Learn to tell your story with Nikki Abramson this month!
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.
Nikki Abramson is working with Wonderlust Productions on The Adoption Play Project. Currently they are workshopping the script, toward a public reading in May. Also this month, together with Betty Liedtke, Nikki is offering a workshop called The Power of Your Story, an interactive and engaging day of exploration and self-discovery. This workshop will take place on April 11 from 9am-4pm at Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina.
Charles Fraser continues to perform in The Diary of Anne Frank at Park Square Theatre, now through May 15. He is also the director of Almost, Maine at Avalon School, performing April 22 – 24.
Dylan Fresco is 1 of 2 artists/groups selected by Arts on Chicago to develop creative placemaking projects this spring with support from VSA Minnesota. Together with fellow UA Teaching Artists Lindsey Samples and Anton Jones, Dylan is collaborating with students at Transition Plus to create poems and write songs inspired by their connections with the neighborhood.
Rachel Jendrzejewski‘s In Which _______ and Others Discover the End, a multidisciplinary collaboration with performance collective SuperGroup, installation artist Liz Miller, and art rock band Brute Heart, continues at Public Functionary through April 10, with performances through April 4. Rachel also is 1 of 4 writers who created projects for The Laureate Lounge, a participatory space accompanying the exhibit Nobel Creations: Inspired by the Nobel Prize at the American Swedish Institute, open through May 24.
Anton Jones is working on fellow UA Teaching Artist Dylan Fresco’s new Arts on Chicago project, collaborating with students at Transition Plus to create poems and write songs inspired by their connections with the neighborhood.
Norah Long is subbing into Mary Poppins for a week at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, as the Bird Woman (“Feed the Birds”), from April 21-26.
Lindsey Samples is performing in Out of the Blue, a series of short puppet plays that will be presented by Mad Munchkin Productions at Dreamland Arts from April 17 – 25. She also is working on fellow UA Teaching Artist Dylan Fresco’s new Arts on Chicago project, collaborating with students at Transition Plus to create poems and write songs inspired by their connections with the neighborhood.