Love and Liberation: Generations

A creative exploration of intergenerational relationships on our journey to collective liberation. A one-night-only theatrical experience!"

Produced by Berkeley Sanjay, Santa Monica Playhouse Associate Director of Adult Education, this one-night-only musical journey features LENA WINNER, an actress and creative that uses her background in mental health to create art that heals and nourishes the soul; ADYA MOHANTY, an actor, singer, and writer who brings people together in community to imagine better worlds driven by radical love and liberation; BENNETT RINE, an artist, writer, and poet who believes in language’s ability to disrupt dominant narratives and create possibilities by imagining new futures for us to inhabit.

Joining them are JAYLA, a Californian artist who speaks to herself in hopes that you hear her; ALEXIS MILAN TURNER, an actress, singer, and dancer whose determination, ambition, humor, and bubbly personality light up a room; SIMHA, a recording artist exploring Soul, Jazz, and Indian classical sound, seamlessly blending elements of eastern and western music by experimenting with the freedom of harmony; AMY AMATYA, a musician and writer from Los Angeles who plays violin on people's records, writes and reads about how everything is connected, hangs out with communists, engages with the local songwriter scene, and bikes along Ballona Creek; NORA KENZA, a singer song-writer who is a passionate advocate for others; NANKI CHUGH, a violinist, writer, composer and educator passionate about connecting music, science and storytelling to reimagine education, spark curiosity, and foster meaningful connections; RUBANI CHUGH, who recently earned her Bachelor of Music in violin performance from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, and is currently applying to medical school while continuing to teach, perform, and explore the field of music therapy; and LJ, contributing musical stylings to the show.