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Olivia Allen

Facilitator Olivia Allen (she/her) is a director, teacher, playwright, and applied theatre practitioner in Southeast Michigan. Olivia is the Co-Artistic

“If You Don’t Have Love and Compassion, You Won’t Survive Here” – June 25

This session focused on imagining the future of the summer writing project and exploring what it means to create original work together. The ensemble reflected on last year’s performances and discussed how writing can create opportunities for voices, stories, and experiences to be shared in new ways.

“I thought it was beautiful and relatable” – June 23

Stefania Antonescu

Facilitator Stefania Antonescu is a Romanian-born applied theatre practitioner, facilitator, and former actress with experience leading theatre workshops in prisons

Sam Aupperlee

Facilitator Sam Aupperlee is an applied artist and theatre educator from Grand Rapids, Michigan. They have been able to work

Mari Davis

Facilitator Mari is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan, where she studied Sociology and Ethnic Studies with a

Birthday Candles

Birthday Candles will take audiences on a magical journey with Ernestine Ashworth, from birthday to birthday, as she bakes a life. This world premiere by internationally acclaimed playwright Noah Haidle was commissioned by Detroit Public Theatre.

Marie and Rosetta

Marie and Rosetta features electrifying music and brings us to Tharpe’s first rehearsal with young protégée Marie Knight before they set out to become one of the great duos in music history.

Pike St.

On New York’s Lower East Side, a mother works hard to keep the electricity flowing for her daughter’s respirator while a hurricane looms nearby. As she prepares for disaster, a vibrant host of characters brings new meaning to the phrase “it takes a village.”

No Child…

Sun transforms herself with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents and janitors who inhabit one New York City public school. See how one determined woman can change the lives of countless others in this tour de force piece crackling with wit and wisdom.

Skeleton Crew

The third in Dominique Morisseau’s acclaimed Detroit trilogy, Skeleton Crew is poetic and powerful.

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