UA Executive Director Julie Guidry and Jess Finney at the finish line of last year’s triathlon
Our Teaching Artists and Staff are involved in a wide range of professional projects outside of their work with Upstream Arts. Each month, we post opportunities to see their performances, exhibitions, and other events around the Twin Cities and beyond. Click on the links below to learn more.
Jess Finney is training for her 2nd YWCA of Minneapolis Women’s Triathlon, raising funds for Upstream Arts in the process! The big event is coming up soon – Sunday, August 18. Click here to learn more.
Anton Jones is working on the Veteran’s Play Project with fellow UA Teaching Artist Lindsey Samples and the Footprints Collective. As the project’s playwright, Anton is working closely with the team to compile stories from over a year of story circles with local veterans.
Norah Long is in Delray Beach, Florida, busy wowing sold-out houses at Arts Garage as one of a two-Judy-Garland team in Beyond the Rainbow! The Palm Beach Post called her “awesome” and “the soul of the show” and said she and Judy-mate Jody Briskey were “two stellar performances of this, or any, summer in South Florida.” Check out her website, www.norahlong.com, for more links and info!
Lindsey Samples is working on the Veteran’s Play Project with fellow UA Teaching Artist Anton Jones and the Footprints Collective. As the project’s dramaturg, Lindsey is working closely with the team to compile stories from over a year of story circles with local veterans.
Matt Sciple can be seen this month in select episodes of Theater People, a comedy web series about “the drama behind the drama,” based on the Twin Cities theater scene!