Meme Kelly to Present OUR VOICES OUR STORIES at Promenade Playhouse, 7/19 & 26
OurVoices OurStories has riveting monologues, tantalizing dance, and inspiring, foot-stomping music that celebrates wounded souls allowing their voices to be heard as they re-make their stories.
While entertaining, it raises awareness of issues faced by women, urban youth & disabled young adults!
The event is set for Promenade Playhouse, located at 1404 Third Street (Promenade), Santa Monica, CA. Tickets: $30.00 ($20.00 Early Bird Special until July 2, 2015) at www.itsmyseat.com/ourvoicesourstories or via email: ourvoicesplay@gmail.com.
Amazing Cast:
Danielle Dejean
Janey Friend
Jovan Rameau
Juliet Ladines
Lakisha Berry
Nina Gosiengfiao
Shirley Cortez
Shalonda Shaw
Vivienne Powell
Go to www.ourvoicesourstories.com for biographies and more.
Our Voices Our Stories is being offered to raise awareness of the increased number of Homeless Women living on Los Angeles streets, to inspire programs to reduce these numbers, and to raise awareness of challenges faced by urban youth and disabled young adults. Two of the cast members are Autistic and the stories involve urban youth who have faced the worst, unleashed their voices, found their power, and re-made their lives.
Meme was inspired to advocate for homeless women by her friendship with Joann, a homeless woman who has lived on Ventura Blvd, two blocks from Meme, for the last 13 years.
Meme believes that "No one should have to live on the Los Angeles streets, regardless of their mental health state and that a city as great as Los Angeles can provide a permanent place for all of its residents."
On her blog www.memekellyinspires.com Meme writes about the inspiration behind OVOS, adding that it will also raise awareness of the greatness of Young Adults with Disabalities and their desire to be included in mainstream activities. OVOS has two Cast Members on the Autism Spectrum and Meme's son, also Autistic, is a part of the crew.
Over 50 non-profits that serve women facing challenges, homeless women, at-risk youth, and the disabled and their clients are invited to attend. OVOS will raise awareness of un-heard voices in alignment with the mission of www.indelibleimpact.org.
ABOUT THE WRITER, Meme Kelly (www.memekellyinspires.com) - She is a graduate of UCLA, wife, and mother of three sons. She founded S3's Indelible Impact Program in 1998 while teaching elementary school in Watts, CA. The first S3 seminar was held at the Crenshaw Mall featuring a renowned Psychologist who shared tools to deal with stress. Thereafter, clothes, computers, and books were donated to families at Russell Elementary. For the last eight years,Meme has partnered with artists to offer creative events that inspire and impact social change while also continuing to teach part-time for Los Angeles Unified.
She is the proud recipient of the Distinguished Dean's Fellowship Award, University of California, Riverside, MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts and will start her studies in fall 2015. She plans to concentrate on creating work that will impact social change!
Go to www.indelibleimpact.org to learn more about the non-profit organization hosting OVOS along with Meme on May 2, 2015.
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