Hello Infinitely Creative Beings
Soul Story Theater Testimonials
What do participants have to say about working with Suraya to create life-story inspired solo performances? How have audience members been touched by witnessing the life-story theater shows Suraya has directed? Read on to hear their voices.
TESTIMONIALS
Anthony Michael Jefferson, aka "AJ"
"As an artist, have you ever had that moment of uncertainty whether it be in the wiring or rehearsal stage? You wanted to lean in and lean on someone anyone whom you could trust, in those vulnerable moments. Suraya Keating, is that being, person, and spirit. I've been to the creative edge, there I stood looking down, and when I glanced to my right. There was Suraya, what happened next? Jump into Soul Stories and you'll find out."
Photo credit: Janet Franklin
Sienna Smith, Internal Family Systems Coach
The play "So This Is Menopause," directed by Suraya Keating, was profoundly touching, hilarious, and deeply moving. Each woman on stage crafted a theatrical masterpiece about their experience from menses to menopause. Each highlighted beautiful, harrowing, and tragic aspects of growing up in the modern world, from Maiden to Woman to Queen and Crone. How as girls, they were confused, silenced, shamed, and misled, and as women, going through the natural and normal hormonal changes of mid-life, experienced these emotions all over again.
I loved how the play had equally gritty parts, as well as hilarity and celebratory parts. The stories, the women on stage, were nothing but triumphs. The play changed me. I am eternally grateful to Suraya for putting this together and sharing her profound journey. To all of the women on stage and to the audience who cheered them on—THANK YOU. We need more of this. www.siennasmith.com
Tony Cyprien, Actor & Storyteller
I call Suraya the Theater Whisperer because she was able to pull out of me stories that needed and wanted to be shared when I had no idea of where or how to begin. Somehow, several months later, I felt so proud of how I had a full developed performance piece with her support.
Mireya Marcet, LMFT & Expressive Arts Therapist
I couldn't recommend Suraya Keating more if you feel called to create a Soul Story. I was part of her "So this is Menopause" solo performance series and I am so grateful to have joined and worked with her. The combination of her supportive, attuned, creative and inspiring skills are wonderful to help you feel safe and held in revealing the story that wishes to come through, from the exploration process to the culmination performance.