401 "Love+Live+Life" Podcast - Zafi Dimitropoulou Del Angel & Aya Esther Hayashi

In this episode, I invited Zafi Dimitropoulou Del Angel (Artistic Dir.) & Aya Esther Hayashi (Development Manager) of People's Theatre Project.

Rooted in Upper Manhattan, People's Theatre Project (PTP) is a social justice arts organization that creates ensemble-based theatre with and for immigrant communities to develop the next generation of diverse, socially-engaged artists and leaders.

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Zafi Dimitropoulou Del Angel (Artistic Director) is a Mexican Greek theatre-maker and educator. As a performer, she has developed work with European ensembles including the Troubleyn/Jan Fabre company in Belgium. As an educator, she piloted a program with the Department of Education in Athens that brought theatre to schools across the city. At PTP, her duties include program development and management of the PTP Academy and PTP’s 18 Partnerships. BS, Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Acting, Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun; MFA, Physical Theatre, Dell’Arte International.

Aya Esther Hayashi is a Japanese American arts administrator, musicologist, and theatre artist. She previously served as Development Associate at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre and Assistant Director/Choreographer for the Children and Teen Theatre Programs at the Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance on Roosevelt Island. She has had essays and interviews published by Routledge, Intellect/University of Chicago Press, and Transformative Works and Cultures, and presented talks at regional, national, and international academic conferences. Currently, she works as the Development Director at the People’s Theatre Project. She keeps her creativity active by producing intimate musical theatre productions through her company Okaeri Productions and by performing and directing with AfterWork Theater. BM, Music Performance, University of North Carolina; MA, MPhil, and PhD, Music, The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Website: https://peoplestheatreproject.org/

Join PTP's GALA May 27th, 7pm EST! Honoring the teaching artists, Katori Hall and Nelson Cruz.

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