“Notes From Nina” will debut twice a month. Janine Nina Trevens is the Co-Founder of TADA! Youth Theater and serves as the Executive & Producing Artistic Director. Each “Notes From Nina” blog provides a personal insight into the #TADAFamily, the world around us, and the incredible work we do.

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Women's History Month

Notes from Nina: Women’s History Month

Hi TADA! Friends and Family, Happy Women’s History Month. I know we’re almost midway through March, but this is my first “Notes” of the month. Are you celebrating women more this month than other months? If so, how are you celebrating and honoring women? Are you learning about important women in history? Are you choosing […]

TADA! Youth Theater Flies in the Soup Alumni

Notes from Nina: Past & Present Together

Hi TADA! Friends and Family, Tuesday night was a gift. It was the first meeting of a group of people that have been and are a part of TADA! in so many different ways coming together to devise TADA!’s new Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Justice Plan (EDIJ). The “room” was filled with Alum, Past Staff, […]

Notes from Nina: Older and Wiser

Hi TADA! Friends and Family, Sorry I missed last week. Did anyone even notice? I took my birthday week off to relax and recharge. I came back to TADA! and realized after taking the week off, there is a lot to do! Now that I’m older and wiser, I looked at the priorities of the […]

Notes from Nina: Birthdays and Celebrations

Hi TADA! Friends and Family, My birthday is next week and I’m turning 60. I don’t really feel 60 years OLD. However, my body does: my knees ache, I need my reading glasses all the time now when looking at things close up, once or twice I wake up at night (when I do sleep) […]

Notes from Nina: New Year Reflections

Hi TADA! Friends and Family, Happy New Year! It’s 2021. I was going to write that doesn’t mean much. Everything is still the same and this will be another tough year with COVID-19 and the effects it has on our lives. But then, something happened in this country that shifted my entire focus: Citizens of […]

Notes from Nina: I Believe. I do, I do, I do, I do, I do!

Hi TADA! Friends and Family, This is a long email but it’s easy reading. Honest. It’s also a way for you to know what’s been going on over the last year and how we’re moving forward. This is both personal and about TADA!. I couldn’t sleep last night. That’s not exactly a new phenomenon, but […]

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