Please join Pushed Learning and Media for a night of performances, student showcases, and short film screenings to celebrate and showcase the incredible work of RI students. 7:00 - 9:30 PM on Saturday, September 7, 2019. Free, with a $10 suggested donation.
August 7th: Pay What You Can August 8 & 9: $13 FUTUREWORLDS 5: Escape from JollyWorld is a theatrical hip hop multimedia tour de force, written, produced, and performed by the members of AS220 Youth, that tells the story of a drug addicted rapper, Marley Man, who finds himself in JollyWorld - a hyper animated […]
Queer Activism is RI: Pasts, Presents and Envisioning Futures invites you to a screening of the documentary short, The Time is Already, and subsequent panel to discuss the historical and present organizing landscape as well as envisioning and building the futures of queer and trans activism in Rhode Island. The Time is Already is about […]
Saving the World: The Climate Change Play Festival is the culminating production of The Manton Avenue Project’s Dialogue program, a playwriting course held at MAP’s Clubhouse in Olneyville during the summer, which culminates in a four day camping and performance devising retreat. 4th-10th grade playwrights partnered with adult artists to devise original performance responses to […]
The Manton Avenue Project's next play fest is inspired by stories shared around the campfire. Ten young playwrights from 6th to 10th grade have created original plays and performance pieces devised together with their dramaturgy mentors at a four-day writing retreat at Nature's Classroom in Charlton, MA, where we took a night hike and learned […]
Yes Farms, Yes Food: The Farm-to-Table Plays! is the culminating production of The Manton Avenue Project’s 2017 Playmaking program, an afterschool playwriting course held at MAP’s Clubhouse in Olneyville. Ten young playwrights, all third graders, each worked with a dramaturge (grown-up playwriting mentor) to write a new play that explores the theme of local farms […]
Pedal Power: The Bicycle Play is the culminating performance of The Manton Avenue Project’s TAG TEAM program, an afterschool playwriting course held at MAP’s Clubhouse in Olneyville. Ten 5th grade playwrights will collaborate on a play about bicycling, community building and social history. For this project, The Manton Avenue Project partnered with the Recycle-A-Bike and […]
Pedal Power: The Bicycle Play is the culminating performance of The Manton Avenue Project’s TAG TEAM program, an afterschool playwriting course held at MAP’s Clubhouse in Olneyville. Ten 5th grade playwrights will collaborate on a play about bicycling, community building and social history. For this project, The Manton Avenue Project partnered with the Recycle-A-Bike and […]
"We're All in this Together: The Dialogue Play Festival" is the culminating production of The Manton Avenue Project’s Playmaking program, an afterschool playwriting course held at MAP’s Clubhouse in Olneyville. Eight young playwrights, 5th – 12th graders, each worked with artist mentor to devise a new play that reimagines the audience. For this project, The […]
Community and Social Justice: Panelists explore the complexities of policing, street- and court-level law enforcement, racial discrimination, and institutional biases. Moderated by film-maker and radio host Marc Levitt.
