Caribbean L 38 ife, December 13-19, 2019
By Nelson A. King
The Queens-based
Conch Shell Productions
has called for submissions
of new plays
by Caribbean-American
female writers for its production,
“Hear Her Call,”
a Caribbean-American
Women’s Theater Festival
.C
onch Shell Productions
said on Sunday that
it will collaborate with
the Milton G. Bassin Performing
Arts Center at
York College in Jamaica,
Queens, for the festival’s
March 4-7. 2020 production.
“The festival is a celebration
of the unique
voices of Caribbean
American female playwrights
and writers from
across the nation,” said
producer Magaly Colimon
Christopher on
Sunday, Dec.1. “At Conch
Shell Productions, our
mission is to develop,
workshop and produce
new plays by American
playwrights/storytellers
of Caribbean heritage
who have an expanded
view of reality. We believe
art can and should provoke
social change.”
She said “Hear Her
Call” is a festival of Caribbean
American women’s
“unique and creative
strategies to realize
their hopes and dreams,
overcome adversity and
challenges, and / or challengen/
nalter the status
quo.”
“Our festival will create
an opportunity for
diverse audiences to
explore and celebrate
the unique ethnic/cultural
diversity of women
whose ancestors or who
they themselves immigrated
to the Americas
from any of the 28 multi
lingual Caribbean cultures,”
she said.
Colimon-Christopher
said Conch Shell Productions
is accepting
submissions of Caribbean
American female
artist-produced, innovative
one-act plays; exciting
new full-length play
readings, readings; “as
well auditions tapes from
thought-provoking poets,
storytellers and hip hop
artists to be featured in
our first-ever Hear Her
Call Slam event.”
She said the deadline
for submissions is Dec.
31, 2019 at 11:59 pm.
Finalists will be notified
by Jan. 15, 2020.
The performance will
be held at the Milton G.
Bassin Performing Arts
Center at York College,
94-45 Guy R. Brewer
Blvd., Jamaica, New York
11451.
Colimon-Christopher
said “Hear Her Call
2020” will close with an
award ceremony on Saturday,
March 7, 2020.
Colimon-Christopher
can be reached at conchshellprod@
gmail.com, or
call (917) 776-9647.
‘Hear Her Call’ logo. Magaly Colimon-Christopher
Call for new plays by Caribbean
American female writers
Persaud to host girls
coding holiday workshop
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Sen. Roxanne
J. Persaud will on
Saturday, Dec. 14, host
a coding event for girls,
the “Holiday Tynkering
Workshop,” at the
Mill Basin Branch of
the Brooklyn Public
Library.
The library is located
at 2385 Ralph Ave.,
near Ave N, Brooklyn,
NY 11234.
Persaud, representative
for the 19th Senatorial
District in Brooklyn,
said the workshop,
which will be held in
collaboration with Digital
Girl Inc., runs from
2:00-4:00 p.m.
“This workshop will
allow girls, Grade 3 and
up, to create their own
virtual maze game,
using holiday props and
characters, which their
friends or family can
play,” she said.
“Digital Girl Inc.
seeks to encourage inner
city youth, especially
girls, to pursue careers
in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math,”
she said.
“They are motivated
by the United States
overall lag in producing
an adequate number
of STEM professionals,
and the under representation
of women and
people of color,” the
senator continued.
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