Exploring Strengths and Challenges of Aging Through Improvisational Drama Free to all 55+

A rousing one-woman performance by Hedda Matza-Haughton, she invites the audience to explore intimacy and aging through the stories of her characters. There is a character who only loved one person who passed and left them to figure out life alone, another who is facing cancer and afraid of losing her identity, a man who…
SaraSolo Festival participant Valerie David shared her cancer journey during a special performance at Jewish Family and Children’s Service. by: Anna Brugmann Staff Writer When Valerie David was found to have lymphoma, she was scared. When she was found to have breast cancer 15 years later, she was angry. “Anger is a lot more powerful than fear,” David…
Sharing their stories, bringing home the reality of war. Two years ago, when they agreed to be part of the Tampa edition of The Telling Project, a national performing arts nonprofit that employs theater to deepen understanding of the military and veterans’ experiences, neither Ryan Simonson nor Scott Owens had ever set foot on a…
Professionals from Arts For Health Sarasota Manatee are out in the community, promoting physical and emotional well-being by engaging people with the arts.