Next #Flyy Chat Monday, April 18th @ 8pm

Break the Teeth Off A Comb:  Black Hair/Black Resistance

With Maechi Aharanwa and Lisa Strum

Yup, we gon talk about Black Girl Hair.  Black Girl Hair is an art.  Black Girl Hair is tool of expression. Black Girl Hair is a tool of resistance. And, to some, Black Girl Hair is a mystery.  

Please join me as I welcome Hair Divas, Maechi Aharanwa and Lisa Strum (welcome back!) to the Flyychat!  We will talk about the personal stories we carry in our hair, explore how we use hair to resist and share a few a hair secrets along the way (this is my personal hope, because I love a good hair tip or three)!  

JOIN US!!!

BIOS

Maechi Aharanwa

Maechi Aharanwa - Credits include OFF BROADWAY: An Octoroon(Soho Rep Production/TFANA), Facing Our Truth- Night Vision, No More Monsters Here (NBT), Mother Courage, Macbeth, The Blacks, Trojan Women (Classical Theatre of Harlem), The Beyonce Effect (TFTTF); REGIONAL: Seven Guitars, Antigone, Miss Julie, A Woman Called Truth; SELECTED WORKSHOPS/READINGS: Sundance Theatre Lab, Playwrights Realm, Hartford Stage, The Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, The Lark, Atlantic Stage 2; TELEVISION/FILM: Show me a Hero(HBO), Person Of Interest(CBS), 30 Rock(NBC),  Mercy(NBC), Maybe There's A Tree, Police State, Silver Sling.  Princess Grace Award Recipient. TRAINING: The Juilliard School. 

Next: The Call by Tanya Barfield, directed by Jen Thompson at TheaterWorks Hartford.

Maechi is the director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem's arts education program Project Classics.  www.maechi.net

 Lisa Strum

Lisa Strum is an actor/singer/director/educator/blogger/producer that has performed at Lincoln Center Theatre, Summer Stage, Signature Theatre, New Federal Theatre, Intiman Theatre, the Obie winning Fire This Time Festival and 48 hours...in Harlem Festival, ACT Seattle, Hansberry Project, and the Fifth Avenue Theatre. She has had a recurring role on LAW & ORDER: SVU and was seen on the television pilot CITIZEN BAINES with James Cromwell. Her highly acclaimed one woman show, SHE GON' LEARN, had its most recent performance at The Lark Play Development Center as part of The New Black Fest. The show was also performed at The National Black Theatre, The Emerging Artist Theatre Festival of New Works, and two sold out performances off-Broadway for the United Solo Festival at Theatre Row where SHE GON’ LEARN was awarded Best Educational Show in 2015.  As an educational consultant, she has worked with numerous public schools in New York City, conducted theatre workshops for Teachers College at Columbia University, and has acted as the Theatre Specialist for Abrons Summer Arts Camp at HenryStreet Settlement for the last nine seasons. Lisa is an MFA graduate of the University of Washington's Professional Actor Training Program.

Check out Lisa's blog, The Inner Child Escapes, here and keep up to date with her work on her fan page: www.facebook.com/shegonlearn.