Body Language: Every “Body” Has a Story
October 12th & 13th

Performer: Leslie Hill-King
Performer: Eman Rimawi-Doster
Performer: Om Raj Raut
Performer: Eliza Popa

Director/Facilitator: Khadija Bangoura
Stage Manager: Jenny Yang
USE Executive Director and Co-Founder: Kelly Kirkley
USE Artistic Director and Co-Founder: Laura Betz
USE Social Media and Marketing Director: India Stachyra
USE Operations Coordinator: Riley (RJ) Payne

Speak ART is USE's annual mainstage featuring a devised piece based on a culturally relevant theme. Speak ART empowers multidisciplinary artists to craft a new theatrical piece merging music, movement, and text. Through improvisation and experimental techniques, artists explore a culturally relevant theme and develop a piece reflective of their collective vision.
This year, the ensemble is exploring Body Language: Every “Body” Has a Story.
Our bodies are mosaics of stories collected throughout our lives. Body Language threads the needle between four people's journeys, exploring where they may overlap, and how their bodies shape their view of the world and their own identities. USE’s Speak ART ensemble utilizes a blend of movement, music, and text to excavate their heart-centered reflections directly with a live audience. Join us to step into conversation with your own body story while engaging in community with each other.

Serena Venditto, M.AmSAT (she/her)
Alexander Technique Teacher
Founder of Bravely Unbound

Keanu M. Jackson, LCSW (he/him)
Founder & Lead Psychotherapist | Homebody Psychotherapy

Stephanie Sanz, LMHC-D (she/her)
Cognitive Reset Counseling

We are proud to be supported by our community partners who helped with the Speak ART process by providing workshops, consulting and pre- and post show audience engagement. 

This production is produced by Underground Skills Exchange (USE).