Incite/Insight Spring 2018 Volume 2 | Page 30

30 • • • • • • • • I n c i t e /I ns i ght Even ts ! S p r i n g 201 8 We--the hosts and facilitators--are the experts of our spaces and offerings; they--audience and partic- ipants--are the experts of their own stories Let people dictate what they need and don’t make assumptions on their behalf Make it easy for folks to get in contact with you to ask questions and provide feedback Provide space for real responsibilities and thus real failure Scaffold from lower-stakes to higher-stakes sharing environments (ex. an “informance” in the classroom followed by a performance for the whole school) Plan ahead and make extra time Let’s not take ourselves too seriously You can’t be everything to everyone. Continue learning, building, reshaping, adjusting. 31 In c it e / In sig h t Events! Spring 2 018 Fran Sillau serves as the Accessibility Coordinator at The Omaha Theater Company (The Rose), where he coordinates educational opportunities for students with disabilities and ensures that every individual who passes through the doors of The Rose can access all programing equally. He also directs MainStage productions and some of his credits at The Rose include Shrek: The Musical TYA, Go,Dog. Go!, and Hanna’s Suitcase. Emily Baldwin is an NYC-based educator/artist/administrator with a focus on early childhood and accessibility. She currently serves as a Community Educator for the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and as Outreach Coordinator for Spellbound Theatre, NYC’s only theatre for audiences ages 0-5. As a stu-dent at Northwestern University, Emily was the Artistic Director for Seesaw Theatre and a member of Team Education for Purple Crayon Players. In her spare time Emily bops around New York in search of good bagels and best practices in radical inclusion.