of sound and unearthing through the streets of South Philadelphia. Letting ancestors guide permeable possibilities, this self-guided walking tour opens multiple dimensions of storytelling that ignite the expansion of mind, body, and spirit! Journeying fixed and beyond, participants will have the opportunity to connect with intergenerational voices searching for an equitable community one neighborhood at a time!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">LINKS YOU WILL NEED!</span></li><ul><li><b>Project Details</b> </li><ul><li><a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Meet the Creatives, Contributors, & Supporters!</i></span></a></li></ul><li><b>Walking Guide</b></li><ul><li><a href="https://forms.gle/L2bjynmdeUNWVsxv6" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Sign up to download or print!</i></span></a> </li><ul><li>All QR Codes & Video Links are captioned for accessibility. Whether local, out of town, or nationwide, take a moment to wander virtually or in-person!</li></ul></ul><li><b>Landing Thoughts</b></li><ul><li><i>Journeyed through Community Capital? <a href="https://forms.gle/zp3r1EHfD3w8hzHaA " target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Share your thoughts</span></a>!</i></li></ul><li><b>MoodList</b></li><ul><li><i>Groove to <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0iHJcPQFIzwmTjtCIwBbj2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">the tunes</span></a> that decorate the energy of Community Capital!</i></li></ul><li><b>Special Events</b></li><ul><li>October 14th</li><ul><li>Join us for a group gathering on <b>Thursday, October 14th</b> for a special in-person event where you can stroll the pathways with creators <i>TS Hawkins & Lois Moses</i>, asking them questions, and commune with the neighborhood. We will meet at William Still Historic House (625 S Delhi St, Philadelphia, PA 19147) at 3PM. <b><i>All attendees must wear a mask!</i></b></li></ul></ul></ul></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GzIM_ePpzsk/YUzNCCG-zjI/AAAAAAAARsw/i7WxYyq5qL4Mt5AnQKaeu_sZSlXkk7NWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1147/QRCode_CC_Trailer.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1147" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GzIM_ePpzsk/YUzNCCG-zjI/AAAAAAAARsw/i7WxYyq5qL4Mt5AnQKaeu_sZSlXkk7NWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/QRCode_CC_Trailer.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>SCAN ME to <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=609CgUg282A&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">VIEW TRAILER</span></a>!</b></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iivMPD4BJMY" title="YouTube video player" width="300"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBEUB1UEj4E/YUTMrJMRGkI/AAAAAAAARr4/se4RFltaHg8ZherOli7Mr61FzJyqvJCbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/CommunityCapital_SupporterLogos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBEUB1UEj4E/YUTMrJMRGkI/AAAAAAAARr4/se4RFltaHg8ZherOli7Mr61FzJyqvJCbQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h240/CommunityCapital_SupporterLogos.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-52891020683547854302021-08-06T14:40:00.005-04:002021-08-16T12:13:52.564-04:00News | July - September 2021 Newsletter<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2M0ldlf7uOs/YQ18WC5qnKI/AAAAAAAARpY/kvBgN7BEcO0kTtqJEgixhFSbvum7WZYIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/NewsletterBanner2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2M0ldlf7uOs/YQ18WC5qnKI/AAAAAAAARpY/kvBgN7BEcO0kTtqJEgixhFSbvum7WZYIwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h240/NewsletterBanner2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i>“Our persistence in examining the tensions within diversity encourages growth toward our common goal. So often we either ignore the past or romanticize it, render the reason for unity useless or mythic. We forget that the necessary ingredient needed to make the past work for the future is our energy in the present, metabolizing one into the other. Continuity does not happen automatically, nor is it a passive process.”</i> – <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Audre Lorde</span></b></a>, <b>writer/womanist/civil rights activist</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; text-align: justify;">
