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Topic: after school drama for at-risk youths

Posted By: JCCTony
Subject: after school drama for at-risk youths
Date Posted: 7/22/05 at 5:15pm

My fiance and I want to start something of an after school program in our community. It would be a place for kids to go and learn various facets of drama, theatre, techie stuff writing directing and so on. Just like an outlet for that sort of thing. I would imagine we'd need a building of sorts for this and non-profit status as well as a federal grant.

Do any of you know of programs like this that we could check out for a model?

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Posted By: Topper
Date Posted: 7/24/05 at 11:24am

Since 1981 "The 52nd Street Project" in New York
City has been teaming up disadvantaged youths in
Hell's Kitchen with Broadway professionals in a
mentorship program.

Check them out on the web at www.52project.org.

A similar program was started in Minneapolis
through the Pillsbury House Theatre. It is modeled
after the 52nd Street Project and is named "The
Chicago Avenue Project" (Chicago Avenue being the
street on which the Pillsbury House is located.)

You can find them at www.puc-mn.org/theatre.

Best of luck to you!

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