upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Cymande Lewis

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2012 Art and Change Grant – $2,500

  • Neighborhood: Germantown
  • Change Partner: Tanisha McDonald
  • Discipline: Performance

Cymande will workshop and produce, My Name is Sam Johnson, a one woman play that deals with the lasting effects of child abuse. The audience is introduced to Sam as an adult who is trying to deal with the stress of life while coping with her past. As a child, Sam was the victim of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of a caretaker. The workshop portion will consist of one on one instruction with a dramaturge, a writer, and a director in order to strengthen and reconstruct the play. The production will take place in Philadelphia and will be followed by an open discussion with Cymande, who is a child abuse survivor. This project is designed to raise consciousness and create space for honest conversation with the goal of creating an atmosphere of change.

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