Frankie Ann Marcille Joins LET’S WRITE ABOUT
Blind author, educator, and advocate joins cast and writing team of inclusive children’s show.
New York, New York: On Saturday June 12th, 2021, Frankie Ann Marcille will make her writing and voice acting debut in Let’s Write About on Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s Channel 1.
Let’s Write About is an inclusive children’s arts and education show with a born-accessible approach to production. The show considers varying audience experiences from pre-production to release and integrates audio descriptions, American Sign Language, and captioning into each episode.
Frankie Ann Marcille is a legally blind author, educator, and advocate living in Manhattan. Over the past decade, Frankie Ann has traveled the country teaching and advocating for individuals of all ages with multiple disabilities. She has also joined the team at Elle Jones Casting Company as a Casting Associate and Accessibility Specialist, recruiting talent with disabilities for film/television while advocating for accessibility on set. Her children’s book Yes: The Story of a Dreamer was published this year by Leaning Rock Press. Welch and Marcille have previously worked together as educators in a day school setting.
Donnie Welch, creator and producer of Let’s Write About said of the new partnership “Having taught together I know the educational goals and principles of inclusion will be in safe hands in the writing room. Already our drafting and scripting together has yielded creative new characters and topics. I’m excited to see where we go from here!”
On the topic of inclusion Welch added, “Let’s Write About is written and produced for kids of all abilities and in order to really meet that goal, I need to bring in creators of all abilities and experiences. I know Frankie’s expertise as advocate, teacher, and writer is going to make every episode not only better, but more representative of the blind and low vision community.”
“I have always been a huge admirer of the work Donnie does as both an artist and educator.” said Marcille when asked about partnering with Welch. “He supports young people of all abilities to express themselves in a way that is meaningful and accessible. Let’s Write About is a beautiful representation of that, and I couldn’t be more excited to join the team! I am especially excited to be working alongside Donnie again, and I am hoping that we can create content together that truly resonates with our audiences, helping them to channel their creative energy around relevant social emotional themes.”
Catch Frankie’s debut in “Let’s Write About Routines” Saturday 6/12 at 9:00am on the Manhattan Neighborhood Networks Channel 1
Viewers without cable or outside Manhattan can live stream from the MNN site on the dates and times listed using the link: https://www.mnn.org/watch/channels/community-channel-1
About Let’s Write About: Let’s Write About is an inclusive, born-accessible children’s educational show exploring social-emotional themes through creative writing and inspiring inquiry-based learning with movement and sensory activities kids of all abilities can do at home. A fiscally sponsored project of the 501(c)(3) non-profit Accessible Festivals, the show carries on their sponsor’s mission by creating quality, accessible educational television.
About Frankie Ann Marcille: (she.her) is a legally blind author, educator, and advocate from southeastern Connecticut, currently residing in Manhattan, New York. At three months old, she was diagnosed with septo-optic dysplasia; a condition that resulted in legal blindness. She earned her BA in Theatre Arts from Western Connecticut State University and is currently studying to obtain her master’s degree and dual certification in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy/Orientation and Mobility from Hunter College. Frankie Ann has been working as a contract remote educator for the Utah School for the Blind. She has also joined the team at Elle Jones Casting Company as a Casting Associate and Accessibility Specialist, recruiting talent with disabilities for film/television while advocating for accessibility on set. To learn more about Frankie Ann, you can visit her website: frankieannmarcille.com and email [email protected]
About Manhattan Neighborhood Network: [via Website] “Established in 1992, Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) is a media learning, production, and distribution hub that promotes creative expression, independent voices and community engagement. We operate two state-of-the-art media production and education facilities in Manhattan and run Manhattan's public access TV channels, reaching some 500,000 cable subscribers in the borough.”
