Girl Be Heard Fall Newsletter: Company Member and Weekend Workshop Auditions

 
 
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Dear Friends,

After a historically hot summer, fall is here! The Girl Be Heard team and I hope you have all stayed safe and healthy during this tumultuous time. As vaccination rates increase, we are looking forward to connecting with our community in-person again.

We are excited to announce that we are holding auditions for GBH’s Company Members and Weekend Workshop! GBH's Artistic Company is a theatre performing residency program that gives young women of color and gender-expansive youth the opportunity to receive paid performances throughout their year. Weekend Workshop is a community of emerging artivists from all across the city that explore identity and leadership, power, privilege and oppression, art, and activism. We have workshops in the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn. To learn more about these exciting opportunities visit girlbeheard.org/audition.

We deeply appreciate your support as we continue our mission to uplift young leaders and change-makers across the nation.

Catch up on all we have been doing and what’s coming up below! We’ve got several exciting things planned for this fall, so keep your eyes peeled on our social media and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn if you haven’t already!


Warmly,

Chiwoniso and Team Girl Be Heard

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Girl Be Heard participants are shining lights - and we are excited to spotlight a few who are currently enrolled in our programming! Our Teaching Artists share some wonderful reflections below:

Sheridan (Girls Make Movies): Sheridan has a strong background in theater and writing. She has always been involved in school performances and during the seventh grade she joined Girl Be Heard. She received professional theater training from ninth to tenth grade at Stella Adler, and played the role of Helena in their production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakepeare. She is currently building her writing skills even further in a program called Girls Write Now. The social issues she is most passionate about are anything related to communities of color, but more specifically issues that affect women of color.


Aniya (Brooklyn Prep): Aniya is a rising senior and an awesome part of Brooklyn Prep’s GBH group this year! She’s a super talented improviser and was always great at imagining characters. Aniya is also an incredible visual artist and we cannot wait to see more of what she makes!
-TA Adriana

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Meet Our New Staff!

Imani is an Afro-Dominican multidisciplinary artist with a focus on acting, dance, and film. She recently graduated with a BFA in Drama and a minor in film production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. During her time there, she founded the first-ever Tisch Black Student Council with a few of her incredible peers. She’s excited to join the Girl Be Heard team and be a part of their mission to uplift and empower young women.

Amalia is a Mexican poet, performer, theater activist, and educator based in Nueva York. She is a proud alumnus of the Vassar College Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Program and CUNY Lehman College. Recent credits include LEO AND FRIENDS (Theater Accident and The Exposition Review). Amalia brings to GBH extensive experience as a higher education specialist, community organizer, and working artist. She is excited to join the Girl Be Heard team as the Community Partnerships Program Manager!

Marissa is our Program Manager, After-School Sites, has been working most recently as a multi-disciplinary Teaching Artist serving New York City public school students through various arts programs in every borough including here at Girl Be Heard along with Brooklyn Acting Lab, St. Nicks Alliance, Brooklyn Art Exchange, and Learning Extended Arts Programs (LEAP), where she specialized in physical theater, storytelling, devising, and play. She is thrilled to join the Girl Be Heard team full-time championing equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Her work at CO/LAB Theater Group with adults and children with developmental or physical disabilities reminds her to meet all participants of any ability “where they are at,” practicing radical hospitality, centering youth’s intersectional identities, and encouraging creative choice.

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We are now holding auditions for GBH'S Company Members and Weekend Workshop!

We are looking for young artivists who are passionate about strengthening and solidifying their personal and collective leadership through spoken word and theatre-making. You (or someone you know!) can sign up easily right now.

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Amplify #GBHNow!

On International Women's Day this year, we launched our latest global advocacy campaign: Girl Be Heard Now. Youth from around the country have been sharing how they use their voices and power to create change in their communities, and how they advocate for gender justice and equality - thus being leaders in their own right. You can sign-on to support the campaign or submit your entry to be highlighted as a leader on our social platforms via the link below.

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GBH Merch: Tees, Totes & More!

Looking for a way to express your leadership and advocacy through your style? Check out our Girl Be Heard Merch Shop. Participants whose designs are used on our merch items receive a portion of every sale! All other proceeds go towards supporting our youth arts education programming in schools and community centers in NYC and beyond.

 
 
Olivia Baldacci