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WritingAnna Aguilo
Bio Forthcoming Poetry Creations Jevonne Bowman
Bio Forthcoming Video Sarah Campbell
Sarah learned her love of music by taking piano lessons for thirteen years as a child and has been dabbling in visual arts and creative writing for six years. She began working as the Programs Intern at Sitar Arts Center in September 2007 because of her combined love of children, teens, and the arts. Sarah is also interested in yoga, biking, traveling, and social justice issues. She hopes to become fluent in Spanish someday. Lyrics & Songwriting Dante Collins
Bio Forthcoming Video Melissa D'Lando
Bio Forthcoming Playwriting (in parternship with Arena Stage) Chantel Harley
Bio Forthcoming Playwriting (in partnership with Arena Stage) Helen Hooper
Helen began teaching short story writing at Sitar Arts Center in 2007 out of an interest in helping children in the community develop as creative writers and thoughtful readers. As an empty-nester she particularly appreciates the chance to spend quality time with the students at the Center. Long ago she majored in English literature at Johns Hopkins University, supplemented by creative writing workshops at the University of Iowa, Kenyon College and the Writer's Center in Bethesda. She is now a candidate for an MFA in creative writing at Warren Wilson College. Her work is included in an anthology of writing by Washington women upcoming from Paycock Press. Short Story Writing Helen McMahon
Helen found Sitar Arts Center in 2003, on a sunny spring day in early May, when on a walk on a side street in Adams Morgan neighborhood she stumbled upon a group of young jazz musicians, hip hop dancers, face-paint artists, and poets participating in their spring semester performance week. After learning more about the Center’s mission, she thought the Center would provide a perfect avenue to put her theater background back into practice again (it had gone dormant far too long and she always enjoyed working with youth). Ever since that fateful walk on spring day, she has been coming to Sitar Arts Center where – even better than a spring day – new blossoms can be seen every season. Helen received a B.A. degree in Speech and Drama from Catholic University with a minor in Secondary Education. She has previously taught creative dramatics to teenagers at the Columbia School for the Performing Arts in Maryland. Playwriting Sam Miller
Sam has been volunteering at Sitar Arts Center since 2000. He enjoys teaching adults, especially English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students. Sam has also written original lyrics for the Center’s Opera class. Poetry Creations Adam Robinson
Adam has been creating art and music since childhood and has done a variety of work in graphic design, curating, and arts education. He joined Sitar Arts Center through the Corcoran Artreach program to teach visual and digital arts classes. Adam enjoys inspiring the youth of DC through humor and wit. He is also a fan of his cat. Comic Book Design Angela Robinson
Bio Forthcoming Comic Book Design A. Lorraine Robinson
Lorraine is a professional theater dramaturg, actress and award-winning director. She has worked professionally in DC, TX, RI, NY, and OH with theatres such as Arena Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Contemporary American Theater Company, Woolly Mammoth Theater Company, Rites and Reason, Round House Theatre Company, Washington Shakespeare Theater Company, and African Continuum Theater Company. She is Artistic Producing Director of a not-for-profit multimedia theater and film production company, MuseFire Productions (www.musefire.org). Lorraine recently completed a television directing observership on the Bernie Mac show. She has taught theater at St. Mary’s College of MD, Camp Ballibay summer arts camp and the Dallas Theater Center’s teen/children program. Lorraine was the director of the Sitar Arts Center’s summer musicals The Wiz, Once Upon A Mattress, and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Lorraine has a Master’s Degree in Theater from Brown University and a B.A. in Theater and Psychology (with course work in film studies) from St. Mary’s College of MD. She is currently on staff at Sitar Arts Center as the Director of Programs. Video, Acting Mary Shapiro
Mary is a singer/songwriter and a licensed guitar teacher. She stumbled upon Sitar Arts Center in 2000 and exclaimed, "Wow! What a great place! Need any help?" Ever since then she has been teaching guitar to children and adults, as well as playing in the adult band and recruiting her friends to the Center. Lyrics & Songwriting |
