The Light Youth Festival
Associate Producer and Casting Director, Collaboraction
July 2019
PRODUCTIONS:
Heal You Written and Performed by Teh’Ray Hale Jr.
Chicken Scratch of My Mother Tongue Written and Performed by Aria Mallare
Once Upon a Southside Choreographed by Enneressa Davis, Performed by Praize Productions
Welcome to Limbo Written and Performed by Crystal Alagna, with Ethan Akins and Jabari Ware
Mind Over Matter Written and Performed by June
Set the Example Written and Performed by The Example Setters, Directed by Montiara Davis
Nursery Rhymes Written and Performed by Veronica Perkins
Us Written and Performed by Isabel Bravo and Sophia Bastounes
For The Peace of The Land Written and Performed by Antwon Funches
I Can Be All That I Believe Written and Performed by Earl Hester
Chicago: A Variation of Sandusky Written and Performed by Dani Mauleon
Heal CTA Devised by Elenna Sindler, Sophia Pietrkowski, and T’Yanna Smith
Happy Place Written and Performed by Ella Rae Pickney
When They Come Around Written and Performed by Stella Moseley Delgado
Associate Producer & Casting Director, Collaboraction
January 2019
Youth Festival Director: Isabel Bravo
Artistic Director: Anthony Moseley
Director of Youth Programming: Luis Crespo
Producer: Madi Delk
Scenic Designer: Emmy Weldon
Lighting Designer: Levi Wilkins
Sound Designer: Aaron Harris Woodstein
Youth Sound and Light Apprentices: Nicholas Allen and Elijah Clyne
Stage Managers: Sunniva Holmlund
Collaboraction’s first annual festival created to cultivate artists under the age of 21 throughout the Chicagoland area using art as a platform for activism. Pieces were chosen through a submission and interview process with the young artists. All artists were paid and provided mentorship throughout the process, as well as free production materials for their portfolios.
Photos by Joel Maisonet and Video by Alex Groesch