More to Talk About: Shifting the Culture for Rising Voices
Free Talks
| 60 MINUTESJoin Level Forward’s Anthem award-winning social impact platform, More To Talk About, for a culture-shifting conversation with the Founders of 271 Films and Mexican sisters Constanza and Doménica Castro on the value of independent producers, creating sustainable pathways of opportunity for emerging voices, and the future of latine/x narratives.
More to Talk About (MTTA) is Level Forward’s Anthem award-winning multimedia social impact platform that triples as a live gathering space, a digital experience, and a podcast. MTTA uses story as a catalyst — and convenes today’s most thought-provoking culture makers addressing today’s most pressing issues innovatively — to build community and enrich audiences with creative conversations, activations, and resources ignited by iconic works on stage and screen.
Moderator: Andrea Ambam
Panelist
Andrea Ambam
Andrea Ambam is a performance artist and writer whose roots sprout from Cameroon. As a politically-engaged storyteller, Andrea puts narrative to use, creating theatrical experiences that worldbend and record truth. Currently, Andrea is a New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Artistic Fellow and the Programming Manager at Level Forward, where she hosts the Anthem Award-winning podcast More To Talk About. She has developed her multi-hyphenated practice as a 2022-2023 Playwrights Realm Writing Fellow, a Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Artist-In-Residence, an Artistic Fellow with Signature Theatre, a Writing As Activism Fellow with PEN America, an Artivism Fellow with Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC), an Artist-in-Residence for Anna Deavere Smith, an EmergeNYC Fellow, and as a competitive public speaker/performer where she was awarded "Top Speaker in the Nation'' three times. Andrea lives in Brooklyn and has a Master’s in Art & Public Policy from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. www.andreaambam.com
Beacon Theatre
The Rush system functions as a standby line that will form at the venue approximately one hour prior to scheduled start time. Admittance is based on availability and will begin roughly 10 minutes prior to program start time. Rush Tickets are the same price as advance tickets and are payable upon entry.