Vintage Soul Productions LLC

Vintage Soul Productions LLC Sellem. This production company was formed to preserve American Soul Music History through live performance. Performance is Life."

Grounded in the idea that you only know where you’re going when you know where you came from, Vintage Soul Productions lives at the intersection of performing arts, healing, community health education and social impact. Vintage Soul Productions (VSP) Vintage Soul Productions was founded in the Fall of 2015 by Connecticut Playwright/Director/Performing Artist/Instructor, Sharece M. This fun, wildly

creative, and entertaining company aims to please its audiences with an array of small to large scale plays, live music reviews, and quality intensive theater workshops. All performers have an invested interest in the audience's emotional experience along with VSP's mission to "Celebrate Your History.

💡 How to Invest in Stories That Educate, Connect, and Inspire: The Human Side of Health...What if health observances cou...
06/23/2026

💡 How to Invest in Stories That Educate, Connect, and Inspire: The Human Side of Health...What if health observances could do more than raise awareness?

The Human Side of Health is a new virtual arts and health initiative that transforms important health topics into professionally produced 10-minute plays followed by community conversations.

Each production explores the human experiences behind issues such as recovery, mental health, chronic disease, caregiving, and community well-being.

By combining theatre, health education, and dialogue, the series creates opportunities for learning, empathy, connection, and engagement.

Designed specifically for a virtual environment, the plays unfold through telehealth appointments, support groups, family video calls, recovery meetings, and other forms of digital connection that reflect how people experience care today.

We believe that behind every statistic, diagnosis, policy, and program are human beings with stories.

The Human Side of Health offers a unique opportunity for healthcare organizations, educational institutions, foundations, public health agencies, human service organizations, behavioral health providers, businesses, and community partners to support innovative approaches to health education and community engagement.

We're currently sharing information with organizations interested in sponsorship, collaboration, and community partnership opportunities.

Learn more at https://lnkd.in/edxvtbvN

(Sponsored by www.FeelTheFutureLLC.com)

🌟Announcing: "The Human Side of Health" A Virtual Public Health Play Series...Coming Fall 2026This fall, The Human Side ...
06/23/2026

🌟Announcing: "The Human Side of Health" A Virtual Public Health Play Series...Coming Fall 2026

This fall, The Human Side of Health invites audiences to experience public health in a way that is rarely seen through theatre.

While monthly health observances often focus on data, awareness campaigns, and educational materials, the lived experiences behind those issues can sometimes be overlooked. Theatre has a unique ability to bridge that gap by transforming complex health topics into human stories that foster empathy, reflection, and meaningful conversation.

The Human Side of Health is a virtual public health play series featuring professionally rehearsed and recorded 10-minute plays inspired by important health-related topics and observances. Each production explores the personal, emotional, and social realities that often exist behind health challenges affecting individuals, families, and communities.

What makes this series unique is its use of virtual theatre.

Rather than treating technology as a limitation, we embrace it as part of the storytelling. Every play is specifically written for a virtual environment, incorporating platforms such as telehealth appointments, support groups, family video calls, case management meetings, recovery check-ins, and other forms of digital connection that have become a part of modern life.

For those new to theatre, think of these productions as short dramatic stories performed by actors through a virtual platform. Like a television scene unfolding in real time, audiences witness conversations, relationships, and moments of discovery that illuminate the human experiences behind important health issues.

Each presentation includes:

• A professionally performed 10-minute virtual play

• Themes connected to public health observances and community well-being

• A post-show discussion featuring the playwrights, actors and health professionals

• Free public access through online platforms

Season One will explore topics including recovery, mental health, and diabetes, creating opportunities for audiences to learn, connect, and engage with these issues through the power of theatre.

At a time when health information is everywhere, stories remain one of the most effective ways to build understanding. By bringing together public health and theatre, The Human Side of Health seeks to create space for dialogue, reduce stigma, and remind us that every health issue ultimately has a human face. We need to humanize the data.

Behind the data is are human beings with a stories.

The Human Side of Health is produced by Vintage Soul Productions and proudly sponsored by Feel the Future LLC, organizations committed to using creativity, education, and community engagement to promote health, healing, and human connection.

Learn more:

www.VintageSoulProductions.com

www.FeelTheFutureLLC.com

Additional information, playwright opportunities, sponsorship opportunities, and season announcements will be released soon.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!THE HUMAN SIDE OF HEALTH, A Virtual Public Health Play SeriesSeason OneVintage Soul Productions is ...
06/09/2026

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

THE HUMAN SIDE OF HEALTH, A Virtual Public Health Play Series
Season One

Vintage Soul Productions is seeking short plays (10 minutes) for the inaugural season of The Human Side of Health, a virtual public health play series designed to raise awareness and provide community health education through storytelling.

