#HealMeToo Videos
A selection of work shared at the #HealMeToo Festival in a developmental residency at NYC’s West Village IRT Theater.
These excerpts were shot by hand at staged reading workshops of Tonya Pinkins' "Truth And Reconciliation of Womyn" presented at the #HealMeToo Festival held at IRT Theater in March and April, 2019.
Excerpt credits (in order of appearance):
Traditional Native American chant performed by Tonya Pinkins, Julie Brown, Amanda Rodriguez, Lina Sarrello & Sarah Teed
Other, by Jasmine McLeish, directed by Kat Yen
With Jasmine McLeish & Mary Archbold
Till Hell Freezes Over, by Tonya Pinkins, directed by Lili Stiefel
With Annie McGreevey & Rachael Holmes
Law 136 by Carmen Rivera, directed by Tonya Pinkins
With Amanda Rodriguez, Lina Sarrello & Mary Archbold
The Grandmothers, by Kristine M Reyes, directed by Kat Yen
With Ako Dachs, Akiko Hiroshima, Paulina Delaparra, Sarah Teed & Siho Ellsmore
Womyn, a song written and performed by Julie Brown
In SKIN, two things threaten a grad student’s dissertation on Virginia Woolf: her hot new girlfriend and her own dark past.
Frank and funny, this queer love story with music explores some of the ways art helps us heal, tracking a woman’s road back toward intimacy and wholeness after sexual violence. Racing to write herself into a happier future, both work and sex get more inventive as she strives for a love greater than any she’s known before. But after you learn to guard against life, can you open up again?
Created & performed by the founder and artistic director of the #HealMeToo Festival, Hope Singsen. Directed by Jessi D. Hill. Music by Hope Singsen, Bob Parins, Micah Burgess and Dillon Kondor. Yve Carruthers, Stage Manager.
Content warning: frank descriptions of teen sexuality.
This video was not recorded at the festival, but 16-year old performer, Lola, of the GoodCapp Arts Ensemble performed the same piece on Opening Night at the #HealMeToo Festival, as part of our variety show NYC Teens Take the Stage. Here, she shares “Emma’s Story,” which was developed for and recorded at Equality Now's 2016 “Make Equality Reality” Gala.
Content warning: frank description of a rape kit exam.
Recorded during the dress rehearsal and Opening Night performance at #HealMeToo Festival on March 27, 2019 at the IRT Theater. Students from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School’s Smash Arts Productions performed excerpts of their original movement storytelling and dance work, loosely based on the Brock Turner case and with text from the transcript of survivor Emily Doe's testimony at trial. Lead players: Alba & Cameron. The Emily Doe voiceover is by Leanne. Music: Lady Gaga “Till It Happens To You.” The play was developed under the direction of their teacher Elisa De Gregorio as part of a Roundabout Theatre Company residency with Teaching Artists Jason Jacobs, theater, and Nick Moore, sound design. The dance was created and performed by the Advanced Dance class under the direction of their teacher Abigail Agresta-Stratton. Full cast credits at tinyurl.com/hm2teens
Content warning: explicit language and frank descriptions of teen sexuality.
Excerpts from Katie Cappiello’s Now That We’re Men were performed on the Opening Night of the #HealMeToo Festival. Performers in this behind-the-scenes video include Alphonso, Caleb, Fred, Jordan, and Rayshawn. GoodCapp Arts Ensemble is founded and directed by playwright Katie Cappiello. We were honored to have their participation in our Teen Talkback after the performances as well.