Tatiana Handfield is a trained teacher of English Language and Literature at the secondary level. She enjoys writing short stories, poems, plays and children’s books. Tatiana is passionate about teaching others to write and encouraging children to unlock their creative potential. In addition to teaching and writing, Tatiana is also a proofreader/copy editor and created her own art production company Let’s Create TCI!
Mark Scheel grew up in east-Kansas farm country. Prior to writing full time he served overseas in Vietnam, Thailand, West Germany, and England with the American Red Cross, taught in the English department at Emporia State University, was an information specialist with the Johnson County Library in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and served on the editorial boards of Potpourri Publications and Kansas City Voices magazine. His short stories, poems, articles, and essays have appeared in numerous periodicals, and he was co-author of the book Of Youth and the River: The Mississippi Adventure of Raymond Kurtz, Sr.
His 1997 book, A Backward View: Stories and Poems, received the J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award from the Kansas Authors Club. His blog series formerly appeared on The Grant Journal and Scriggler, and in 2015 sixty of the entries were collected in the book The Pebble: Life, Love, Politics and Geezer Wisdom. His most recent book, And Eve Said Yes: Seven Stories and a Novella, was launched in October, 2019, from Waldorf Publishing, and a collection of his poetry, titled Star Chaser, is forthcoming in the spring, 2020, from Anamcara Press. When not writing, he enjoys listening to talk radio, reading avidly, traveling with his wife, Dee, lending support to the FairTax movement and participating in interfaith activities.
Live Big Girl” is a Poetic play about 3 women and their different and not so different experiences of living in a body that is not celebrated. There is root deep digging towards self- awareness, self- acceptance, and self-love.Through poetry, in movement and in stillness, offering a prescription for healing, in the taking back of their bodies from the mouths of critics.Fierceness comes when truths are shared.
The Cast:
Vanessa Chica (Dominican) -Writer, Actor
Karina Guardiola-Lopez (Honduran) Writer, Actor
Rebeca Lois Lucret (Puerto Rican/Cuban) Writer, Actor
Peggy Robles Alvarado (Dominican/ Puerto Rican) Director
Matt Nagin is a writer, educator, filmmaker, and standup comedian. His poetry has been published in Antigonish Review, Oxford Magazine and The East Bay Review. Kirkus Reviews deemed his first poetry collection, ‘Butterflies Lost Within The Crooked Moonlight,’ ‘powerful verse from a writer of real talent.’ His second collection, ‘Feast of Sapphires,’ reached #12 on the Amazon Best Seller List. Matt has performed standup in seven countries, and acted in numerous film and tv productions. His first short film, Inside Job, won acting and directing awards on the festival circuit.