Olivia Allen
Facilitator Olivia Allen (she/her) is a director, teacher, playwright, and applied theatre practitioner in Southeast Michigan. Olivia is the Co-Artistic
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“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
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.
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
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THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
Written by Academy Award-nominated writer Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a groundbreaking, TONY Award-winning, wildly funny, and deeply shocking modern classic. Set in the mountains of Connemara, Ireland, it tells the story of Maureen Folen, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties; Mag, the aging, manipulative mother with whom she lives; and their toxic, caretaking relationship. When Mag interferes in Maureen’s first (and potentially last) romantic relationship, events are set in motion that are as tragically funny as they are horrific. Winner of the Drama Desk, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for best play, “McDonagh re-creates the traditional Irish family drama only to set it ablaze with a postmodern blowtorch.” –LA Times
GIRLFRIEND
Cooped up on maternity leave and eager for conversation, Jessie invites the funny and forthright Lina for coffee in their neighboring backyards.
CRY IT OUT
Cooped up on maternity leave and eager for conversation, Jessie invites the funny and forthright Lina for coffee in their neighboring backyards.
PIPELINE
Dominique Morisseau has written some quietly devastating social dramas (“Skeleton Crew”) on her way up, but now the playwright has definitely arrived with this emotionally harrowing, ethically ambiguous drama that raises barbed questions about class, race, parental duty, and the state of American education. –Variety