As a theater artist, what are my options to reposition myself in the field?
Join us for this inaugural free 45 minute webinar, "Adjusting Your Path During A Pandemic", presented by the Siddons Artistic Council. This informal and lively conversation between two Chicago based multi-hyphenate artists, Kayla Boye and Donterrio, will focus on the artist repositioning themselves in a new role within their fields. The return to their dream job and a few Artistic Hacks from Kayla and Donterrio that will help with the uncertainty the artist may face. Attendees can submit questions on these subjects when they register. Some questions will be answered during the discussion on Monday, February 28th @ 7pm CST.
While there is no charge to attend, advanced registration is required.
Kayla Boye is a Chicago-based artist and administrator.
A member of Actors’ Equity Association, her performance credits include Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Mercury Theater Chicago, Music Theater Works, The Fireside Theatre, Capital City Theatre, Bigfork Summer Playhouse, and Huron Playhouse. Her one-woman show, Call Me Elizabeth, has streamed with Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Broadway On Demand, Porchlight Music Theatre, and The Youngstown Playhouse. Presentations of the piece have been awarded grants from Illinois Arts Council and the Arts Midwest Touring Fund.
As an arts administrator, she has worked in development, marketing, and finance for Goodman Theatre and Writers Theatre, and she has served as a producer for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Garage Rep series. As a consultant for Artistic Fundraising Group, her portfolio included work for Arts of Life, BrightSide Theatre, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Chicago Mosaic School, Oak Park Festival Theatre, and Snow City Arts. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as Executive Director of The Youngstown Playhouse, shepherding the 98 year-old institution through a concentrated period of comprehensive administrative restructuring while completing a capital campaign and sustaining the entirety of the operating budget via contributed revenue sources, including several high-profile grants. The organization has since successfully emerged from the pandemic to critically acclaimed and sold-out performances. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing & Editing fromYoungstown State University and is a Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) through the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.
Donterrio is a multi-hyphenate performance artist with a focus on storytelling through the lens of the theatre. His work as the former Social Media Manager of the social change theatre group Collaboraction has enabled him to use his education from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy to advance the collective vision of theatre as a whole. Donterrio is the former Artistic Director of the LGBTQIA+ theatre company PrideArts (formerly known as Pride Films and Plays) and is currently a Professor at Columbia College Chicago.