Tenara Calem

Tenara Calem

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BSR Contributor Since October 11, 2016

Tenara Calem (she/her) is a theater-maker and administrator in Philadelphia.

Tenara Calem is a playwright/performer/creator/educator living in Philadelphia. She has had the pleasure of working with a number of theaters across the country in several different capacities, including Columbus Civic Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Target Margin Theater Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Horizon Theatre Company, and Pig Iron Theatre Company. Israeli-born, Ohio-raised, Tenara's written work includes Aviva in October, FAIRY TALE, The Willow, Summer of Date Palms, and Getting Gone. Tenara's acting work has also taken her abroad to Dresden, Germany with Theater Junge Generation. She is a 2015 grad from Bennington College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in drama/politics.

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Time for everyone to look inward: a huddle from PlayPenn’s 2016 conference. (Photo by John Flak.)

Philly’s pandemic-era arts reckoning gives leaders a choice

Will we survive? It’s up to us
The current controversies on our arts scene didn’t begin with the pandemic—but life in lockdown forced the community to reckon with its true priorities. Tenara Calem explores the choice arts leaders must make.
Tenara Calem

Tenara Calem

Essays 7 minute read
Director Sarah Mitteldorf and Gabriela Sanchez fight the powers that be. (Photo by Saul Zayas)

Power Street Theatre Company presents Erlina Ortiz's 'She Wore Those Shoes'

She told her own story
In Erlina Ortiz's 'She Wore Those Shoes,' Yudy is an ex-soldier who's suffered a great injustice. Power Street Theatre Company holds the difficult conversation that comes next. Tenara Calem reviews.
Tenara Calem

Tenara Calem

Articles 4 minute read
A community-based mosaic. (Photo courtesy of the Bridge PHL Theatre Festival)

The Bridge PHL Theatre Festival

A bridge not far enough
In a collection of monologues, scenes, and devised pieces that looked at race in America, an all-white directing team showed racial empathy without implementing it in real time. Tenara Calem reviews.
Tenara Calem

Tenara Calem

Articles 4 minute read