WHAT IS MOUTHFUL?
MONOLOGUE + DIALOGUE + CONVERSATION
Mouthful was a youth-centered podcast we produced for three seasons from 2017-2019. Each week, we dug into the themes and ideas at play in a dramatic monologue written by a young person. During the episodes, we listen to the monologue performed by a professional actor, talk to the young person about why they wrote it, and then journey out into the community to broaden the conversation. Mouthful places young people at the center of important conversations, adding their voices and perspectives to the discussions that surround our daily lives at home, in the workplace, in the news, and in the community.
MONOLOGUE + DIALOGUE + CONVERSATION
Mouthful was a youth-centered podcast we produced for three seasons from 2017-2019. Each week, we dug into the themes and ideas at play in a dramatic monologue written by a young person. During the episodes, we listen to the monologue performed by a professional actor, talk to the young person about why they wrote it, and then journey out into the community to broaden the conversation. Mouthful places young people at the center of important conversations, adding their voices and perspectives to the discussions that surround our daily lives at home, in the workplace, in the news, and in the community.
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SEASON ONE
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SEASON TWO
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Yvonne Latty (Producer, Host—Season One) is the Director of the Reporting New York and Reporting the Nation programs at New York University’s Carter Journalism Institute. She is an award-winning journalist and documentarian.
Her documentaries Sacred Poison and Home have been screened internationally. She is the author of We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq (Harper Collins/Amistad 2004) and In Conflict: Iraq War Veterans Speak Out on Duty, Loss and the Fight to Stay Alive (Polipoint Press 2006). In Conflict was developed into a successful Off-Broadway play. She was an award-winning urban reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News for 13 years. For her work on Season One of Mouthful, Yvonne was named "Best Podcaster" by Philadelphia Magazine in their 2017 "Best of Philly" issue. |
Maya Pen (Producer—Season Two) is a young storytelling artist living in Philadelphia. Recently graduated from the Creative and Performing Arts High School, Maya has spent the last few years creating stories, and exploring various mediums through which to tell them.
Her work includes playwriting and poetry, cinematography, installation work, puppetry, songwriting, illustration and graphic design. She has worked with Philadelphia Young Playwrights, used her experience as the former artistic director of a student run theater ensemble, and studied under a long list of mentors to improve her skills in story creation. She is currently spending immersive time with several community organizations and working to self-produce inclusive theater art in hopes of healing the world and its division. She seeks to marry her dedication to activism with her motivation as a collaborative artist to help reshape the future! |
THE TEAM
Lisa Nelson-Haynes
Executive Producer Lisa was the Executive Director at PYP during the production of Mouthful. She is an award-winning storyteller and teacher, Lisa has facilitated digital storytelling workshops for Storycenter, which uses the art of first-person narrative as a tool for education, advocacy and community-building, for more than seven years. She’s also a Leeway Foundation Art & Change grant recipient for the Redline Project.Nelson-Haynes is a graduate of Hampton University and a candidate for a M.F.A. in film-making at Temple University. |
Trenae Nuri
Host & Producer Trenae is the creator of Sunday Conversations—a podcast that features the lives of black and brown women in Philadelphia. Sunday Conversations was featured at the 5th Annual Philadelphia Podcast Festival. Trenae is also a producer at WHYY's Morning Edition. She is the recipient of the 2017 Rad Girl Award for Storyteller of the Year. |
Mitchell Bloom
Editor & Producer Mitchell was the Communications Manager at PYP. An actor, playwright, teaching artist, and arts administrator, he holds an M.A. Theatre from Villanova University and a B.A. English from Temple University. As an actor, he has worked regionally with Simpatico Theatre, Iron Age Theatre, Revolution Shakespeare, Theatre Horizon, Arden Theatre Company, Walnut Street Theatre, and Mauckingbird. He is the recipient of the Brian G. Morgan Memorial Theatre Award. |
Anthony Malik Martinez
Producer Born and raised in Philadelphia, Malik was a student at El Centro de Estudiantes. Malik was featured as the face of his generation as part of the “Showing Face” LGBTQ portrait series, appearing on several billboards across the city and in a full-page feature in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Malik has won over a dozen voguing and singing competitions. As he approaches high school graduation in June 2019, Malik is using his voice as a weapon against negativity, and using his actions as a medicine to the pain it causes. |
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MUSIC
ILL DOOTS is a group of individuals with different perspectives, from different places who want nothing more than to come together freely, have fun, and make good music with no rules. In 2009, ILL DOOTS began molding its jam session origins into a small dorm room studio project which has since further evolved into a raging live beast of a band featuring: two emcees, two guitarists, a bassist, drummer, percussionist, keyboardist and occasional appearances from a horn section, other emcees, and singers. Their music mixes elements of jazz, infused with hip hop and funk to give life to a soulful sound. |
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Mouthful was made possible in part by a generous contribution from the David and Linda Glickstein Fund, the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund, and Nancy Posel, in honor of Glen Knapp.
