🟥🟨🟧 Tim Maner's Oct 28th Fundraiser for HERE! 🟩🟦🟧
- Raised
- $11,350
- Goal
- $20,000
Y’all know that I’m one of the original founders of HERE.
Yup, 31 years ago on October 28th, 4 crazy young artists co-founded, opened and co-led HERE. Now, three decades later, we’re passing the torch to an amazing new generation of leaders!
(pictured above left: 2024: Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, and Lauren Miller /// right: 1993: Randy Rollison, Barbara Busackino, me!, Kristin Marting)
So, this month isn’t just a 31st anniversary, it’s also Jesse, Annalisa, Lanxing and Lauren’s 1st HERE-versary!
To celebrate them and this milestone, I have set a goal to raise $20k by October 28, to support our new leaders as they launch HERE on its next 30 year journey!
Will you make a donation today to help me meet my goal?
Your gift of any size goes to supporting a new future for HERE!
It would mean the world to me to have your support in this next chapter (plus, with a gift of $100, $500, $1000 or more you can access membership benefits and catch all the incredible shows this season!)
Best,
Tim
*they’ve actually only been at HERE for a few weeks at this point :-) but this is the first anniversary event with them in leadership. See below to learn more about these four amazing folks!
About the Co-Directors
Jesse Cameron Alick is a Black, Queer dramaturg, producer, poet, playwright, essayist, artistic researcher and science fiction expert. Jesse has been working in the theater world for over 20 years, starting out as Artistic Director and Producer at independent theater Subjective Theater Company, then The Public Theater as Company Dramaturg, and most recently the Associate Artistic Director at The Vineyard. Jesse is an active freelance dramaturg in NYC, nationwide and internationally. He studied writing with Adrienne Kennedy and has taught theater courses, lectured at classes and mentored students at a myriad of programs, currently at NYU.
https://www.jessecameronalick.com/
https://emergingfromthecave.org/
Annalisa Dias is a Goan-American transdisciplinary artist, community organizer, and award-winning theater-maker working at the intersection of racial justice and care for the earth. She is a co-founder of Groundwater Arts and recently was director of artistic partnerships and innovation at Baltimore Center Stage (BCS). Prior to joining BCS, Annalisa was acting creative producer and a producing playwright with The Welders, a DC playwrights collective; and a co-founder of the DC Coalition for Theatre & Social Justice. Annalisa’s work has been produced or developed by arts institutions across the US and UK, and her artistic work has taken her to South Africa, India, Malawi, Arctic Norway, and more. Annalisa frequently teaches theatre of the oppressed and decolonization workshops and is a sought-after speaker about race, identity, and performance.
https://annalisadias.weebly.com/
https://www.groundwaterarts.com/
Lanxing Fu is a queer, Chinese-American, multidisciplinary theater artist rooted in social practice. She is a writer, producer, performer, and educator, and Co-Director of Superhero Clubhouse, an interdisciplinary collective creating theater for climate justice. Her artistic work has been seen throughout NYC in hotel rooms, parks, townhouses, and spaces such as The Public Theater, LaMaMa ETC, Brick Theater, LaGuardia PAC, and Baryshnikov Arts Center, and developed with institutions nationally and internationally. Previously, she was Producing Associate with SITI Company, guest lecturer at Skidmore College and is currently a guest director at Pace University. She has been a speaker and facilitator with Theatre Communications Group, The New School, Virginia Tech, Columbia University, and more. Her writings on theater, climate arts, and intersectional justice have been published across a variety of platforms.
https://www.superheroclubhouse.org/about/
Lauren Miller is a theater director, producer, arts advocate, community organizer, and fundraiser. She brings to HERE over a decade of experience in cultural advancement for The Bushwick Starr, the Irish Repertory Theatre, and TACT/The Actors Company Theatre and her passion for contemporary performance-based work. From 2011-2015, Lauren developed 20 original plays as producer of the newTACTics New Play Festival. She co-created “Out of an Abundance of Caution”, a socially distant performance experiment which streamed live on Twitch every Sunday from March 2020-March 2021. Lauren serves on the Board of Directors of The Brick Theater, as a co-organizer of the Cultural Solidarity Fund, and fundraiser and organizer for progressive political causes. She is dedicated to realizing the just creative ecosystem and economy that cultural workers and communities deserve.
https://www.bricktheater.com/out-of-an-abundance-of-caution-archive/
