The last few months were a whirlwind but the Neighborhood Theatre Project is now a wrap 🦋

👏🏽 Congrats and thank you to the entire cast, crew, artists, community members, and organizers who touched this project. It truly was created with all our neighbors.

This project was/is all about illustrating our community’s realities over the last 2.5 years and coming together to discuss solutions, even if those solutions are simply listening to one another and giving each other space. We’ve basically been working on this project for over 9 months straight 😮‍💨 It’s exhausting but making this art to reflect our community—in partnership with community—is fulfilling. Thank you to @calartscouncil for believing in us and giving us our first big grant 🌷

Some participant quotes that were shared during our workshops/interviews that inspired me:
– Smiles, fake smiles Easier to understand
– Paper was my best friend, Turn it into another story
– Hard to know what the other person is trying to say or feeling
– Monetize hobby
– It’s nothing, just need an aspirin
– How we communicate the truth
– The doctors see you in a certain way
– Truthful to yourself

1 big grant project down, 1 more to go, and many more to apply for 👐🏽

Follow @more.mas.marami or check out my carrd in my bio for all the info on our theatre collective. Next show is Sept 16 – 24 in DTSJ 👀📔👭🏽🦭