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As part of the Painted Bride Art’s Center “Power to the Prompt" conversation, <b><i>Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience</i></b>, curated and written by TS Hawkins & Lois Moses, illuminates an intersectional poetic expedition of sound and unearthing through the streets of South Philadelphia. Letting ancestors guide permeable possibilities, this walking tour opens multiple dimensions of storytelling that ignite the expansion of mind, body, and spirit! Journeying fixed and beyond, participants will have the opportunity to connect with intergenerational voices searching for an equitable community one neighborhood at a time! <b>Click <a href="https://www.tspoetics.com/p/community-capital-afrofuturism-south.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a> for details!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <b>The Dramatists Guild</b> is the national trade association serving over 8,000 playwrights, composers, lyrists & librettists. As of July 2021, TS Hawkins joined this network of creatives! <b>HOW EXCITING!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QqsSmaJh7B4/YQ17gKSmvKI/AAAAAAAARpA/TbVLv5pkYq0qsq1Dxlma2lEpKzrpHfVzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/N2TU_UPP_5x5.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QqsSmaJh7B4/YQ17gKSmvKI/AAAAAAAARpA/TbVLv5pkYq0qsq1Dxlma2lEpKzrpHfVzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/N2TU_UPP_5x5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />* One of Merci’s poetic monologues titled “from (an elegy, too)” that lives in <i>They’ll Neglect to Tell You</i> by TS Hawkins will be published in <b><i>Rising Voices: Poems Towards a Social Justice Revolution</i></b> (University Professors Press)! <i>They’ll Neglect to Tell You</i> has had wonderful manifestations since its inception in 2015. To have this poignant piece, that highlights the intricate emotional development of Merci's character showcased in this anthology centering voices of progressive change is beyond thrilling! <b>Extended gratitude to all the voices that have aided in the journey of bringing this work to life:</b> Painted Bride Arts Center, 1812 Productions - Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Residency, Bridge Theatre Festival, The New Virtual Play Reading Festival, Theatre Exile's Studio X-hibition New Play Development Reading Series, <b><i>directors:</i></b> Lois Moses & Carley S. Robinson, <b><i>actors:</i></b> Cynda Purnell, Betsy Vivar, India Knight, Mikayla Johnson, & Angela Bey, and <b><i>community collaborators: </i></b>Cara Blouin, Jenn Childs, Gabrielle Corsaro, Gabe Moses, Deborah Block, & Brey Ann Barrett!!<b> For more information about the play/choreopoem, MoodList, and testimonials</b>, <a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/theyll-neglect-to-tell-you-by-ts-hawkins.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">click here</span></b></a>! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <b>#TimeWithTS:</b> In the “downtime”, see what holds TS’s attention! Here are the Top 5 – <i>Never Have I Ever</i> (Netflix), <i>Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu</i> (Broadway), <i>Charmed S3 reboot</i> (CW), <i>Station 19</i> (ABC), and <i>Tuca & Birdie</i> (Adult Swim). What shows/plays spark joy for you? Email <a href="mailto:bookings@tspoetics.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">us</span></b></a> to shout out your favorite programming!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <b>BTAP (Black Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia) Mentorship Initiative Program</b> is a year-long commitment that combines aspects of one-on-one mentoring partnerships with scheduled group activities with the ideals of encouraging, motivating, and guiding African American theatre professionals to work in a landscape that is often not welcoming. The goal is to give individuals tools that will aid in navigating those spaces while providing a safe harbor in which to rest, recharge, and renew. For this inaugural experience, <b>TS Hawkins was selected to be in-service as mentor to the abundantly talented Morgan Charéce Hall!