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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} A Brooklyn Drama by Meredith Gran ‘Grand Army’: Get Your First Look at Netflix’s Gritty New YA Drama (VIDEO) They just need someone to hear them, and after this trailer, you will. Netflix is debuting its new gritty young adult drama, Grand Army , on Friday, October 16, and the streaming service has released a trailer and photos (below) introducing the five students at the heart of it. The nine-episode series, from playwright Katie Cappiello, follows students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn as they fight to succeed and survive. You can see some of the challenges they’ll be facing in the teaser: Grand Army ‘s cast includes Odessa A’zion as Joey Del Marco, Odley Jean as Dominique (Dom) Pierre, Maliq Johnson as Jayson Jackson, Amalia Yoo as Leila Kwan Zimmer, Amir Bageria as Siddhartha (Sid) Pakam, Alphonso Jones as John Ellis, Brittany Adebumola as Tamika Jones, Crystal Nelson as Tor Sampson, Naiya Ortiz as Sonya Cruz, Brian Altemus as Luke Friedman, Thelonius “Monk” Serrel Freed as Tim Delaney, Anthony Ippolito as George Wright, Jaden Jordan as Owen Williams, Ashley Ganger as Meera Pakam, Sydney Meyer as Anna Delany, Marcela Avelina as Flora Mejia, August Rosenstein as Victor Borin, David Iacono as Bo Orlov, Lola Blackman as Rachel Finer, and Keara Graves as Grace. Joining Cappiello as executive producers are Josh Donen, Nicolette Donen, Elizabeth Kling, Beau Willimon, and Jordan Tappis. Scroll down to see the first images from the series. Grand Army , Series Premiere, Friday, October 16, Netflix. A Brooklyn Drama by Meredith Gran. The comic is written and drawn by Meredith Gran (the person writing this, hi). Most of the colors were done by Valerie Halla , who also draws a great webcomic called Goodbye to Halos . The colors in “What’s Different” and “The Witch Lives” were done by Sloane Leong . B-B-BIOGRAPHY: I was born on Long Island and lived in Brooklyn as a freelance comic artist & occasional animator for most of the series run. I currently live in Philadelphia. I teach the undergrad webcomics course at the School of Visual Arts. I wrote and drew the Eisner-nominated Adventure Time comic book spin-off Marceline & the Scream Queens , and wrote Marceline Gone Adrift , illustrated by Carey Pietsch. I’m currently working on a video game called Perfect Tides, an adventure about being a teen. My dog’s name is Heidi and everyone loves her. She’s 9 years old and is a mix of a few kinds of terrier. Mariah: A Boxer's Dream. Crew: Writers: Nina Meredith, Sean Lyness, Alvaro del Val. Producer: Sean Lynes. Excecutive Producers: Simon Elborne, JT Taylor, Mark Parkman, Yiannis Exarchos, Mary Byrne; Supervising Producer: Mariano Amiune. Email: nina AT ninameredith.com. Synopsis. Sixteen-year-old boxer Mariah Bahe is a six-time national champion with her sights set on competing in the Olympic Games 2024. The only girl amongst four brothers, she was born and raised on Navajo Nation in Chinle, Arizona (population. 4500). Growing up, Mariah watched her father train her siblings to succeed in and out of the boxing ring while longing for her own chance to compete. At the age of six, she began training with her father, stepped into the ring, and never looked back. Now, a new short documentary, Mariah: A Boxer's Dream, follows Bahe –throughout 2020 en route to her National Silver Gloves tournament championship – in the quest of her Olympic dream. About the director. Nina Meredith is an award-winning director whose work has been recognized by the Cannes Lions, Webbys, Clios, Tellys and more. She was recently inducted into SHOOT'S New Director Showcase and shortlisted for AICP's Best New Director. Her acclaimed short, "The Margaret Lambert Story," is a poignant examination of the renown German-Jewish high jumper who was barred from competing in Hitler's 1936 Olympics. The film was accepted into more than 15 festivals worldwide, receiving honors including the "Life Celebration" award at Cleveland International Film Festival and best short film at Flickers' Rhode Island Film Festival and Washington Jewish Film Festival. Meredith's film, "The Litas," exploring the world of an all-female motorcycle collective in Rome, premiered on the opening night at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival in