STORIES OF: WOMEN
A VULNERABILITY VARIETY SHOWSTORIES OF: WOMEN IS A FEMALE-IDENTIFIED EVENT SERIES THAT EXPLORES OUR UNDISCUSSED EMOTIONS THROUGH STORYTELLING, LIVE MUSIC, COMEDY, POETRY, AND CONVERSATION. WE’VE WELCOMED DOZENS OF PERFORMERS ACROSS 4 SHOWS, BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES, EACH EXPLORING THE MESSY, PAINFUL, BEAUTIFUL BRILLIANCE OF BEING A WOMAN.
MY HOPE IS TO USE MY PRIVILEGE AND MY PLATFORM TO, QUITE LITERALLY, “PASS THE MIC.” BY CREATING A STAGE WHERE INSPIRING WOMEN CAN SPEAK, NOT TO THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR THEIR WINS, BUT TO THEIR TRAUMAS, THEIR FAILURES, AND THEIR SHAME. ALL WHILE RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR THE INVALUABLE SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUR INCREDIBLE NON-PROFIT PARTNERS.
STORIES OF: ABORTION
WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD NY︎ NYC - JAN ‘19
JOE’S PUB @ PUBLIC THEATER
FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY:
ZIWE FUMUDOH
(COMEDIAN - SHOWTIME’S ZIWE / WRITER / FEATURED IN NYTIMES, VANITY FAIR, FORBES)
JAMILAH LEMIEUX
(WRITER / CULTURAL CRITIC / THE ROOT 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN AMERICANS)
VERA PAPISOVA
(AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST / TEEN VOGUE’S WELLNESS EDITOR)
AALIYAH DANIELS
(NY TEEN POET LAUREATE / AMBASSADOR FOR URBAN WORD YOUTH POETRY SOCIETY)
MADISON MCFERRIN
(SINGER/SONGWRITER - FEATURED IN PITCHFORK / VICE / PAPER)
LARISSA VASQUEZ
(DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - PLANNED PARENTHOOD NYC)
JACKIE ACKEIFI
(STRATEGIC INITIATIVES MANAGER - PLANNED PARENTHOOD NYC)
STORIES OF: JEALOUSY
WITH PEACE OVER VIOLENCE︎ LA - MAY ‘18
THE HISTORIC REGENT THEATER
FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY:
SHIRLEY MANSON
(GARBAGE FRONTWOMAN | GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEE | MAC AIDS AMBASSADOR)
APARNA NANCHERLA
(COMEDIAN - INSIDE AMY SCHUMER | LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS | NYT’S “COMIC TO WATCH”)
ASHLEE MARIE PRESTON
(CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST | THE ROOT’S 100 | OUT 100 | TED SPEAKER)
MADAME GANDHI
(DRUMMER | ACTIVIST | TED SPEAKER | FORBES 30 UNDER 30 | BBC’S 100 WOMEN)
SHAN BOODRAM
(CERTIFIED INTIMACY EXPERT | AUTHOR | FEATURED IN NYTs, FORBES, NETFLIX, HULU)
NADYA OKAMOTO
(SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR | FOUNDER OF PERIOD INC. | TEEN VOGUE’S 21 UNDER 21 | TED SPEAKER)
MILCK
(SINGER | SONGWRITER | ACTIVIST | BILLBOARD’S #1 PROTEST SONG OF 2017)
ANN FRIEDMAN
(WRITER - ROLLING STONE, THE CUT | COLUMNIST @ NY MAG | HOST OF CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND PODCAST )
KAT BLAQUE
(YOUTUBER | TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST | FEMINIST EDUCATOR | WRITER)
ZOE MUNOZ
(WRITER | PODCASTER | EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR @ PEACE OVER VIOLENCE)
OLYMPIA MICCIO
(YOUTH POET LAUREATE | UNITED NATIONS PEACE AMBASSADOR)
JAMIAH LINCOLN
(YOUTH POET FROM GET LIT)
KIYAH GENTLE
(YOUTH POET FROM GET LIT)
STORIES OF:
MY BODY
WITH LA COUNTY DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH︎ LA - MAY ‘19
WE RISE FESTIVAL
FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY:
ROXANE GAY
(NYT’S BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF BAD FEMINIST AND HUNGER | NYT’S COLUMNIST | PROFESSOR)
ALEXANDRA BILLINGS
(ACTRESS - TRANSPARENT, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER | TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST)
DANIELLE PEREZ
(COMEDIAN | ACTRESS - NETFLIX’S SPECIAL | WRITER | DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST )
HANNA HARRIS
(AWARD WINNING SPOKEN WORD ARTIST | COMMUNITY ADVOCATE)