DNAWORKS
@dnaworksarts.bsky.social
DNAWORKS is an arts and service organization dedicated to dialogue and healing through the arts.
WE THE MESSIAH comes to PIT Kelly Strayhorn Theater Dec 19 & 20 - FREE! A Hip Hop remix of Handel’s Messiah blending beatboxing, live looping, community voices & classical music. 3 immortal Emcees face power, passion & persecution on a path to social change. kelly-strayhorn.org/events/wethe...
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
WE THE MESSIAH comes to PIT Kelly Strayhorn Theater Dec 19 & 20 - FREE! A Hip Hop remix of Handel’s Messiah blending beatboxing, live looping, community voices & classical music. 3 immortal Emcees face power, passion & persecution on a path to social change. kelly-strayhorn.org/events/wethe...
Feeling grateful for the joy, heart & connection that ground our work. Our DNAWORKS family and the supporters who lift us make this journey so meaningful. Thankful to be building spaces of dialogue, healing, and community through art and story. Here’s to continuing the work of connection & justice.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Feeling grateful for the joy, heart & connection that ground our work. Our DNAWORKS family and the supporters who lift us make this journey so meaningful. Thankful to be building spaces of dialogue, healing, and community through art and story. Here’s to continuing the work of connection & justice.
We’re excited to share a new article from the upcoming book Crossroads in the American Theatre, featuring insights from our Co-Curator @seemasue.bsky.social. A powerful look at where nonprofit theatre is headed. Read more + get a glimpse of the book. www.americantheatre.org/2025/11/17/w...
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We’re excited to share a new article from the upcoming book Crossroads in the American Theatre, featuring insights from our Co-Curator @seemasue.bsky.social. A powerful look at where nonprofit theatre is headed. Read more + get a glimpse of the book. www.americantheatre.org/2025/11/17/w...
WE THE MESSIAH is now in rehearsals at The Flea in NYC for our Dec 18–20 workshop presentations at Kelly Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh! Huge thanks to our community & summer campaign supporters for making this possible. Tickets soon: kelly-strayhorn.org #wethemessiah Design: Troy Lambert
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
WE THE MESSIAH is now in rehearsals at The Flea in NYC for our Dec 18–20 workshop presentations at Kelly Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh! Huge thanks to our community & summer campaign supporters for making this possible. Tickets soon: kelly-strayhorn.org #wethemessiah Design: Troy Lambert
We’re honored to receive a $15K Opportunity Fund Grant supporting our Pittsburgh-based work for dialogue, democracy, healing & justice through the arts. Grateful to the Opportunity Fund for standing with us! theopportunityfund.org/2025/11/06/a... #artsforjustice Photo credit: morganovertonart.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We’re honored to receive a $15K Opportunity Fund Grant supporting our Pittsburgh-based work for dialogue, democracy, healing & justice through the arts. Grateful to the Opportunity Fund for standing with us! theopportunityfund.org/2025/11/06/a... #artsforjustice Photo credit: morganovertonart.com
“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid… So it is better to speak…" — Audre Lorde, “A Litany for Survival” #audrelorde #alitanyforsurvival #quotes #dialogue #healing
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid… So it is better to speak…" — Audre Lorde, “A Litany for Survival” #audrelorde #alitanyforsurvival #quotes #dialogue #healing
“Slow life, slow art.” If you missed Daniel Banks’ DEVISING FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTION workshop at La MaMa’s Stages of Change, here is your chance to join the circle. Experience the power of story, listening, and belonging. Watch the full session: howlround.com/happenings/t... #watchitnow
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Slow life, slow art.” If you missed Daniel Banks’ DEVISING FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTION workshop at La MaMa’s Stages of Change, here is your chance to join the circle. Experience the power of story, listening, and belonging. Watch the full session: howlround.com/happenings/t... #watchitnow
Read it now! DNAWORKS Digest: Community Collaboration & Exciting Updates #newsletter #digest #communitycollaboration preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
October 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Read it now! DNAWORKS Digest: Community Collaboration & Exciting Updates #newsletter #digest #communitycollaboration preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
Happening tomorrow! HAMAPAH/THE MAP at Reel Q Pgh LGBTQ Film Fest - Sat, Oct 4 | 5–6:30 PM @ Row House Cinema. Storycircle + panel w/ Daniel Banks & Laura Bustillos Jáquez, then reception at Bierport. PWYC tix: reelq.eventive.org/schedule/68c...
