Lights Up on Theater
Interactive theater education workshops for local community students
Lights Up on Theater is a partnership program with the Educational Alliance that provides theater education workshops to local 4th, 5th, and 6th-grade students who attend the EA’s Summer Rising program. Over the course of 5 weeks in July and August, theater professionals curated by wild project lead 3-hour, once-a-week workshops that introduce and educate 30 students about the different creative aspects of theater. The hands-on, interactive sessions, hosted at wild project, help Summer Rising educators diversify their curriculum and maintain engagement.
The program culminates with a special performance by the students, that they’ve rehearsed throughout the 6-week summer camp, for friends and family at our 89-seat theater.
2023 Workshop Leaders
2023 Program | July 14 – August 17, 2023 | wild project, 195 E. 3rd St. NYC
ANDREEA MINCIC, Costume Design
July 14
Andreea is a visual artist and designer based in New York City. She likes working on various types of performances and always tries to be involved in new, unconventional and challenging projects. From stage design to costumes, making masks, or puppets, Andreea loves everything that has a good idea and involves collaboration with other artists. She is the type of artist who uses her hands to make things, an individual with a versatile set of skills. Occasionally she mentors young designers on how to become creative leaders in the theatre. She designs mostly for downtown theatre companies, and some of her favorite collaborators are: Half Straddle, 31Down, The Builders Association, Hoi Polloi, Jim Findlay, Radiohole, Mallory Catlett, Susan Marshall, Banana Bag and Bodice.
LISA ARONOWITZ, Choreography
July 21
Lisa Aronowitz aka LEA is born and raised in the Bronx NY and has battled in WOD, Prelude, Kings Of NY, Queen of the Cipher just to name a few. LEA is also the coach of dance team Dreams In Motion and OT3 who have performed/competed and placed, at WOD, Prelude, Adelphi, Love UDC, and several community events. LEA is an all-styles dancer but has been focused on the Poppin’ community while she continues to pursue all other choreography projects, as well as her full-time job as a High School Dance teacher.
KEVIN RAY, Directing
July 28
Kevin Ray is a Brooklyn-based Generative Theater Artist, producing & directing original work in collaboration with actors & designers through Kevin Ray | Works. Recently he produced and directed The Machine Stops based on the science fiction story by E.M. Forster and Unearthly Visitants based on ghost stories written by Edith Wharton. He has received grants to support his work from New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Brooklyn Arts Council and The Puffin Foundation. Kevin is a member of AEA, an Associate Member of SDC. He holds an MFA in Theater Directing from Brooklyn College and his work has been written about Greenpointers and The New Yorker. https://kevinrayworks.com.
LIZ SCHWEITZER, Lights
August 4
Liz is a New York City-based Lighting Designer in theatre, dance, and opera. She is currently the lighting designer for the 2022-2023 series of Take Root and Fertile Ground at Green Space. As a Lighting Designer and Assistant, she has worked at Seagle Festival, MTC, Roundabout, The Signature, La Mama Experimental Theater, The Vineyard Theatre, and Stella Adler. She is a proud graduate of Barnard College at Columbia University, and the Juilliard Apprenticeship Program. More info about Liz and her work can be found at lizlights.com.
CLARA TRISTAN, Acting
August 11
Clara Tristan is a New York-based actress. Born and raised in Panama City, Republic of Panama where she started her training and career. Her profound love for experiencing and developing her craft as an actress has led her to New York.
New York credits include Sassafras and The Captain by Sarah Elizabeth Brown; The Future is Female by Nandita Shenoy and Pegao by Cin Martinez both regional runs, and the Off-Broadway run of Two Girls directed by Karen Carpenter.
Among her film credits include The Unknown (TVN Series), The Retrievers (Adam Johns), Fallen from the Sky (Gino Casasola Productions), and Panama Canal Stories (Manglar Films). She has received training worldwide with international figures such as Susan Aston, Tito Ochoa, Ted Gregory, Monalisa Arias and Esteban Roel; all in different techniques for film and stage.