partnership with BVLGARI. Meredith's series for The Olympic Channel "IDENTIFY," profiles five transgender athletes and their inspiring journeys, aired on NBC and won a WEBBY for Film and Television. Every show that's been canceled and renewed by the broadcast networks. Can't bring in the new without getting rid of the old! As NBC, ABC, Fox, CBS, and CW unveil their fall schedules to advertisers, here are the shows that have survived – or died. American Housewife (canceled) A Million Little Thing s (renewed) The Conners (renewed) Home Economics (renewed) Black-ish (renewed for final season) America's Funniest Home Videos (renewed) American Idol (renewed) Big Sky (renewed) Call Your Mother (canceled) Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (renewed) For Life (canceled) mixed-ish (canceled) Grey's Anatomy (renewed) Rebel (canceled) Shark Tank (renewed) Supermarket Sweep (renewed) Station 19 (renewed) The Goldbergs (renewed) The Good Doctor (renewed) The Rookie (renewed) A Brooklyn Drama by Meredith Gran. Lance Fensterman | Chair. Lance has been a long time participant and supporter of the arts. Fensterman is the President of ReedPOP, the largest producer of pop culture events in the world, a company he also founded. ReedPOP is responsible for events such as New York Comic Con, Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), ComplexCon and in total 44 events in 12 countries. ReedPOP has long supported free speech, education and literacy causes. When not up in the air, Lance splits his time between Westchester County NY and West Palm Beach FL with his very tolerant wife, two young daughters, 3 dogs, a cat, a horse, a goldfish and 1800 pounds of LEGO’s. Brittany Williams | Vice-Chair. Brittany is an international dancer, choreographer, and organizer originally from Homestead, Florida. Brittany is 2017 Dancing While Black Fellow and an Artist in Resident at the Restoration Plaza in Brooklyn New York. She is a 2016 Jacob’s Pillow Scholarship recipient for the Program, Dance & Improv Traditions; a principal dancer with Olujimi Dance; the founder of Dancing for Justice and Obika Dance Projects. Brittany has worked with Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Yon Tande, Makeda Thomas, Chris Walker, Michelle Grant-Murray, Urban Bush Women, Forces of Nature and more. Meredith Phillips Almeida | Treasurer. After more than 15 years in the nonprofit sector, Meredith launched a consulting practice in 2019 that specializes in building capacity in community-based organizations, with projects spanning economic development, community outreach, strategic planning, and small business advocacy. While at Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, Meredith broadened the scope and impact of the Partnership’s work as Executive Director and Deputy Director before that. During her tenure the Partnership deepened its reach into the community, engaging residents as advisors, advocates, leaders and volunteers, and strengthening community networks with Myrtle Avenue at the core. Meredith is a long-time member of Brooklyn Community Board 2’s Youth, Education & Cultural Affairs committee. A proud alum of both NYU Wagner and UC Berkeley, Meredith is mom to two high energy kids, a runner, and nerdy map enthusiast. Mimi Lien | Secretary. Mimi is a designer of sets/environments for theater, dance, and opera. Arriving at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. In 2017, Mimi won the Tony Award for her design of Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 . In 2015, she was named a MacArthur Fellow, and is the first stage designer ever to achieve this distinction. Mimi is a company member of Pig Iron Theatre Company, and co-founder of JACK, a performance/art space in Brooklyn. In addition to her work on the stage, she also creates large-scale public artworks, and sculptural/performance installations. She is a recipient of the Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity at Lincoln Center Theater, a Bessie Award, Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, and an OBIE Award for sustained excellence. Thomas F. DeFrantz. Thomas directs SLIPPAGE: Performance|Culture|Technology, a group explores emerging technology in live performance. DeFrantz received a 2017 Outstanding Research in Dance award from the Dance Studies Association. DeFrantz believes in our shared capacity to do