Our Stories Are Alive is a program and public spectacle where LGBTQIA2S+ older adults and younger co-conspirators will discover what we are called upon to communicate about ourselves and our future. It builds on a program in partnership with Spectrum Arts Productions called the S.G.B. Generational Bridge Program, created with Craig Anthony Bannister and Apollo Boissiere.
We are creating an ensemble in the welcoming home of the Queens Center for Gay Seniors in Jackson Heights, NY, in partnership with LaGuardia Community College.
Through workshops that mix theatre games, improv, and story circles, we are building community and develop a "promenade-style" (like a parade but synchronized and intimate) performance on the Jackson Heights 34th Avenue Open Street.
Our Stories Are Alive is led by WhyWOW Studio, the creative practice of C Meranda Flachs-Surmanek (Queens), Diksha Pilania (Dallas, TX), and Steven T. Licardi (Queens), artists whose work spans public art, devised theater, and design justice.
In June 2025, Liliana Rebolledo Vergara will bring her experience as a musician and activist to the group, deepening our experiences as music and song leaders.