October 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Happening tomorrow! HAMAPAH/THE MAP at Reel Q Pgh LGBTQ Film Fest - Sat, Oct 4 | 5–6:30 PM @ Row House Cinema. Storycircle + panel w/ Daniel Banks & Laura Bustillos Jáquez, then reception at Bierport. PWYC tix: reelq.eventive.org/schedule/68c...
HAMAPAH/THE MAP – A genealogical dance-journey at Reel Q Pgh LGBTQ Film Fest! Sat, Oct 4 | 5–6:30 PM at Row House Cinema, Pittsburgh. Storycircle w/ Daniel Banks + panel w/ Daniel & Laura Bustillos Jáquez. Reception at Bierport. Tickets are Pay What You Can: reelq.eventive.org/schedule/68c...
September 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
HAMAPAH/THE MAP – A genealogical dance-journey at Reel Q Pgh LGBTQ Film Fest! Sat, Oct 4 | 5–6:30 PM at Row House Cinema, Pittsburgh. Storycircle w/ Daniel Banks + panel w/ Daniel & Laura Bustillos Jáquez. Reception at Bierport. Tickets are Pay What You Can: reelq.eventive.org/schedule/68c...
Read it now! DNAWORKS Digest: A World Premiere, Co-Curator Spotlight, Making Art at MacDowell, & Your Chance to Support WE THE MESSIAH! #newsletter #digest preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
August 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Read it now! DNAWORKS Digest: A World Premiere, Co-Curator Spotlight, Making Art at MacDowell, & Your Chance to Support WE THE MESSIAH! #newsletter #digest preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
We're so excited to announce that THE SECRET SHARER is coming to Arts Emerson on April 24, 2026, at the Emerson Paramount Center in Boston! Tickets for the show just went live via Season Packages here: artsemerson.org/packages-offers/packages/. We can’t wait to see you at the theater soon!
July 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We're so excited to announce that THE SECRET SHARER is coming to Arts Emerson on April 24, 2026, at the Emerson Paramount Center in Boston! Tickets for the show just went live via Season Packages here: artsemerson.org/packages-offers/packages/. We can’t wait to see you at the theater soon!
Thank you, Chautauqua Theater Company, for an amazing run of THE REAL JAMES BOND…WAS DOMINICAN! We’re deeply grateful to the audiences who showed up with curiosity, openness, and heart! You made it magic. #RJB #RepresentationMatters
July 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thank you, Chautauqua Theater Company, for an amazing run of THE REAL JAMES BOND…WAS DOMINICAN! We’re deeply grateful to the audiences who showed up with curiosity, openness, and heart! You made it magic. #RJB #RepresentationMatters
The June DNAWORKS Digest is here! Inside, you’ll find more about Fundraising for Justice & Joy, a NEFA Grant, and a Co-Curator Spotlight. Read more here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1112... #newsletter #digest
July 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The June DNAWORKS Digest is here! Inside, you’ll find more about Fundraising for Justice & Joy, a NEFA Grant, and a Co-Curator Spotlight. Read more here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1112... #newsletter #digest
We’re raising $28k for WE THE MESSIAH — a bold Hip Hop remix of Handel’s Messiah by Darian Dauchan, blending beatboxing, strings & interfaith storytelling.
Support justice, joy & community-rooted art: dnaworks.networkforgood.com/projects/253...
#WeTheMessiah #JusticeAndJoy
Support justice, joy & community-rooted art: dnaworks.networkforgood.com/projects/253...
#WeTheMessiah #JusticeAndJoy
June 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We’re raising $28k for WE THE MESSIAH — a bold Hip Hop remix of Handel’s Messiah by Darian Dauchan, blending beatboxing, strings & interfaith storytelling.
Support justice, joy & community-rooted art: dnaworks.networkforgood.com/projects/253...
#WeTheMessiah #JusticeAndJoy
Support justice, joy & community-rooted art: dnaworks.networkforgood.com/projects/253...
