Season One
An intentional, intergenerational space for making and gathering.
1035 Cortelyou Road, Flatbush
7:00–8:30pm at RISE, 1035 Cortelyou Road
Ten places
$25 drop-in · $90 for the full pilot
Prorated if you join partway through
Cortelyou Speaks is theatre in service of our communities: the transferable skills of professional theatre education, put to work for social mobility.
Two tiered-price places on every registration.
8–12 people · Adults
Sliding scale $15–30 · Standard $40 · Pay it forward $50
A grief/death circle led by Resham Mantri to honor deaths of all kinds in the seasonal autumn shift. Honor the wildness of 2026 transitions, pay homage to the sacredness of existing within change, a reflection point before the rest of the year. A PAUSE.
Up to 20 people · Adults
Sliding scale $15–30 · Standard $40 · Pay it forward $50
A lecture/workshop by Resham Mantri on the potential of endings for more abundant dreamwork. On accessing the depths of your desires in the midst of grief and transitions. Creating your life through the grief portal. Explore Jungian-inspired dreamwork to support your life.
For couples
$500 per couple for both sessions
Two mornings of preparation for birth, for first-time parents, and for anyone returning to it who wants to go deeper than they did last time.
Fee covers the birthing person and their support person. Refreshments provided.
For couples
$350 per couple
The same preparation in a single morning, for anyone who can only make one date.
Fee covers the birthing person and their support person. Refreshments provided.
Our improvisation class for adults that want to practice play and being in your body.
Eight-week course
An intimate eight-week writing course designed for a small, intuitive cohort of curious minds.
An introduction to writing for the stage. How a scene works, how people talk when they are not saying what they mean, and how to get a first draft onto the page.
With Somalia Seaton
One-to-one mentoring with Somalia Seaton, to get your draft ready for a rehearsed reading.
Weekly · With Somalia Seaton
A weekly journaling and discussion series led by our founder, playwright, filmmaker and holistic arts practitioner Somalia Seaton.
Bring two minutes. A poem, a monologue, something you wrote on the train. Bring nothing and just listen. That counts too. Once a month, the room belongs to whoever stands up in it.
$20 in advance · $30 on the door
Is there something you've always wanted to say, but couldn't?
djassi's short dance film, then djassi herself on mycelium, connection and land, and then, because she can't help it, she'll get the room up and moving.
For multidisciplinary artists, and those who have not called themselves that yet, to take up residency at RISE: a space to explore ideas and develop them in collaboration with other artists and practitioners, ending in a sharing, showcase or exhibition.
Alternating clinics this season
Assisted Stretching with SlamDuncan Wellness
Acupuncture with Awakened Alignment
Sunday October 25
Monday mornings
Meditation, Qigong, transmutation, and then dancing. djassi's practice moves you from stillness into something communal, and people rarely leave quickly afterwards. No movement experience needed.
October 2
An hour of assisted stretching, in pairs. You bring whoever you'd trust to hold your weight: partner, friend, sibling. Bridgette does the rest. A soft landing at the end of the week.
Sliding scale $10–30 · Standard $40 · Pay it forward $50 per couple
A silent working room and a bottomless pot of the day's blend. Two-hour pass. Screens welcome. Calls taken outside on the bench. Capped at the number of seats, so it stays quiet.
For writing, calls or focused work
Book our cozy room for quiet focus time. A door that closes, a desk, and space that is yours.
$35 an hour, two-hour minimum · $90 half day · $150 full day
$600 five-day pass · $495 a month, dedicated during trading hours
Come for Creativity. Leave with Community.
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