Young Theaterworks
About Productions presents
Young Theaterworks
Staged Readings!
Written by students from
Walt Whitman
Continuation High School
Tuesday, June 3rd @ 7PM
Fairfax High School Auditorium
7850 Melrose Ave L.A. 90046
Life Goes On
Written by students from
Pueblo de Los Angeles Continuation High School
Thursday, June 5th @ 7PM
Plaza de La Raza's Margo Albert Theater
3540 N. Mission Rd. L.A. 90031
PLUS!
The FIRST Young Theaterworks Cross-town Community Forum
Wednesday, June 11th @ 11:00AM
East West Players
120 North Judge John Aiso Street, L.A. 90012
(Little Tokyo between Temple and 1st Streets)
Students at these two LAUSD Continuation/Options Schools have worked directly with Program Director, Rose Portillo, and other Young Theaterworks Teaching Artists over the past 3-months exploring themes of neighborhood, family and community. Each school has created its own original theatrical work to be presented as a staged reading, performed by both professional and student actors, for family and friends in their respective neighborhoods on June 3rd and 5th.
In addition, on June 11th we are bringing these two schools together to share excerpts of their work as a way of building a bridge between these two distinct communities. A facilitated discussion will follow the theatrical presentation.
Young Theaterworks is a literacy-based theater program, initiated in 2001, that brings About Productions’ aesthetic into the classroom. Students are guided through a process in which they work individually and collectively to create an original script that explores personal identity, family history, culture and other issues that directly affect their lives.
A special THANK YOU to our 2008 funders for their generous support!
California Arts Council, The Disney Company, Hot Topic Foundation,
United Latino Fund, and Walt Whitman High School/LAUSD.
