Create with Aili Huber
• – • Silk Moth Stage
About the speaker
Aili Huber has been directing for over 20 years. She holds an MFA from Mary Baldwin College/American Shakespeare Center, and is the co-author, with Toby Malone, of Cutting Plays for Performance: A Practical and Accessible Guide, available from Routledge Press. Aili is the founder and artistic director of Silk Moth Stage, which produces new classics in place-based, audience connected productions. Favorite directing credits include TJ Young’s new play Sperm Donor Wanted (2020) with Slow Your Role Theater Co., Romeo and Juliet (2012), The Duchess of Malfi (2016), Antony and Cleopatra (2018), and Richard III (2019) with Pigeon Creek Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor (2022) at Quill Theatre/Richmond Shakespeare Festival, and the world premieres of Give Us Good (2022) and Wonder of Our Stage (2023) at Silk Moth Stage. Aili is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and the Shakespeare Theater Association, and a Directors Gathering.
Additional details
Our theme for May is CREATE. It was chosen in collaboration with CreativeMorning’s global partner Adobe and illustrated by Ana Grigorovici.
We understand the challenges of creating something you love. From fitting it into your busy life to fighting off imposter syndrome; the struggle is real.
PACK A BLANKET OR CHAIR! This is an outdoor venue without formal seating so we’re doing it picnic style!
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This month’s speaker is Aili Huber. She is a director, dramaturg, actor, and activist for healthy theater workplaces. She has directed plays professionally for 20 years, all over the country. Her “Take 5” framework for building supportive theater workplaces is used at theaters large and small.
On May 29, she will talk about what CREATE means to her: What does it look like when “create” is an invitation rather than an initiative? Using the example of “a porch that wanted to be a stage when it grew up,” Aili will share about listening for and accepting invitations—from others, from spaces, from one’s deepest self—as a grounded engine for creation.
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Are your ears burning? They might after listening to the playlist for May’s global theme CREATE on the CreativeMornings blog. You can even add a song related to ember that lights you up!
♿️ Venue Accessibility Information
This is an outdoor venue.
Please park up the road and walk the 1/8 mile to the venue. Please reserve the limited parking spots at the venue itself for guests with mobility issues.
If you have any accessibility needs that prevent you from attending our events, please reach out to shenandoahvalley@creativemornings.com at least one week prior to the event. We’d love to accommodate and welcome you at our events.
We are striving to improve the inclusivity of our programs and are seeking accessible venues to partner with to host our events, as well as captioning and ASL interpreter volunteers. If you can help with any of these, please send us an email at shenandoahvalley@creativemornings.com
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