Tag: Student matinee

Meet “Before & After” Host Najah Imani Muhammad

Our first student matinee is tomorrow, 3/13, at 1 pm at Symphony Space!! We are extra excited to introduce our “Before & After” guest host, Najah Imani Muhammad.

Najah was a storyteller for our “College Try” show. Look at that show’s highlights and learn more about Najah below!

Najah is a director, educator, actor, and host based in Beacon, New York. Regardless of the hat she is wearing, Najah uses the arts as a communicative tool to connect. She has directed new works in multiple NYC Festivals, as well as developmental workshops for companies such as InterAct Theatre, Full Out Creative and NC Black Rep. Najah’s passion for arts education has led her to direct students in musicals, plays, and Shakespeare, as well as teaching acting intensives on to students near and far! She currently directs shows for two of her local school theatre programs, while balancing work for companies such as Beacon Performing Arts Center, Disney on Broadway, and The New Victory Theatre. Najah is also the Director of Education for Leaders by Choice, which teaches leadership skills through the arts. She holds a degree in Theatre Education and Acting from Emerson College. Follow along her journey @najahknows

2025 NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund

We are thrilled to announce that No, YOU Tell It! has received a grant from the 2025 NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund! Check out the other winners of the 2025 Creative Opportunity Fund here.

Our second story meeting is tonight for No, YOU Tell It! “Before & After” at Symphony Space on March 13 at 1 pm. The four storytellers will read each other’s revisions aloud and receive feedback on strengthening their true tales on the page.

Next week, they will swap stories on stage for the junior class at Global Learning Collaborative, who have been working with Kelly Jean on the stories they want to tell in their college application essays.

Thank you to NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program) for helping us make our first ever student matinee a reality. Here’s to what we hope is the first of many!