Here & Heard: One Story at a Time is an afternoon celebrating the power of original storytelling through poetry, dramatic performance, improv and more.

Featuring storytellers from Central PA, New York City, Baltimore and beyond, Here & Heard brings together a dynamic collection of voices and perspectives for an experience that explores identity, history, grief, resilience, joy, healing and transformation.

Inspired by the words of Sankofa Executive Artistic Director Sharia Benn — “Peace comes when we pick up the pieces and put them back together in a way that makes us stronger” — the program invites audiences to experience how art can help us reflect, reconnect, rebuild and imagine what is possible.

One Story at a Time — because every piece involved has the power to heal, rebuild and inspire.

Proceeds from Here & Heard benefit Sankofa African American Theatre Company and its continued work to amplify our stories and create space for artists and community through the performing arts.

One Region. Many Voices. Greater Impact.