Actress, playwright, and storyteller Anu Yadav brings forth the power of storytelling to illuminate the truth that: together, through listening, we have the ability to address the pressing problems we face. With roots in the theater scene, Yadav draws on theater-based exercises to engage people into conversations that build community, connection, and trust. I spoke with Yadav over the phone for a brief conversation into her artistic philosophy and her upcoming workshop at the LAX Festival 21.
Anna Luisa Petrisko travels through the turbulence and isolation of the 2020 lockdown and transcribes her experience in her upcoming performance, ALL TIME STOP NOW.
Production designer, prop stylist, and now practicing magician Liz Toonkel investigates magic as a storytelling medium. Multidisciplinary artist Toonkel reignites the age-old conversations on agency and consent as it relates to animals in her performance, Magic for Animals.
Lauretta Records is a fresh independent music label bringing a creative and inclusive approach to supporting musicians. The black-owned, female-led label champions the stories of their artists’ music, but also specially works to bring their songs to the entertainment screen.
Byoul Part 1: 246 at 40 sees dancer-choreographer DaEun Jung and accompanying pansori singer Melody Shim, produce a performance based on chance. Using random dice throws, Jung arranges a chance-based vocal score and choreography to procure a truly unique sequence of movements.
In STRAIGHT PLAY, no one is straight and everyone is queer. Los Angeles-based director, singer, and playwright Gina Young flips the quintessential heteronormative beach blanket musical formula to unveil deeper messages around gender and sexuality.
