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In the Community: Leimert Park is Excited About Cultural Exchange

After I started my work as the Leimert Park community liaison for Center Theatre Group’s Through the Looking Glass, I quickly learned that people were excited to be involved in a project that could help dispel myths about their South Los Angeles neighborhood—and the people who dwell there. They were also clearly excited to learn about the...

In the Community: Connecting Boyle Heights Residents to ‘Popol Vuh: Heart of Heaven’

When I first got hired to be a community liaison for Center Theatre Group’s Popol Vuh: Heart of Heaven project in collaboration with El Teatro Campesino, I Googled “liaison.” I had heard the word before, but I wanted to know what it meant and what my job would entail. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a “liaison” is “a p...

In the Community: Going Home to Make Theatre

Boyle Heights has a special place in my heart. My mother was born and raised there, and I lived there for three years until I made a huge exodus to New York City that lasted 13 years.

#EveryCostume Tells a Story

The suit that landed you the job. The glass slippers that took Cinderella to the ball. The school uniform Matilda wore. The dress you bought for your first date. Every costume tells a story. Whether it’s been made for a theatrical production or put together from the mall, the clothing we wear makes an impression on our audience—whether the...

Literacy Day at the California African American Museum: August Wilson's words come to life

When I arrived at Literacy Day at the California African American Museum (CAAM) on Saturday, May 23, I was greeted by Elise Woodson, the museum’s program manager and film curator, who showed me to an intimate room where a number of other Los Angeles August Wilson Monologue Competition Regional and National Finalists and I would be performing...

Exploring Social and Artistic Growth with the Students of the August Wilson In-School Residency

It has been an absolute pleasure observing and serving local high school students as they participated in Center Theatre Group’s fourth season of the August Wilson In-School Residency program. The August Wilson In-School Residency program, one of CTG’s premiere arts education programs, sends professional teaching artists to four Title I sc...