</b> Give a gander to what Morgan has to say about her time with TS thus far:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Abundant Rising! My name is Morgan Charéce Hall --- an actor, director and multidisciplinary teaching artist! The past six (6) months or so I have been extremely blessed to have TS as my BTAP mentor. Not only are they an amazing artist producer & guide, they are a truly caring and devoted person to scholarship, artistic freedom, and creative expression. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, I have been extremely depressed. I've experienced a lot of loss, just like so many people, and I have seriously considered quitting theater. But, there is always that voice in the back of my head that whispers keep going. In working with TS, I really learned how to cultivate, nurture, and honor that voice; I cannot be more grateful! Often times there are mentorship programs/mentors that will give you amazing advice, that is extremely important, but working with TS I have received amazing advice, accountability with love, uplifting fulfillment on my lowest days, and actual support in many different avenues that have enabled me to expand my thinking about my artistic practice. TS has a vibrant infectious personality that bleeds over into every aspect of their work and I can honestly say that working with them I have gained a new fire of belief in myself to be the multidisciplinary artist that I want to be. However, the most important thing that I have learned from TS as an artist is to respect & honor my need for self-care, rest, and joy. They are so serious about rest as a part of an artist's resilience; from them I have learned several strategies and have had access to resources that support my self-care. I love, love, love this experience. Through the ups and the downs, there have been no Ls for me only LESSONS. Asé</i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To learn more about BTAP and the next round of the Mentorship Initiative Program, visit the</b> <b><a href="https://www.blacktheatrephiladelphia.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BTAP website</span></a></b>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QI5OKptmKdc/YQ18Gry1C_I/AAAAAAAARpQ/RpBABbVwRDkNOdmV-oRGMjwBdoDOjVKJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/BTAP_TS_Morgan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QI5OKptmKdc/YQ18Gry1C_I/AAAAAAAARpQ/RpBABbVwRDkNOdmV-oRGMjwBdoDOjVKJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/BTAP_TS_Morgan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; text-align: justify;">
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times.</i>” –</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.ninasimone.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Nina Simone</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b>, singer/song writer/activist</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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prologue in G</i></b> <b>presented by Antipodes Theater Company & AngelPirate
Productions:</b> Antipodes Theatre Company (ATC) continued their bimonthly Ricochet Reading Series in an online format, featuring plays that have yet to be
seen on Australian stages. The first plays in this lineup included <b><i>The
Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G</i></b> by U.S. playwright <b>TS Hawkins</b>.
On International Women’s Day, ATC presented this lyrical homage to Ntozake
Shange's <i>for colored girls…</i> which
follows seven young girls on their journey into womanhood. This presentation was
directed by Cheyenne Barboza and sponsored in part by AngelPirate Productions.
The all-Australian cast included Scout Hook, Andrea Mendez, Asha Khamis,
Mackenzie Dunn, Milo Hartill-Batsietswe, Zenya Carmellotti, Julie Leung, and a
special appearance by Augie Tchantcho. To read testimonials and biographies, <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/the-secret-life-of-wonder-prologue-in-g.html"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a></span>!<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">* <b><i>Queering Casting & Authentic
Representation</i></b> <b>presented by BACKSTAGE & Ring of Keys:</b> While it is
illegal to ask someone’s sexuality and gender identity in hiring practices,
