Since its inception, Target Margin has worked with children, from elementary to high school. Currently, this dedication has found a home in our Young Artist Program. The Young Artist Program works with multiple partners in the Sunset Park community year-round. Sunset Park is a neighborhood of expressive, talented, and bright young people who are excited about discovering their creative voice in the arts.
Collaborations include The Center for Family Life, PS1 and PS 516. Target Margin artists work with students in our neighborhood to create an original theatrical work using Target Margin’s exploration of the traditions of oral storytelling and shared authorship as a jumping off point.
TMT ARTISTS FOR PS 516
Malena Dayen is an Argentinian opera director. A Princeton Hodder fellow 22/23, she recently directed Dialogue des Carmélites with Montclair University, Romeo et Juliette and Carmen with Opera Naples and Aida and La Medium with Forth Worth Opera. She won Catapult Opera’s competition for innovation in opera for her video of The Silent Twins and directed Teatro Grattacielo’s Fedora and Mefistofele video productions. She directed El Amor Brujo and L’Amico Fritz at La MaMa in 2021. As creative director of Bare Opera she directed Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires, Don Giovanni, Heroes of New York and The Late Walk that was inducted into The Library of Congress’ Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection. Malena co-created The Presence of Odradek, that was presented in live VR online in May 2020. A collaborative artist at Carnegie Hall with the Lullaby Project, she co-created luzAzul, an opera for babies 0-2 that premiered June 2023.
Stephanie Weeks is an award winning actor and director. Called “Luminous” by the New York Times for her work in As Yet Thou Art Young and Rash. She has performed at renowned theaters including Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, La Jolla Playhouse among others. With Target Margin Theater she was awarded for her years of dedication, the OBIE for Recognition of Artistic Achievement and Commitment to Excellence in Theater as an Associate Artist. Stephanie also starred in the film Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchy Footed-Mutha, Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival directed by acclaimed director Melvin Van Peebles. Television Credits include Tales of The City starring Laura Linney on Netflix and The Good Fight (CBS). In her directing work, she has directed Eclipsed by Danai Gurira at University of Utah, awarded Outstanding Performance and Production Ensemble by the Kennedy Center (Festivention Series). She holds an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and has a certificate of study from London Academy of Music and Drama.
FUNDING MADE POSSIBLE BY
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Public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council and Council Member Alexa Avilés