better, and engage our creative spirit for a collective good that is anti-racist, anti-homophobic, proto-feminist, and queer affirming. For the Smithsonian Museum of African American Life, DeFrantz contributed concept and voice-over for permanent installation on Black Social Dance. Recent teaching: University of the Arts Mobile MFA in Dance; Lion’s Jaw Festival; Movement Research MELT; ImPulsTanz; New Waves Institute; faculty at Hampshire College, Stanford, Yale, MIT, NYU, Duke, University of Nice. Founding member, Collegium for African Diaspora Dance. Steven Leffue. Steven is a sound designer and musician who probes the fringes of sonic expression. He currently teaches sound and music at Ohio University. Steven has worked with JACK Co-Director Alec Duffy on multiple Hoi Polloi productions and, with Duffy, Julian Rozzell Jr. and Jason Quarles, formed the band The Georges . He is a Co-Founder of JACK and curated music at JACK for two years before his move out of the city. Steven is a member of the International Computer Music Association and a little league baseball coach. DeeArah Wright. DeeArah is a Brooklyn-based mama, artist, mover, and collaborative leader. DeeArah is a former Co-Director of JACK, and her approach to activism, facilitation, leadership, and partnerships are informed by over 20 years of experiences and experiments in diverse fields, such as: education, dance and performance, social entrepreneurship, and community engagement. She is currently Director of Education at Brooklyn Children’s Museum and guides the strategy for innovative programming, collaborating with the BCM team and community to power a vision for inclusive and interactive learning experiences rooted in exploration, inquiry, and play. DeeArah's current adventures also include writing, cooperative initiatives, and development of revolutionary educational framework and philosophy. Gail Rivers. Gail is a long-time Brooklyn resident and came to know JACK through activities at the Grace Agard senior center. She writes plays and is a part of a few Senior Centers and is on the AARP Chapter 180 Board. She is a part of JACK's Reparations365 People's Think Tank, a small working group focused on generating solid proposals for distributive justice efforts on the local level. Jordana De La Cruz. Jordana (she/they) is a Brooklyn-based director and creative producer. She creates performances, gatherings, and public programs that question what it means to be free and, more urgently, how we are helping each other achieve this freedom. Her practice sparks cross-cultural dialogue and expands the concept of community. Before joining JACK, Jordana held positions at the Story Pirates, Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company, 52nd Street Project, and INTAR Theatre. Most recently, she served as Program Manager at Park Avenue Armory where she was instrumental in the creation of the institution’s Public Programs Series. Jordana is a member of Theater Communications Group’s 2019-2020 Rising Leaders of Color Cohort and is dedicated to achieving equity and inclusion in the arts. (Photo credit: Sammy Tunis) Alec Duffy. Alec (he/his) is a playwright and director. In 2005, he founded the theater company Hoi Polloi, with whom he has created many original works, including Dysphoria , The Less We Talk , and All Hands . In 2010, he shared an OBIE Award for Three Pianos , a paean to Schubert's Winterreise song cycle, co-written and performed with Dave Malloy and Rick Burkhardt in a production directed by Rachel Chavkin that toured to New York Theatre Workshop and American Repertory Theater after its premiere at Incubator Arts Project. His most recent production with Hoi Polloi was a commission of acclaimed Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada, Quiet, Comfort , which premiered at JACK in 2016. His production of the opera Four Nights of Dream premiered at Japan Society in 2017 and subsequently toured to the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. Before founding JACK, he held positions in several arts organizations, including Japan Society (as assistant to Artistic Director Yoko Shioya) and Mannes Opera. Duffy is a former NEA/TCG directing fellow and a Drama League Directing Fellow. Duffy has been a member of the Youth, Education & Cultural Affairs committee of his local Community Board since 2015. (Photo credit: Susan Young)