Captured by Marc Millman
SISTERS BY WATER (play version)
Written & Directed by Shenny De Los Angeles
Starring: Maria Burgos & Mayah Lourdes Burke
Projection Design: Wyatt Moniz
This play explores the sacred friendship between a Dominican-American and Haitian-American femme, as they confront their fears of the ocean through multimedia storytelling, spoken word, and ritual spiritual practice.
Captured by Flordalis Espinal
Testimonies of becoming
Written by Shenny De Los Angeles,
Photographed by Flordalis Espinal,
& Featuring Larissa Jeanniton
Published on LATINA Magazine,
Experience an audio and visual poem exploring the intimacy of friendships. “no, it’s not the end, she said, it’s the universe begging you to choose yourself Shenny.”
Captured by Alberto Vargas
What Happens to Brown Girls Who Never Learn How to Love Themselves Brown
Written,& Performed by Shenny De Los Angeles
*full credits on learn more
One woman show centers a Dominican-American femme’s journey to self love through her relationship with her mother and their hair. As she travels through memories, she meets with her inner child who is guiding her on the path to healing.
Captured by Maria Marrone
Unshaming Podcast: shame of regret
Featured on Top 10 for Apple Podcasts
Recommended on Amazon Music Top 5 Podcast Episodes for Better Living
In this episode, with host Jordan Gonsalves, I discuss the shame of having regrets. Although, I have new thoughts about this subject,I’m grateful to have recorded this in a time where I was still learning how to be soft with myself.
Posted on PLAYBILL
LAS MUJERES DE HIERRO/women made of iron
Written by Shenny De Los Angeles
Directed by Victoria Collado
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Selected by the LATINX Playwright Circle, this short play centers three generations of Dominican women forced to live together after the pandemic. Conjuring sacred soil of the last remaining tree, they face generational pain in order to source joy.
Captured by Natalia Mantini
I AM ALIVE
Written and Performed by Shenny De Los Angeles
Spoken Word piece performed at Bowery Poetry Club, featured as part of Project X Bronx Slam Team.
I wrote it to explain the purpose in why I write, the magic, and ancestral healing that happens when I bring words together. Conjuring the beauty of being alive.