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During the best of/worst of times called “adolescence,” finding a passion for something—and getting support for others as you pursue that passion—can save your sanity, and maybe even your life! Center Theatre Group’s Theatre Crash Course opened its arms and its doors to a group of adolescents trying to find that passion in theatre—and i...

Crashing Into a Career in Theatre

Theatre is one of the only disciplines where educators are expected to do it all. A teacher trained in acting is still expected to teach costume design. And a costume designer is still expected to teach the tenets of lighting. So how does a theatre teacher (or a teacher who’s had the theatre program dumped on them—and might be trained in an ent...

Teaching Theatre: Crash Course Style

Three times a year, Center Theatre Group welcomes a new class of bright-eyed students and recent graduates to its internship program. With internships available in almost every department, from artistic development and marketing to community outreach, the program brings together a diverse group of young people from theatre and non-theatre backgroun...

Our Fall 2015 Interns Dream Big

Center Theatre Group donors got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at The Sound of Music at the Ahmanson Theatre when they were invited to take a backstage tour of the production. While catching a glimpse of the quick change stations the actors use to get in and out of character in a flash and seeing a few of the show’s beautiful costumes, don...

Donors Go Behind the Scenes of 'The Sound of Music'

Throughout the school year, we are asking Los Angeles educators for their most inspiring and essential ideas for teaching and integrating theatre in the classroom. If you’re a local educator with a passionate and innovative approach to working with students or a self-growth strategy to share with colleagues, pitch your blog idea to Education...

The Art of Teaching Theatre: Who Needs Stuff to Make Drama?

Discussions about the future of theatre tend to invoke “the next generation”—diverse, digital—in the aggregate. But who are they, where do they see theatre going next, and what matters to them? In order to bring young people into this larger discussion, Center Theatre Group and a number of other theatres around the country brought teen...

Theatre’s Next Generation Speaks