Poetic License 2015: subconscious

Poetic License is Poetic Theater Productions’ annual festival of new poetic theater, which has grown from five days to three weeks in the past four years. The fourth annual Poetic License features two fully realized productions of exciting new poetic plays written by company members, a reading series of six new works of poetic theater identified through an open submission process, and three special events: Breaking Our Silence, a celebration of LGBT voices; Love, Redefined, remixes, and re-imaginings of traditional love poems in celebration of non-commercial, non-traditional love; and Generation Now, a showcase of youth voices in poetic theater in partnership with Urban Word NYC, Girl Be Heard, Dare Tactic, viBe Theater Experience and Earsay Youth Voices.

**Breaking Our Silence**

February 20, 2015 at 8:00pm A celebration of LBGTQ voices sharing their experiences of coming out, finding love, breaking the silence and speaking out!

Written by and featuring: Ty Defoe, Sentell Harper, Joanna Hoffman, Sam Laroche, Charan P. Morris and Storm Thomas

Director: Daniel Banks

“This year’s edition of Breaking Our Silence focuses on thriving. The performers have worked together durig a brief workshop period to link their narratives of how they got to the present moment and where they are going. While it is critical to acknowledge the struggles and oppressions we all face, we also celebrate our successes and the fact that we make the choice to thrive and survive! We hope our stories will inspire others.” -Daniel Banks, director

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