InterLibrary Laughs presents: I've Arted - An Improvised Art Comedy Gameshow
I’ve Arted is a new, live game show, rooted in improvisation and meant to celebrate the joy of art! Three audience members are invited on-stage to draw an original piece of art based on a prompt we receive that night. While they work, I’ve Arted’s host will interview three established storytellers from the worlds of literature, theatre, standup comedy, and more about their relationship to art. Finally, the storytellers will have a few moments to come up with the story of one of the pieces and its title, so we as an audience can vote on the best story. Fun, silly, and meant to remove the pressure that we as adults put on ourselves to be great at everything, inviting the audience to enjoy the storytelling nature of art!
Funding for this program provided by the Roman Foundation*
Ashley Lauren Rogers - Host
Ashley Lauren Rogers has been a Playwright, Podcaster, and Performance Artist for nearly 25 years and is excited to add “Gameshow Host,” to the list. Dramatic Question Theatre “American Woman” residency, semi-finalist in the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Eugene O’Neill Theatre National Playwrights Conference Semifinalist, Former Literary Director for Step1 Theatre Project, Oddity received an honorable mention on The Kilroys “The List”, Trans Theatre Lab Fellow, artist in residence at Middlesex County Vocational-Technical School. Works performed at Dixon Place, MITF, the Brick, Joe’s Pub. Work produced in MAssachusetts, Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Maine, Iowa, New Jersey, Detroit, Miami and Minneapolis amongst others. Creator of the Is It Transphobic and The Right to Play Podcasts. Creator/head writer of SCOWL, a queer/trans focused stage combat storytelling collective.
Gina Femia - Guest
Gina Femia is an award-winning playwright and performer. Selected honors include The Kilroys’ List, Leah Ryan Prize, Doric Wilson Award, the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, and the Neukom Award in Playwriting. Gina is a former Core Writer with the Playwrights Center, and an Alum of EST Youngblood, Page73’s Interstate 73, and New Georges’ Audrey Residency. They write about being an artist in their Substack, The Rejected Writer. Learn more: www.femiagina.com.
Victor Manibo - Guest
Victor Manibo is a Filipino novelist living in New York. A 2022 Lambda Literary Emerging Voices Fellow, he is the author of the science fiction novels THE SLEEPLESS and ESCAPE VELOCITY. His first crime novel, DEAD NOTE, came out May 2025 from Bonnier Books. His first horror novel, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED, came out November 2025 from Erewhon Books. Aside from fiction, he also spins fantastical tales in his career as a lawyer. He lives in Queens with his husband and their pets. Find him online at victormanibo.com and on most social media platforms @victormanibo.
Rachel Weekley - Guest
Rachel Weekley Is a Clown/Performer/Movement Coordinator based in NYC. Originally from Athens, OH, they earned their BFA in performance at Ohio University and now perform their own clown work across NYC at locations such as The Brick, The Tank and Dixon Place. They also work as a Hospital Clown for Healthy Humor. For more info on what shenanigans they’re up to now go to www.rachelweekley.com or Instagram @rachel.weekley.
