I AM ENOUGH with N’Tasha Anders

We have an aaamazing guest for you today: N’Tasha Anders! N’Tasha is an actress, artist and my fellow Teen Council partner from our time teaching comprehensive sex-Ed in high school via Planned Parenthood. 

 

N’Tasha received her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. Upon graduation, she completed a nine month Artistic Ensemble Program at the Milwaukee Repertory in Wisconsin. She traveled for years with Seattle's Book-It Repertory Theatre. Through Book-It Repertory Theatre,  she gained her love for Childrens' Theatre and learned the importance of the Comprehensive workshop classes that they facilitated after every performance. She took this passion for working with the youth with her to NYC and began working with a nonprofit organization called Changing Theater Perspectives as she continued to pursue her acting career. She now focuses on cultivating inclusive curriculum and group activities that expands the physical, emotional, and social growth development of children and young adults in Houston, Texas. 

 

N’Tasha’s experiences as a black actress are telling as to what is still happening in the acting world and how it needs to be spoken about until real change takes place. 

 

Learn how N’Tasha had to build a backbone early on in her career, how the glitz and glamour of the industry was a facade, and how she blossomed in her community of fellow black actors in NYC, cultivating the education she never received in her acting conservatory. 

 

We dive into:

• The importance of being in a room with other black artists: playwrights, actors, directors and beyond 
• What N’Tasha’s wants more of for black art: releasing stories of struggle and focusing on narratives of celebration that highlight black joy, excellence, and love 
• Augusto Boal’s “Theatre of the Oppressed” and how forum theatre has the power to inspire social change
• Live improv: N’Tasha visits a previous experience with the backbone she has now to help reconcile an event within the framework of forum theatre 

 

We explore all this and SO much more! Take a screenshot of this episode and tag @ntashacharmel and @serabanda in your Instagram stories to let us know what you thought of this episode!

 

Stretch out your #speechforthestage with us:

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Take the leap from spectator to Spect-Actor and reach out to N’Tasha!

IG: @ntashacharmel

Email: ntasha.anders@gmail.com

 

If you want an ‘I AM ENOUGH’ t-shirt, be sure to check out Niqua Daniels’ IG (link in bio): @niqua.daniels

 

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