StoryUp

Overview

In this highly interactive showcase, our young audiences members are tasked with writing (or drawing) the story that our talented performers will bring to life though improv. We provide audience members with a story outline and encourage them to use their wildest imaginations. No experience necessary. A spirit of fun required. 

StoryUP! is an entertaining way to share ideas, educate, and empowers young children and their families through the interactive art of storytelling, acting and writing. 

Martha Cooney and StoryUP! on WHYY-https://whyy.org/articles/story-up-empowers-young-children/

About the Artist

Latanya (Tanya) Morgan is a Philadelphia based actor, writer, director, trauma informed teaching artist, improv performer, acting and improv coach, applied improv corporate trainer and owner/operator of Sawubona Creativity Project(https://sawubonacreativityproject.org/).

Tanya has been acting on stage, in films and commercials for over 20 years. She spent time as a writer and performer on one of the most popular Philly sketch teams, The Rhubarbs. Tanya performs improv comedy monthly with indie improv teams: Daddy Issues, The NCrowd, NYTEShift, No Diggity and Not Yet Rated.

In March 2023, Tanya opened Sawubona Creativity Project, a community theatre space that offers monthly improv jams, family friendly workshops, shows, and events; as well as classes in improv, acting, playwriting and storytelling for kids, teens and adults.

As a teaching artist she uses her trauma informed care training, her background as a performer, and a mental health professional to incorporate social emotional learning skills and mindfulness practices into the creative arts courses and workshops she creates and facilitates. Tanya believes that theatre arts forges a pathway to mental well-being and advocacy.

Tanya has also facilitated applied improvisation courses, mindfulness workshops and team building programs for schools and organizations. Some of our past partners are: William Jeanes Memorial Library, Asian Arts Initiative, Abington Friends School, Lola Ivory Productions, The Lab Ambler, Yes And! Collaborative, Penn Live Arts, First Person Arts, U Arts, The Franklin Institute, Pan American Charter School, Bright Intervention, Delaware River Port Authority, Philly Dance Fitness. Tanya also facilitated a teen improv workshop at Happy Valley XL [Improv] Fest 2024.

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