Three playwrights will be selected to have their work featured during the Fall 2026 season.

We are seeking plays that explore one or more of the following public health themes:

• Substance Use & Recovery

• Depression & Mental Health

• Diabetes

PLAY REQUIREMENTS:

• Maximum 10 pages

• Written in standard play format

• 2–3 characters only

• No monologues

• IMPORTANT: For your play to be considered, it must be written specifically for a virtual platform as the setting in the script.
Virtual format = Zoom, FaceTime video call or similar using a virtual modality as the setting. **Any work submitted that does not incorporate use of a virtual platform will not be considered.

• Plays must be original - Plays written with artificial intelligence will be automatically disqualified.

• Plays must be written primarily in English. The use of words or brief passages in another language is welcome; however, the majority of the script must be in English.

Some examples may include:
• Telehealth appointments
• Virtual support groups
• FaceTime conversations
• Zoom meetings
• Video calls between a case manager and client
• Online recovery meetings

ELIGIBILITY:
• New, unproduced, some development history and world-premiered plays are welcome.

• Diverse characters and perspectives are encouraged.

• Playwrights with educational, professional, and/or lived experience in a health-related field, such as public health, healthcare, behavioral health, mental health, recovery services, human services, social work, community health, disability services, caregiving, or related areas preferred.

• Playwrights must have access to Zoom and be able to participate virtually.

• Playwrights must be available to participate in a live post-show discussion following the presentation of their play.

• U.S. based playwrights

SELECTED PLAYWRIGHTS WILL RECEIVE:
• $100 honorarium
• A virtual performance of their play
• Participation in a live discussion
• Public presentation on YouTube as part of The Human Side of Health

Please note that all recordings will remain publicly available on YouTube as part of the series archive.

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2026

Submit Here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPcstCp8qLM5N4eG76LSvQtPQ2y-rreeUMNDF1zz4HsV-6Zg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=107916772312163575853

Details:
https://www.vintagesoulproductions.com/arts-health

Presented by Vintage Soul Productions

Sponsored by Feel the Future, Community Health Coaching & Consulting LLC
www.feelthefuturellc.com

Interested in supporting this initiative in the form of donation or sponsorship? Email: [email protected]


CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!THE HUMAN SIDE OF HEALTH, A Virtual Public Health Play SeriesSeason OneVintage Soul Productions is ...
06/08/2026

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

THE HUMAN SIDE OF HEALTH, A Virtual Public Health Play Series
Season One

Vintage Soul Productions is seeking short plays (10 minutes) for the inaugural season of The Human Side of Health, a virtual public health play series designed to raise awareness and provide community health education through storytelling.

Three playwrights will be selected to have their work featured during the Fall 2026 season.

We are seeking plays that explore one or more of the following public health themes:

• Substance Use & Recovery

• Depression & Mental Health

• Diabetes

PLAY REQUIREMENTS:

• Maximum 10 pages

• Written in standard play format

• 2–3 characters only

• No monologues

• IMPORTANT: For your play to be considered, it must be written specifically for a virtual platform as the setting in the script.
Virtual format = Zoom, FaceTime video call or similar using a virtual modality as the setting. **Any work submitted that does not incorporate use of a virtual platform will not be considered.

• Plays must be original - Plays written with artificial intelligence will be automatically disqualified.

• Plays must be written primarily in English. The use of words or brief passages in another language is welcome; however, the majority of the script must be in English.

Some examples may include:
• Telehealth appointments
• Virtual support groups
• FaceTime conversations
• Zoom meetings
• Video calls between a case manager and client
• Online recovery meetings

ELIGIBILITY:
• New, unproduced, some development history and world-premiered plays are welcome.

• Diverse characters and perspectives are encouraged.

• Playwrights with educational, professional, and/or lived experience in a health-related field, such as public health, healthcare, behavioral health, mental health, recovery services, human services, social work, community health, disability services, caregiving, or related areas preferred.

• Playwrights must have access to Zoom and be able to participate virtually.

• Playwrights must be available to participate in a live post-show discussion following the presentation of their play.

• U.S. based playwrights

SELECTED PLAYWRIGHTS WILL RECEIVE:
• $100 honorarium
• A virtual performance of their play
• Participation in a live discussion
• Public presentation on YouTube as part of The Human Side of Health

Please note that all recordings will remain publicly available on YouTube as part of the series archive.