#WeTheMessiah #JusticeAndJoy
We’re excited to share that DNAWORKS has received a NEFA National Theater Project Creation & Touring Award for our new production THE SECRET SHARER! Honored to be among 11 first-time awardees. Huge thanks to NEFA & congrats to all! #DNAWORKS #NEFA #TheSecretSharer
June 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
We’re excited to share that DNAWORKS has received a NEFA National Theater Project Creation & Touring Award for our new production THE SECRET SHARER! Honored to be among 11 first-time awardees. Huge thanks to NEFA & congrats to all! #DNAWORKS #NEFA #TheSecretSharer
Coming next month! THE REAL JAMES BOND…WAS DOMINICAN hits Chautauqua Theater July 1-6! Don’t miss this solo show written and performed by Christopher Rivas, directed by Daniel Banks, with live percussion by Jonathan Gomez. Get your tickets now: www.chq.org/chautauqua-t... #RJB
June 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Coming next month! THE REAL JAMES BOND…WAS DOMINICAN hits Chautauqua Theater July 1-6! Don’t miss this solo show written and performed by Christopher Rivas, directed by Daniel Banks, with live percussion by Jonathan Gomez. Get your tickets now: www.chq.org/chautauqua-t... #RJB
“The struggle of [humanity] against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”
— Milan Kundera
At DNAWORKS, we believe in the power of memory, of holding space for truth, history, and collective healing. Let us remember. Let us speak. Let us create.
— Milan Kundera
At DNAWORKS, we believe in the power of memory, of holding space for truth, history, and collective healing. Let us remember. Let us speak. Let us create.
June 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“The struggle of [humanity] against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”
— Milan Kundera
At DNAWORKS, we believe in the power of memory, of holding space for truth, history, and collective healing. Let us remember. Let us speak. Let us create.
— Milan Kundera
At DNAWORKS, we believe in the power of memory, of holding space for truth, history, and collective healing. Let us remember. Let us speak. Let us create.
The May DNAWORKS Digest is here! Catch news on our upcoming World Premiere, meet a featured Co-Curator, and see what’s new in our creative community. Read it here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1112...
May 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The May DNAWORKS Digest is here! Catch news on our upcoming World Premiere, meet a featured Co-Curator, and see what’s new in our creative community. Read it here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1112...
Co-Curator Spotlight — Meet Troy Lambert, DNAWORKS Co-Curator (Visual Comms), based in NYC! A brilliant artist-educator, Troy’s work appears in indie films + THE QUEEN’S ENGLISH. He helps shape our visual storytelling. Follow Troy to stay connected with his creative journey!
May 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Co-Curator Spotlight — Meet Troy Lambert, DNAWORKS Co-Curator (Visual Comms), based in NYC! A brilliant artist-educator, Troy’s work appears in indie films + THE QUEEN’S ENGLISH. He helps shape our visual storytelling. Follow Troy to stay connected with his creative journey!
Co-Curator Spotlight — Meet Parag S. Gohel, Pittsburgh-based DNAWORKS Co-Curator with 15+ yrs in devised theatre & sound design. A TCG Rising Leader of Color, Parag uplifts joyful, equity-driven art. Follow him and connect via LinkedIn!
May 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Co-Curator Spotlight — Meet Parag S. Gohel, Pittsburgh-based DNAWORKS Co-Curator with 15+ yrs in devised theatre & sound design. A TCG Rising Leader of Color, Parag uplifts joyful, equity-driven art. Follow him and connect via LinkedIn!
Co-Curator Spotlight — Meet Morgan Overton, Pittsburgh-based DNAWORKS Co-Curator blending art, healing, & liberation. With a background in social work & politics, her work reflects deep purpose. Follow Morgan and explore more: MorganOvertonArt.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Co-Curator Spotlight — Meet Morgan Overton, Pittsburgh-based DNAWORKS Co-Curator blending art, healing, & liberation. With a background in social work & politics, her work reflects deep purpose. Follow Morgan and explore more: MorganOvertonArt.com
The April DNAWORKS Digest is here: The Mellon Foundation, Daniel’s artist honors, & catch RJB in NY! Read it now: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... @seemasue.bsky.social #newsletter #digest
April 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The April DNAWORKS Digest is here: The Mellon Foundation, Daniel’s artist honors, & catch RJB in NY! Read it now: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... @seemasue.bsky.social #newsletter #digest