Andrea Ambam is a multi-hyphenate storyteller whose roots sprout from Cameroon. As a politically engaged artist who believes in the art’s potential for movement building and transformative justice, Andrea best intersects spaces where community, performance, and truth-telling pulsate. Currently, Andrea is an Artistic Fellow at Signature Theatre, a Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Artist-In-Residence, a PenAmerica Writing As Activism Fellow, and the Host/Programmer of “More To Talk About” at Level Forward. She has developed her practice as an Inaugural Artivism Fellow with Broadway Advocacy Coalition, an Artist-in-Residence for Anna Deavere Smith, and an EmergeNYC Fellow. As a performer, writer, and facilitator, she’s worked with Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Classical Theatre of Harlem/Playbill, gal-dem, Abrons Arts Center, NYU Prison Education Program, NYU Verbatim Performance Lab, and others. Andrea holds a Master’s degree in Art & Public Policy from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. www.andreaambam.com
Sessions in which Andrea Ambam participates
The Manhattan Center - Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom
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Andrea Ambam, Level Forward (Moderator)
Lea Delaria (Panelist)
Rachel Dratch (Panelist)
Suzy Nakamura (Panelist)
Julianne Hough (Panelist)
New Yorker Hotel - Crystal Ballroom
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Julia Dunetz, Parade (Panelist)
Sammi Cannold, How to Dance in Ohio (Panelist)
Macy Schmidt, Kimberly Akimbo (Panelist)
Marie Bshara, DKC/O&M (Panelist)
Andrea Ambam, Level Forward (Moderator)
Ellenore Scott (Panelist)