PAAL SUMMIT HAPPY HOUR at the 2019 PAAL Summit on Friday 6 December 2019
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 07/12/2019

PAAL SUMMIT HAPPY HOUR
2:30 p.m PST (San Francisco, UTC-8) / 4:30 p.m. CST (Chicaco, UTC-6) / 5:30 p.m. EST (New York, UTC-5)

Community Gathers around Motherhood and Leadership, featuring key note guest Mary Hodges, Assistant Director of Slave Play (Broadway) and other guest artists in performance and presentation

A welcome space for parents an non-parents, children, and friends, the PAAL Summit Happy Hour will allow us to engage in community, networking, conversation, and more. Featuring keynote guest Mary Hodges to share her own experiences and passion for motherhood in leadership as well as guest artists and performances soon to be announced.

Welcome and Introduction

Garlia Cornelia Jones
Line Producer, The Public Theater and recipient of PAAL Childcare Match Grant

Meredith Grundei
Actor, Director; StateraArts Regional Coordinator (NYC); PAAL Ambassador (NYC)

Iris McQuillan-Grace
Managing Director, PAAL

Rachel Spencer Hewitt
Founder, PAAL

Mom Is Not My Real Name, by Tina deVaron, Composer/Lyricist, Singer/Pianist
Performed by: Jennifer Blood and Tina deVaron
Mom Is Not My Real Name is from deVaron’s song cycle in development: THE MOTHERHOOD SONGBOOK

Interview with Mary Hodges, Actor/Director; Assistant Director of Broadway’s Slave Play and PAAL Childcare Match Grant Recipient

Story Circles
Facilitated by: Corinna Schulenburg, Theatre Communications Group & Flux Theatre

Ensemble

Corinna Schulenburg will facilitate a story circle process based on a tradition designed by John O’Neal, founder of the Free Southern Theatre and stewarded by Junebug Productions in New Orleans, LA. The process will allow participants to share brief, personal stories of their experience as parents in the theatre sector with a small group.

Closing
Rachel Spencer Hewitt, Founder, PAAL

The Parent Artist Advocacy League presents the first PAAL Summit at the Public Theater livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 6 December from 6 a.m - 3 p.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC-8) / 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST (Chicago, UTC-6) / 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. EST (New York, UTC-5).

A transcript of the audio from this event will be available a short time after the Summit.

The PAAL Summit is designed to be a safe and collaborative gathering where decision-makers, leaders, and institution representatives can exchange resources, raise questions, and share experiences in a guided workshop and facilitated conversation with PAAL and participating leaders in diverse fields to expand the collective brain on how to better support parent artists and caregivers in performing arts culture. 

https://howlround.com/happenings/livestreaming-2019-paal-summit