Welcome to the crowdfunder for NYC’s first #HealMeToo Festival of performances, panels and podcasts to honor Sexual Violence Awareness Month from March 27 to April 14, 2019 at the IRT Theater.Tip: Use the "Donate" button to make a fully tax-deductible contribution and forgo rewards.
After you give, won't you share our video on social media to build excitement and support? Share :tinyurl.com/HelpHealMeTooIn January, we will announce all the jaw-dropping Broadway performers, #TimesUp filmmakers, and leaders of #TheaterToo with whom we're working to finalize our roster of up to
8 regular Festival shows and up to
8 amazing one-time Special Events. We're lining up
expert workshops, panels and talkbacks to raise critical questions about cultural change and discuss many approaches to healing: from transformative justice and activism, to creative writing, art, music and dance, to bodywork and the latest therapeutic advances. We'll even record Expert Panel Podcasts, to reach you wherever you are!
Some of our celebrated guests are expected to include: - Emma Sulkowicz, legendary Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) artist-activist of Columbia University
- Broadway's Shona Tucker, now appearing in To Kill a Mockingbird by Aaron Sorkin
- The MOTH Chief of Staff and writer-performer, Sarah Jane Johnson
- Rachel Dart, stage director, sexual harassment researcher and founder of "Let Us Work"
- Jerin Arifa, Muslim feminist activist and founder of NOW's first virtual chapter
- The teen performers of GoodCapp Arts, with material from their widely-toured productions
- Yvette Heyliger, playwright, producing artist and founding member of the national activist network, Organizing for Action (OFA)
- Raquel Almazan, playwright, activist, and accomplished actor of stage and screen
- Akia Squitieri, stage director and "creative safe spaces" anti-harassment educator
The #HealMeToo Festival is a nonprofit, grassroots effort founded by Artistic Director, Hope Singsen, a researcher into healing through the arts and the writer/performer of SKIN (SKINthePlay.com), a solo play with music about reclaiming intimacy and creativity after sexual violence. The festival is co-produced by Charlotte Arnoux, Managing Producer, and presented, in part, through Kori Ruston and IRT’s Residency Season (irttheater.org).
Thank you for your support! See you at the #HealMeToo Festival!In gratitude,
The entire #HealMeToo Festival community of artists, activists and experts
Look for our final roster and join our mailing list at:
tinyurl.com/HealMeToo