Artist

Quenna Lené Barrett is Education Programs Manager at UChicago’s Arts + Public Life, where she founded two Theatre of the Oppressed-based programs for teens and adults on Chicago’s South Side. Quenna received her BFA from NYU Tisch Drama and her MA in Applied Theatre from the University of Southern California. She's a teaching artist, organizer with BYP100 and #LetUsBreathe Collective, ICAH For Youth Inquiry company member, actress, and Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner blending TO techniques with acting skills to amplify teens' voices and hold space to rehearse, tell, and change the stories of their lives.