The first English section meeting of the year was held – on Zoom, of course. This meeting brings together all students from all professional training programs in the English section, as well as program directors, associate artists and resident artists. As per tradition for a few years now, we asked returning students to bestow advice upon first-year students. Here is a snippet of what they had to say.

''It means the world to us to be able to open the school to you and to support you in pursuing your love of theatre.

That’s why we’re here. You’re why we’re here. We recognize that these times are indescribably difficult and that this deeply affects each and every one of you. We’re here to support you, to listen and to learn alongside you as we chart this complex path together.'' 

Szepty/Whispers explores inherited silences through narrative fragments, multimedia artifacts, and audience contributions. The audiovisual content includes captions and transcripts. The images include alt text. Please note that the project features images of riot police and tanks, and discussion of life under a totalitarian regime

I would like to do a Facebook Live through my theatre company, TODOS Productions, and talk about the development of my new play Juan, Juana, G'wan-Neetah. In the Facebook Live, I will talk about my process as a writer, how I deal with writer's block, and I will read some scenes of the scenes that I have written in the past couple of months and talk about where I'd like to go with it next.  

Memoria is a result of his past experiences where he hopes to integrate peer-to-peer learning spaces that facilitate knowledge transfer and sharing between immigrants, refugees, and local residents.

Re:Locating, a work in progress by Artist-Practitioner Leelee Oluwatoyosi Eko Davis asks for us to engage with our own needs, consider the needs of others, and to transform our experience of being in community.