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2026

Submit Here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPcstCp8qLM5N4eG76LSvQtPQ2y-rreeUMNDF1zz4HsV-6Zg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=107916772312163575853

Details:
https://www.vintagesoulproductions.com/arts-health

Presented by Vintage Soul Productions

Sponsored by Feel the Future, Community Health Coaching & Consulting LLC
www.feelthefuturellc.com

Interested in supporting this initiative in the form of donation or sponsorship? Email: [email protected]
















A huge thank you to Coalescence Theatre Project for collaborating with Vintage Soul Productions to help bring these stag...
05/25/2026

A huge thank you to Coalescence Theatre Project for collaborating with Vintage Soul Productions to help bring these staged readings to life.

Developing new work takes trust, patience, flexibility, and community, and I truly appreciate the time, energy, and care that went into creating space for these plays to grow.

Thank you to everyone involved behind the scenes for helping support new voices, new stories, and the creative process. These readings are an important part of shaping the future of these works, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to share them with audiences and receive valuable feedback. 🙏🏾

Special thanks to the cast, directors, and everyone who joined us on this journey. New plays need community, and this collaboration made that possible.

Learn more about Coalescence Theatre Project here: www.coalescencetheatreproject.com

Almost a full Zoom! A SLICE OF RED VELVET Virtual Staged Reading is happening this Sat, May 23rd@ 7pm Central Time and S...
05/21/2026

Almost a full Zoom! A SLICE OF RED VELVET Virtual Staged Reading is happening this Sat, May 23rd@ 7pm Central Time and Sun, May 24th@ 5pm!

🎟️: https://forms.gle/8bhH5iRAZW2z94ix5

🍰 Set during Valentine’s Day season in '93 Connecticut, A Slice of Red Velvet is a slice-of-life dramedy centered on the warmth of found family, friendship, healing, and the culture of selling soul food plates within the community.

Audience members are encouraged to stay for a post-show Q&A discussion to help shape and support this new work in development. Please note: This a recorded event and feedback will be documented.

Cast of A Slice of Red Velvet:
Lawrence Eirik Green as "Jabari"
Kenya DeBarros as "Bee Bee"
Hector Peña as "Ryan"
Carle Atwater as "Luther"
Jori Jackson as "Tiffany"
Jerluane Jenkins as "Janine"
Kwame David Lilly will be reading stage directions

Production Team:
Directed by Myesha-Tiara
Written by Sharece Sellem-Hannah
Production Manager: Yen Vi Green
Producer: Don Shandrow

05/21/2026

"I am...because of art.” Art has never just been entertainment in my life. It has been survival. It has been language when I didn’t have the words. It has been my medicine. It has been connection, recovery, resistance, reflection, release, and purpose.

As someone who has spent years working in Human Services, recovery spaces, education, and community health, I’ve witnessed how people carry trauma in the body, grief in silence, and exhaustion in the spirit. I’ve also witnessed what happens when people are given space to move, create, tell stories, laugh, dance, perform, write, and be seen.

Something shifts.

That is why I believe so deeply in the bridge between arts and health. Not as a trend. Not as an “extra.” But as something essential to human wellbeing.

Through theatre, documentary film, storytelling workshops, movement, and community dialogue, I’ve seen art help people process pain, reconnect with themselves, and imagine new possibilities for their lives.

Art reminds people they are still human.

I’m grateful to the Straz Center, the incredible panelists, facilitators, researchers, educators, and artists who are helping push this conversation forward. The future of health must include creativity, expression, culture, and community.

Because for many of us…we are...because of art.

www.VintageSoulProductions.com

🙏🏾 🎭 🎨 Honored to speak today at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida 🏖 during the Arts & Mind Vil...
05/21/2026

🙏🏾 🎭 🎨 Honored to speak today at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida 🏖 during the Arts & Mind Village Convening as part of the Arts & Health panel discussion, and to help facilitate the “Your Daily Dance” workshop alongside the incredible dance professor and researcher Merry Lynn Morris.

I’m deeply grateful to the Straz team, especially the Community Engagement and Education staff, for creating such a thoughtful, welcoming, and innovative space for these conversations. Today was a reminder of how powerful it is when artists, educators, researchers, and health professionals come together to explore the intersection of creativity, healing, movement, and community wellbeing.

I especially appreciated hearing fellow panelists discuss social prescribing, the science behind the arts and health connection, and the measurable impact creative expression can have on the body, mind, and nervous system. These conversations matter.

As someone whose work lives at the intersection of storytelling, public health, education, and community healing, it was meaningful to connect with so many passionate people doing this work in different ways.

🙏🏾 Thank you again, Straz Center, for an incredible experience.

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