authentic representation is vital. How do we bridge the gap? The Ring
of Keys members discuss the importance of trans and queer representation in the industry, how we can achieve it, and what resources can be used for
identity-conscious casting.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">On May 10<sup>th</sup>, this conversation included
queer perspectives on casting, performance, playwriting, dramaturgy, acting, on
and Off-Broadway, and much more. Moderated by Ring of Keys members Emily
Tarquin (they/them) and Kevin Kantor (they/them), the panelists included Keys <b>TS Hawkins</b> (they/them), Miss Hazel Jade (she/her), Charlie Hano (he/him),
Christine McKenna-Tirella (she/her), Sushma Saha (she/they/xe/he), Josephine
Kearns (she/her), and Michelle Mary Schaefer (she/her).<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Backstage presented the conversation in
partnership with Ring of Keys. RoK is an artist service organization that
fosters community and visibility for musical theatre professionals—onstage and
off—who self-identify as queer women and TGNC artists. It represents 500+
artists in 40+ cities throughout the United States, Canada, and England. By
providing community outreach to advocate for and amplify queer women and TGNC
artists and widening the public’s engagement with and education about queer
stories, Ring of Keys queers the stage to create a more inclusive musical
theater landscape for all. To watch the event recording, visit <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.ringofkeys.org/"><span style="color: blue;">RoK</span></a></span>!<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mIvbJLofkCA/YNYSOQlBseI/AAAAAAAARm8/liEgdVodoy8OM1eN_gw4cOjEho8E8wi7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/N2TU_5x5PostMktg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mIvbJLofkCA/YNYSOQlBseI/AAAAAAAARm8/liEgdVodoy8OM1eN_gw4cOjEho8E8wi7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/N2TU_5x5PostMktg.jpg" /></a></div>* <b><i>In My
Little Corner of the World, Anyone Would Love You </i></b>by Sharon Hayes
<b>presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art:</b> Originally debuting in 2016 at Studio
Voltaire (London), this art film comes to Philadelphia as part of the <b>New Grit: Art & Philly Now</b>
exhibition! On display until <b>August 22, </b>experience the stories of queer
lives between 1955 and 1977 in the US & UK through this five dimensional
video installation (<i>captioning available
on-site</i>). Readers of this work include <b>TS Hawkins</b>, Pangia, Tiny, Mal
Cherifi, Sharron Cooks, Kristen Dieffenbacher, Jeannine Betu Kayembe, Jennifer
Angelina Petro, Swift Shuker, Karl Surkan, Madeline Rafter, Mahogany Rose and
Tatyana Yassukovich. For tickets and details, <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/new-grit-art-philly-now"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a></span>! To learn more about Sharon
Hayes, <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://shaze.info/about/"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a></span>!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />* <b><i>They'll Neglect to Tell You</i> presented as part of Theatre Exile's Studio X-hibition New Play Development</b>: In May, <i>They'll Neglect to Tell You</i> was selected as part of Theatre Exile's Studio X-hibition new play development reading series. The virtual reading was directed by Lois Moses featuring Cynda Purnell as <i><b>Grace</b></i>, Angela Bey as <i><b>Merci</b></i>, and Mikayla Johnson presenting stage directions. For testimonials and visuals, <a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/theyll-neglect-to-tell-you-by-ts-hawkins.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">click here</span></a>! Additionally, feel free to sway to the journey of Grace & Merci with this curated <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LBBhZa2zkOOJOsYJfE09h?si=5s2znsxpRbKEH-N3UJskww&nd=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MoodList</span></a> on Spotify!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">* <b>#TimeWithTS:</b>
In the “downtime”, see what holds TS’s attention! The Top 3 - <i>The Upshaws</i> (Netflix), <i>A Black Lady Sketch Show</i> (HBO), <i>The L Word: Generation Q</i> (Showtime).
