Facilitator

Meena Malik (she/her) is a musician, sound healer, arts consultant, conflict mediator and coach. She believes that everyone should have access to healing and provides it to her community and beyond through her performances, sound healing practices and facilitation work. She is the founder of Magpie Cultural Strategies, a social impact firm on a mission to realize a collective liberated future for the arts field and beyond. She is an alumna of the artEquity Facilitator Training, the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute Facilitation Cohort, Intercultural Leadership Institute and currently a Senior Associate of The Aspire Group.

Formerly as the Senior Program Manager of Theater at the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), she managed the National Theater Project (NTP), a grant program that supports the creation and touring of devised ensemble theater work.Meenaorganized and led “Beyond Orientalism: The Boston Forum” and is a co-founder and steering committee member of Boston’s first API (Asian Pacific Islander) Arts Network.

Meenahas performed with Opera Providence, MassOpera, Boston Opera Collaborative, New England Orchestra among others. She was a founding member and performer with Voci Angelica Trio, an international band that created a musical fusion of world folk and classical music, for 14 years. With Voci Angelica,Meenatoured to the USA’s East Coast, Midwest and Southern regions, Canada, Japan, and South Korea.Meenarecently premiered “Remembering,” an intimate theatrical concert that follows the personal and professional journeys ofMeenaand Aristides Rivas through music and storytelling.

Facilitator

Patricia is a weaver and connector who, for over twenty years, has produced local and national projects centering our collective liberation. Currently, Patricia serves the City of Santa Monica as a Cultural Affairs Supervisor focusing on strategy and space activation. Previously, they were the Producer and Director of Programs at Los Angeles Performance Practice (LAPP) supporting the production and presentation of contemporary performance. Before joining LAPP, they served as the Director of Programs and Engagement at the Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) overseeing programmatic activities and marketing/communications including managing NET’s cornerstone national grant program. A former member of the artistic staff at Center Theatre Group (CTG) for over a decade, Patricia filled roles spanning artistic, education and community partnerships, and management. Patricia had the honor of working alongside CTG Associate Artistic Director Diane Rodriguez for six years. Together they engaged world-renowned international and local companies on multi-year projects focused on collective and ensemble creation. Patricia frequently speaks at public events, facilitates group conversations, consults, and has served as a grant panelist for the NEA, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, among others.

Patricia has an MFA/MBA in Theater Management from California State University, Long Beach, and a BA in English with a minor in Theater Studies from UC Berkeley. They reside on Tongva and Kizh land known as East Los Angeles with their “wubby” and adorable pup.

Facilitator

Sam Morreale (she/they) is an artist, cultural strategist, and changemaker working with facilitation at the core of their practice. They've had a blossoming career as a creative producer working with many companies including Soho Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, New York Stage and Film/Powerhouse, The Prelude Festival, Mixed Blood Theatre, Penumbra Theatre, and Theater Communications Group. In addition, Sam has developed a portfolio of consulting work in strategy planning, institutional alignment, and cultural change with arts organizations such as Center Theater Group, The New Harmony Project, Ars Nova, Boston Court Pasadena, ART/NY, New Georges, and The Acting Company. They are a Core Facilitator of Culture Change Lab, a consulting firm that specializes in change strategies, facilitation and training that ignite and support an equitable, anti-racist organizational culture. Sam is also nurturing their artistic practice in rehearsal rooms as a dramaturg, director, and culture shaper constantly seeking to break down dissonance between artist and institution. B.A. Wesleyan University, Theater and Science and Technology Studies.