Theatre founders share their journeys

Hosted by Yura Sapi | Produced by HowlRound Theatre Commons

Queens, NY — August 3, 2025 — LiberArte Inc. and HowlRound Theatre Commons proudly announce the launch of Season Five of Building Our Own Tables, the acclaimed podcast hosted by visionary artist and cultural strategist Yura Sapi. Continuing its mission to center BIPOC-led creative leadership, the new season explores radical models of organizing, healing, and liberation through the arts.

Since its inception, Building Our Own Tables has served as a sanctuary for BIPOC artists, founders, and visionaries reimagining the structures of the theatre world. Now entering its fifth year, the podcast continues to weave together wisdom from BIPOC voices, building tables of justice, healing, and love for our collective future.

Season Five centers the work of cultural leaders who are decolonizing, healing, and organizing alternative systems of care and power. Each episode offers a form of medicine—deep conversation, ancestral knowledge, and creative practice—designed to support those creating their own spaces of liberation. Listeners are invited to reflect, imagine, and act in solidarity toward racial, social, and climate justice.

“This podcast is a living archive of the revolution we are all building together,” said Yura Sapi, Host of Building Our Own Tables and LiberArte’s CEO. “In this fifth season, we’re deepening our dialogue with those who are not only imagining new futures but living them.”

Produced by HowlRound Theatre Commons and distributed globally, Building Our Own Tables is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, HowlRound.com, and wherever you get your podcasts. The podcast is a core storytelling initiative of LiberArte, a nonprofit dedicated to nurturing artists co-creating joyful and abundant futures in harmony with Mother Earth.

To explore episodes and join the movement, visit: howlround.com/series/building-our-own-tables

About Yura Sapi

Yura Sapi (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist, cultural strategist, and CEO of LiberArte Inc. Their work centers healing, liberation, and the co-creation of a thriving planet through storytelling, strategic planning, and spiritual practice.

About HowlRound Theatre Commons

HowlRound is a free and open platform for theatre-makers worldwide. As a knowledge commons by and for the theatre community, HowlRound amplifies progressive and justice-focused voices through media, convenings, and dialogue.

Contact

Yara Aly, Podcast Producer at LiberArte

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://liberarteinc.org