What shows/plays spark joy for you? Email <a href="mailto:bookings@tspoetics.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">us</span></a> to shout out your favorite
programming!<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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</span><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/testimonials_16.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">TSPoetics
Press<br /></span></a>* <a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/plays.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Plays
by TS Hawkins<br /></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">* </span></span><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/i-do-weddings.html"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Weddings by TS
Hawkins<br /></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">* </span></span><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/p/masterclasses-workshops.html"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Workshops
by TS Hawkins<br /></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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</span><a href="https://blacklivesmatter.com/chapters/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">BLM Chapter Listing
(Nationwide)<br /></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">*
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aHAyQ9Kd4uzh6cG0xLeRp7n1Bp1ARWZrpTGrXVe8MMM/edit#gid=0"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">List of
BIPOC Artists, Designers, and Technicians (Nationwide)<br /></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">*
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pi3kCD-NwROAWHpCAwthH6i7c1L7UwWaaCVdqEI4okQ/edit?ts=5a7b8ced#gid=0"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">List
Black Womynx Directors (Nationwide)<br /></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">* </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xdQJZ5MVmY3gvqUXcXXqJFsRIfSB2hwgt0yz8mWELpQ/htmlview?usp=gmail#gid=0"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">List
of LatinX Theatre Directors (Nationwide)<br /></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">* </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/bipoc-creatives-database/home"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">BIPOC
Creative Resource & Database<br /></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">* </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZbT0Wjmpp1SBI_wOIQ-40iIO4qMtpjVX-B-rtSbVB9k/edit"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Crowdsourced
List of BIPOC Theatre Artists by Roger Tang<br /></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Interested in past <i>TSPoetics Newsletters</i>? </span><a href="http://www.tspoetics.com/search/label/Newsletter"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Click to view</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">!<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#SupportAnArtist</b></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.paypal.me/TSPo3tics?utm_source=unp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PPC000654&utm_unptid=52777814-8d69-11ea-8c1c-b875c05ad052&ppid=PPC000654&cnac=US&rsta=en_US&cust=T6R3AN66F728U&unptid=52777814-8d69-11ea-8c1c-b875c05ad052&calc=843b9a31fdc3&unp_tpcid=ppme-social-business-profile-created&page=main:email:PPC000654:::&pgrp=main:email&e=cl&mchn=em&s=ci&mail=sys" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AJQGvIckLfE/YNH8bFW-NPI/AAAAAAAARmo/t4d-fhuFzSkboSBiIPcdpCkPGRsG0pZcgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Donate_TSPoetics.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609477037082686099.post-88377473937366523432021-05-06T18:13:00.005-04:002021-05-09T12:42:18.984-04:00Events | Ring of Keys & Backstage present: Queering Casting & Authentic Representation<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mWtevZlffFM/YJRpJ8kMmoI/AAAAAAAARjo/ygyzxtpRoRoMNFg3oZShVhDdJSXZMJAVACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/05.10%2B-%2BQueering%2BCasting%2BPanel_IG-Feed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mWtevZlffFM/YJRpJ8kMmoI/AAAAAAAARjo/ygyzxtpRoRoMNFg3oZShVhDdJSXZMJAVACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05.10%2B-%2BQueering%2BCasting%2BPanel_IG-Feed.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">While it is illegal to ask someone’s sexuality and gender identity in hiring practices, authentic representation is vital. How do we bridge the gap? Listen in as Ring of Keys Members discuss the importance of trans and queer representation in our industry, how we can achieve it, and what resources can be used for identity-conscious casting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>On May 10th at 4PM</b>, the conversation will include queer perspectives in casting, performance, playwrighting, dramaturgy, acting, on and Off-Broadway, and more. M<span style="text-align: left;">oderated by Ring of Keys members <b>Emily Tarquin</b> (they/them) and <b>Kevin Kantor</b> (they/them), the panelists will include Keys<b> </b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><b>TS Hawkins</b> (they/them), </span><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Miss Hazel Jade</b> (she/her), <b>Charlie Hano</b> (he/him), <b>Christine McKenna-Tirella</b> (she/her), <b>Sushma Saha</b> (she/they/xe/he), <b>Josephine Kearns</b> (she/her), and <b>Michelle Mary Schaefer</b> (she/her).</span><i style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://www.backstage.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Backstage</span></a></b> is presenting the conversation in partnership with Ring of Keys. RoK is an artist service organization that fosters community and visibility for musical theatre professionals—onstage and off—who self-identify as queer women and TGNC artists. It represents 500+ artists in 40+ cities throughout the United States, Canada, and England. By providing community outreach to advocate for and amplify queer women and TGNC artists and widening the public’s engagement with and education about queer stories, Ring of Keys queers the stage to create a more inclusive musical theater landscape for all. Register <a href="https://backstage.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F4mNXs2gQt6p5ahfS2aoLA?fbclid=IwAR3FRYpBxHO7YKN1pPxMCzeOAWmDV9TAtyMaJHbooZDfkgVhJkc8LhGK2X0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a> for your virtual seat!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0