Speak Up, Rise Up is a first year storytelling festival being held at the Connelly Theater from August 14th-20th with a focus on bringing traditional and non-traditional performers together.  Our focus is to raise the profile of communities with traditionally marginalized voices.  The idea is to bring together people's stories and put them, literally, on the big stage.  

The purpose of the festival is two fold: first, to bring together traditional and non-traditional performers to tell and share their stories.  We will be offering a series of community workshops to various community groups, and showcase their final shows as part of the festival.  

Second, is to bring the world of storytelling to the big stage.  Too often we have shows in backs of bars or black box theaters and are never allowed to explore the depth and theatricality of a stage. 

This whole project is being independently produced, which means we'll need all the help we can get.  We will need to pay for all our theatrical crew, storytelling instructors, and of course, our performers. 

Any amount you can donate with will help make this project a success, and provide a space for people to amplify their voice.

Speak Up, Rise Up is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Speak Up, Rise Up will be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.