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April 28, 2025 6:30 PM
In partnership with Roundabout Theatre Company and ignited by the mission of The Refocus Project, join Level Forward’s Anthem Award-Winning More To Talk About for a canon-busting conversation and community engagement spotlighting the rich artistry of playwrights Migdalia Cruz and William S.Yellow Robe, exploring the topics/themes within their body of work, and enriching the American Theatre with tools to deconstruct monolithic thinking and expand the canon.
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April 15, 2025 6:30 PM
Inspired by the events and themes within the Oscar Award-winning documentary NO OTHER LAND, join Level Forward’s Anthem Award-winning conversation series for a community-building conversation with artists, activists and cultural catalysts who are creatively resisting Apartheid and amplifying our global mutuality.
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In partnership with Argent and ignited by Argent's recent campaign, The Work Continues – join Level Forward's Anthem Award-Winning More To Talk About for an exclusive screening and empowering conversation on what this moment in time means for women, the path forward, and how we can unite to drive meaningful change. This conversation is hosted by Andrea Ambam and features Sali Cristeson (Argent Founder/CEO), Reshma Saujani (Founder of Girls Who Code), and additional special guests to be announced.
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In honor of Women’s History Month, join Level Forward’s Anthem Award-Winning More To Talk About for an inspiring conversation with audacious and history-making women playwrights on and off Broadway – Eisa Davis (Playwright of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist Bulrusher and Co-Writer of Warriors Concept Album), Martyna Majok (Playwright of the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony-nonimated play Cost of Living) and Ming Peiffer (Playwright of the Drama Desk-nominated Usual Girls and 1st Asian Woman to be nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Play).
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February 25, 2025 6:30 PM
Book release! Ignited by Author Jamia Wilson’s new book Make Good Trouble: Discover Movements That Sparked Change, join Level Forward’s anthem award-winning conversation series for an inspiring conversation with the changemakers and cultural catalysts who are ushering in hope for a new generation. Plus, learn about the true stories and the real people behind iconic moments in history and global activism! This conversation is hosted by Andrea Ambam and features Jamia Wilson (Author and Vice President and Executive Editor at Random House), Sis Thee Doll (Actress, Activist, and Sister to Thee people), and Stephanie Pacheco (U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate).
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January 16, 2025 7:00 PM
Following the Jan 16 performance of ROMEO + JULIET, join Level Forward’s Anthem Award-Winning More To Talk About for a timely conversation with Tommy Dorfman (The Nurse/Tybalt & The Ali Forney Center Board Member), Taheen Modak (Benvolio), and Louie Ortiz-Fonseca (Advocates for Youth) exploring what revivals can offer a new generation, building intergenerational solidarity, and charting a path to reject erasure, protect our undeniable rights as human beings, and enrich the world we pass down.
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” - James Baldwin Inspired by the stories, characters, events, and themes within the 10,000 Books Banned across the USA (such as Wicked, 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale, and more), join Level Forward’s Anthem award-winning conversation series for an urgent conversation traversing the past, present, and future of story censorship, examining why and how books get banned, and uplifting the desperate importance of libraries. Hosted by Andrea Ambam and featuring special guests OlaRonke Akinmowo (Founder of The Free Black Women’s Library) and Dr. Mahogany L. Browne (Banned Book Author & & Kennedy Center's Next 50 Fellow).
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In honor of Trans Day of Remembrance, join us for a hopeful conversation about future scripting justice, abundance, and empowered storytelling for queer communities alongside visionary, transgender artists and activists. Our guests are Imara Jones (Journalist and Founder of Translash Media) and George Strus (Producer and Founder of Breaking the Binary Theatre)
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Inspired by the events and themes within the box office hit Inside Out 2, join us for a mindful conversation illuminating the effects of global, unprecedented events on our collective well-being, and empowering us to transmute all of the emotions the news cycle elicits (hello Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Disgusts, & Anxiety!) into action.
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Inspired by the themes brewing within NYC’s Climate Week and works of art speaking to the climate moment, join Level Forward’s Anthem award-winning More To Talk About in partnership with Waterbear – a first of its kind Climate streaming platform and publisher – for a grounding conversation with innovative climate storytellers exploring the links between storytelling and mother nature, and the intersectionality of environmental justice.
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Join Level Forward's Anthem Award-winning More To Talk About for a moving conversation with culture makers and change agents, exploring the intersection of art and social justice and excavating storytelling as a key to more liberated futures —ignited by the events/themes within the film, SING SING.
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