2024 Season
Breaking Wave Theatre Company (BWTC) with API Middle Tennessee
Unspoken;
Nashville
To honor API Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month
Breaking Wave Theatre Company (BWTC), rooted on the island of Guam, continued its efforts to make waves beyond our shores with "Unspoken; Nashville." We were excited to collaborate with API Mid TN, a Tennessee-based nonprofit organization working towards racial justice by building API (Asian and Pacific Islander) community, lifting API voices, and celebrating API identities.
Since its inception, BWTC's mission has been to affect positive change in our community through theatre and the arts. In 2019, we created "Unspoken" as a safe space to talk about mental health, suicide prevention, and substance abuse. These collections of powerful and important original works showed us the deep need to continue having these conversations, but more importantly, the value of creating this safe space in as many places as we can. This series has allowed us to work with many creatives of every skill level and from many places around the world. After three years of "Unspoken" on Guam, we were excited to bring this work to Nashville.
We held our staged reading on Saturday, May 11 at the Barbershop Theatre. Tickets were free, but space was limited.
To our Guam family - we are thrilled to share that "Unspoken" will be returning to Guam in 2025, so look out for opportunities to join us in developing works later this year!
This project was in part funded by Metro Arts Nashville.
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Some of our work focuses on exploring serious issues relating to mental health, substance abuse, and more. We understand that the feelings brought upon through this exploration may not always end after the curtain closes. If you are looking for support and healing surrounding your experiences, reach out to 988.
