Embodied Narratives - Seedlings with Anya Pearson and Lex Macnab

Begins May 3rd

Embodied Narratives fuses the core ethos of Where We Come From: Ethnoautobiography - decolonized, anti-racist approaches to writing in community and applies it to an anti-MFA/anti-traditional workshop and critique model of how feedback is given while working on book-length works in progress.

Affectionately called “Embers” - this new expansion of Embodied Narratives Program is geared toward generation.

This thirteen week workshop meets weekly on Sunday nights, beginning with a week of introductions and co-working, followed by two people bringing in six-seven pages of new material each week for four rounds.

The goal is to write as much as you can over the course of the thirteen weeks together, aiming for ten-fifteen pages a week. But don’t let that number overwhelm you, you will have plenty of communal support and cheerleaders, facilitator love notes and prompts, shared resources in the community discord server, and the inspiration that comes from being in community.

We also recognize that life be life-ing HARD so let that page number be a goal but not a means to beat yourself up if you don’t hit that number.

Anya Pearson (she/her/we) is an award-winning playwright, poet, screenwriter, producer, actress, and activist. A ‘21-22 Hodder Fellow at Princeton University, she is currently finishing her debut collection of poetry, writing a novel, three pilots, a feature, launching a BIPOC-owned wearable activism clothing label, and constantly plotting, planning, devising, creating, imagining, and revising visions of a better, more just world. Her plays include: THE MEASURE OF INNOCENCE (The Kilroys List, Drammy Award, Finalist: Oregon Book Award), MADE TO DANCE IN BURNING BUILDINGS (Showcase: Joe’s Pub, NYC; STT, Portland, OR), THE KILLING FIELDS (2018 Orphic Commission; Valdez Theatre Conference; Seven Devils New Play Foundry; Great Plains Theatre Conference), WITHOUT A FORMAL DECLARATION OF WAR (PCS Commission, Seven Devils, JAW, Great Plains), THREE LOVE SONGS (Play at Home Initiative, PCS). A spoonie. A survivor. A single mother. A body alive with multiple nexuses of marginalized identity and sediments of trauma, Anya is passionate about helping others find their voice through the transformational power of story.

Find her online www.anyapearson.com & www.urbanhaikuclothing.com

IG: @iamanyapearson & IG: urbanhaikuclothing

Alexis Macnab (ey/em/eir pronouns) channels creativity across disciplines, and is endlessly inspired by the way each medium collaborates with the story it tells. Alexis's work in theater has been produced internationally and across the U.S., eir hand-drawn and stop-motion animation has been commissioned for films and music videos, ey has curated pop-up art gallery happenings, and brought works of Shakespeare into peoples’ kitchens and living rooms. Alexis spent the pandemic years transforming in many ways, including from a City-and-Karaoke-Loving Theater Person, into a Slime-Mold-Curious Writer-Artist Apprentice Tree. In fiction, Alexis is interested in twisting the tools of fable and folktale to challenge inherited assumptions, dig for buried truths, and cast spells of compassion. Alexis holds a B.A. from Oberlin College, and an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts. Eir writing can be found online in The Ilanot Review, Atticus Review, and https://alexismacnab.com. IG: @aninfinitecoast

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Embodied Narratives - Seedlings
from $1,250.00

WHEN and HOW:

We will gather on Zoom for Thirteen Sundays beginning Sunday, May 3rd

from 5:30-8:00pm EST/2:30-5pm PST.

DATES: Thirteen Sundays:

5/3, 5/10, 5/17,

5/24, 5/31, 6/7,

6/14, 6/21, 6/28,

7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26

COST:

$1250-1750 (sliding scale—please read below)

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Suggested Cost:

To create intentional space and support for BIPOC attendees, we ask that you pay in light of your financial privileges and with a JEDI spirit (!)

Here are a few guidelines:

$1750 – you have reliable sources of food, shelter, and transportation; are employed or financially secure; have regular access to healthcare and savings; can spend recreationally at your discretion (e.g. enjoy a concert, new clothes, a great meal).

***Paying this amount also means you are able to support another writer with limited resources who would like to join this course.

$1500 – you have some debt like student loans or a mortgage that sometimes compromises stability with food, shelter, and/or transportation; are employed; have some access to healthcare and savings; can spend recreationally.

$1250 – you have some debt that sometimes compromises stability with food, shelter, and/or transportation; are employed; have some access to healthcare and savings; can spend recreationally.

Contact us anya@weareurbanhaiku.com if you cannot afford to pay full price but would like to discuss payment plans, work-exchange/trade opportunities, or other options. We will work with you on whatever payment plan you need.