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Ashley Thaxton-Stevenson (she/her)
@art-s.bsky.social
director / dramaturg / teacher / parent
shakespeare / TYA / ethnodrama
www.art-s.co/novel-moms
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Call for interviewees for a new project! NOVEL MOMS: an interview based to play about moms who read romance ✨📚🫦 www.art-s.co/novel-moms
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As I’ve been saying, this all starts with how we talk and think about children. Everything else is a bandaid on a mortal wound.

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
January 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trying to parent a three year old while grieving is preposterous. Someone is crying at least once every hour.
January 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
And that clip they posted… if I liked him at all I’d feel sorry for just how much Adrienne is going to out sing, out act, out perform him in every way…
I cannot believe that after all these years, The Last 5 Years is finally coming to Broadway, and it’s with Nick fucking Jonas.
January 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Didn’t expect to cry at Trader Joe’s because I couldn’t find halloumi but I guess that’s what grieving is?
January 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Black families settled in the Altadena during the Great Migration starting in the 1930s. The community formed in parts of Altadena exempt from redlining policies, where they have owned homes for generations. via @kcrw.com
Altadena’s historic Black community is determined to rebuild
The Eaton Fire has devastated communities throughout Altadena, including many Black homeowners who have been there for generations.
www.kcrw.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My beautiful hometown of Altadena, CA is on fire. Parents evacuated last night and are safe. This climate crisis is real and we will not get through unscathed.
January 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Here’s to the #TheaterBSKY and #Romancelandia crossover of my dreams.
Call for interviewees for a new project! NOVEL MOMS: an interview based to play about moms who read romance ✨📚🫦 www.art-s.co/novel-moms
January 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Call for interviewees for a new project! NOVEL MOMS: an interview based to play about moms who read romance ✨📚🫦 www.art-s.co/novel-moms
January 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@mtainfo.bsky.social - the alert that north platform of Church Ave B/Q station was closing through Spring 2025 was posted to the MyMTA app at MIDNIGHT. Station this AM was full of confused people who are all going to be late to work. There was no signage or any alerts last week. Make it make sense…
December 2, 2024 at 12:08 PM
That feeling when your picky eating kiddo agrees to sit down with you for dinner and actually eats some protein…
#PickyEating #ThreeYearOlds #Wicked
November 24, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Jonathan Bailey is so hot in Dancing Through Life I was almost afraid to look directly at him. Like looking at the sun.
November 23, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Ok I need a deep dive listicle of all the book titles in the Dancing Through Life sequence but really just looking for confirmation if that early one that looks like a romance novel is indeed Viscount Who Loved Me like I thought… #Wicked #JonathanBailey #Theatrebsky #Bridgerton #DancingThroughLife
November 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Despite refusing to go onstage for the ACTUAL performance, my kiddo made his theater debut today in the black box where my husband and I met 14 years ago as undergrads and that was pretty special ❤️
November 22, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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okay, we're starting with this

Step 1. call your own rep if you haven't already!

Step 2. sign this (cis women only please! cis guys, you can help by boosting)

Step 3. much depends on the success and reach of step 2; lots of options if this blows up

actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
November 21, 2024 at 5:50 AM
a lil intro: I’m theater maker and teaching artist deep in that ✨adjunct hustle✨ here to talk about parenting, creating, pedagogy, and all the ways those spheres overlap, complicate, and enrich each other. Also: romance novel aficionado, multiracial girlie, exvangelical, SoCal -> NYC
November 20, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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I wonder what a society that encouraged us to be our best selves would look like, especially if best wasn't defined by productivity or wealth.
November 19, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Reading Sarah Ruhl’s “Melancholy Play” with my undergrads in class today. I made time in the syllabus to read the plays we are working on scenes from out loud as a full group and it’s been transformational. Important reminder of SPEAKING and HEARING plays together and not just reading alone.
November 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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National Family Caregivers Month continues! For caregivers in the arts and media, one org in particular should be in your toolkit – Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL) is striving towards creating a new standard for caregivers in our communities. www.paaltheatre.com
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Parent artists, mother artists, father artists, caregivers in the performing arts and media - film and television - now have a national resource hub, solutions generator, childcare grant opportunity, ...
www.paaltheatre.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:18 PM