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BSR_S06E21 - THIS IS MY BRAVE Pt2
This Is My Brave, Inc. (TIMB), the national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the
stigma surrounding mental illness through storytelling, comes to Philadelphia this fall. The show will be held at the Ambler Theater on October 9, 2022. Performances will feature area community members who live with – or have loved ones living with - mental health challenges or substance use disorders, telling their stories through personal essay, spoken word, poetry, comedy, original music, and dance.
One in five American adults face mental health issues (National Institute of Mental Health), yet the topic continues to carry shame. This Is My Brave aims to end this stigma and silence by celebrating the stories of real people living successful lives with mental health challenges. Since its first show in 2014 in Arlington, VA, This Is My Brave - The Show has featured more than 900 people sharing their stories in over 80 performances across the United States and in Australia.
Philadelphia Show Information:
Ambler Theater
108 E Butler Ave.
Ambler, PA 19002
Sunday, October 9 at 5:00 PM
Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased on This Is My Brave - The Show in Philadelphia's Eventbrite page.
All ticket proceeds will go to the Montgomery County Suicide Prevention Taskforce whose mission is to decrease suicides in Montgomery County by increasing suicide prevention awareness, education, training, outreach efforts, and reducing stigma.
It will also be live-streamed and a link will be available.
Visit www.facebook.com/timbphilly for more information.
RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E20 - RestART Wrap-Up
Today on the podcast, our summer series collaboration with Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s “RE-START Initiative”, draws to a close with the Initiative’s champions, Kabria Rogers and Roberta Johnson. Stay Tuned.
The RestART Organizations we heard from:
FUNDERS:
National Endowment for the Arts
Learn more about RestART!
RestART: The Arts are Back!
https://phillyfunguide.com/editorial/restart-the-arts-are-back
RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E19 - EP6_Tiny Dynamite
It is the mission of Tiny Dynamite to offer audiences new ways to experience theater and artists new ways to create it. We present high-quality plays at modest ticket prices, in an environment that is intimate, social, joyful, and welcoming.
Our principal project is A Play, a Pie and a Pint®, a form of theater that breaks down perceptions that the arts are only for special occasions: we offer inventive short plays, in unexpected spaces, served with food and beverages.
KC MacMillan
PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Kathryn MacMillan (she/her) is a Philadelphia-based theater director and arts leader who has led Tiny Dynamite since 2017. KC has directed nearly 50 productions in the Philadelphia area and beyond; recent productions include Unraveled (off-Broadway: Theatre Row), Romeo and Juliet (Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company); The Comedy of Errors (Dram Tree Shakespeare, Wilmington, NC); Grounded (InterAct); Mrs. Warren’s Profession at Lantern Theater Company, where she was the Associate Artistic Director for eight seasons; and The Revolutionists at Theatre Horizon, where she served as Guest Artistic Director for the 2017/18 season.
KC’s notable productions include recent Barrymore Award nominations for directing (Jane Austen, Abridged, Tiny Dynamite, also co-writer; The Revolutionists, Theatre Horizon); and the critically acclaimed The Beauty Queen of Leenane (named Best Production of the 2012/13 season & Best Director by Philadelphia Weekly, who called her “sensationally gifted”), The Liar (Best Production Honorable Mention that same season), Arcadia (Runner up, Best Overall Production & Best Director by Phindie Independent Critic Awards), Doubt (named one of the Best Plays of 2015 by the Philadelphia Daily News), The Breath of Life (Barrymore Award nomination: Outstanding Overall Production of a Play), The Hothouse (Barrymore nominations for Outstanding Direction & Outstanding Production of a Play), and I Am My Own Wife (Barrymore nominations for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production of a Play and winner of the Virginia Brown Martin Philadelphia Award). In 2015, KC was named one of Billy Penn’s Who’s Next: 16 Young Philadelphians Shaping the Arts Scene.
Email: kc@tinydynamite.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://tinydynamite.org
Learn more about RestART!
RestART: The Arts are Back!
https://phillyfunguide.com/editorial/restart-the-arts-are-back
RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E18 - Ep5_Intercultural Journeys
Today on the podcast, our 8-part summer series collaboration with Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s “RE-START Initiative”, continues with Intercultural Journeys where we explore how the organization has fared during the pandemic. Here is my interview with Carly Rapaport-Stein, Executive Director of Intercultural Journeys.
OUR VISION
Intercultural Journeys boldly leverages the power of the performing arts to catalyze social change, challenge bias, and create spaces for dialogue and understanding by presenting culturally diverse voices that celebrate and affirm our shared humanity.
OUR VISION
We imagine a world of more:
more welcome, more curiosity, more empathy, and more connection.
Where more voices tell our history and shape our future,
and we create an inclusive space to be still, to listen, to watch, to dance, and to learn together;
Where recognition and respect for one and all are the starting point, and not the finish line,
and love drives our journey forward.
Learn more about RestART!
RestART: The Arts are Back!
https://phillyfunguide.com/editorial/restart-the-arts-are-back