EarSay- Performance Transforming Trauma Into Art

EarSay presents: One weekend performance festival of emerging work. theatre, poetry, and hip hop for human rights and youth leadership hosted by EarSay co-founder Judith Sloan

Advance Tickets available online go to: http://www.earsay.org/ and click on BUY TICKETS NOW ________________________________________________________________________________ Featured performances by: Judith Sloan excerpts from her work in development Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide actress/writer Judith Sloan remixes stories from twenty years of reporting on and teaching immigrant and refugee teenagers and incarcerated youth as they grapple with the cataclysmic global events that shaped them. LaBruja With her debut album Brujalicious, this dynamic, gifted performer infuses hip-hop and reggaeton with her irresistible blend of potent intelligence, hot sensuality and lyrical skill. opening acts: students from EarSay’s Youth Theatre Program and Bridget Kelso in an excerpt from Slide Show: The Evolution of Radical Feminist Theology, Bridget Kelso weaves together all the small moments of her life into big stories. Saturday Night show followed by a discussion about art and social change moderated by Martha Diaz, Founding Director Hip Hop Education Center with the participating artists and special guests: Abran Maldonado from PEACE/H2ED, and Hasan Salaam __________________________________________________________________________ Repertorio Español (Spanish Repertory Theater) 138 East 27th Street New York, NY 10016 Between Lexington and Third Avenues Tickets $12 Premium Seating $25 available in advance online: http://www.earsay.org/ and follow the links Advance tickets by phone: 800-838-3006 proceeds go to support the artists and EarSay’s arts programming for immigrant teenagers —————— Transforming Trauma Into Art is a project of EarSay directed by Judith Sloan in partnership with the International High School at LaGuardia Community College supported in part by Viper Records, LaGuardia Liberty Scholars, The Office of Council Member Jimmy VanBramer, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council Facebook event link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131712850237674 http://www.facebook.com/EarSay/