Letter to Performers Stein-GIG

 Dear Local Performer,

Can you evoke the spirit of the 

brave upstander, defender and protector?

With words, gestures, bodily movements, 

song and/or stories, can you reveal 

the strength and determination of someone 

who can stand up to the bully, the oppressor, 

the villain who is making fun of the 

vulnerable and/or harming the “other”? 

As performer, you have this opportunity 

to bring to life for the audience 

(through your dance, skit, poem and/or song) 

the Wonder Woman within all of us, 

who will not tolerate racism, sexism, 

homophobia, ageism, ableism, classism 

or any “ism” which might be invented 

in the future. 

You have this opportunity to tell your audience 

something about yourself and 

your personal strength. 

Your performance can be gender-bending. 

It can address the full range of 

gender presentations and identities 

that run the gamut between the binaries of 

masculinity and femininity expressed by us all. 

Ideally, your performance will inspire 

those in your audience to be 

their most compassionate, 

altruistic and authentic self.