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Clowns "Walking the Tightrope"

Clowns have been a part of human storytelling for thousands of years. Clowning has existed in many cultures and has served a variety of purposes. The oldest clowns date back to 2500 B.C. in ancient Egypt. Clowns from Italy’s Commedia Del Arte theatre tradition appeared around 1550 A.D. Chou, the clown from China’s Peking Opera, has been ar...

Clowns "Walking the Tightrope"

Interview with playwright Mike Kenny & CTG's Student Ambassadors

Participants of our Student Ambassador Program recently sat down with Mike Kenny, the playwright behind the 24th STreet Theatre production of Walking the Tightrope. Student Ambassador Interviewers: Genesis Arana, Alen Anuran, Alexis Raygoza, Jake Contreras, Tyaira Daniels and Mollie Grubman

Family Matters: A Conversation with Paul Oakley Stovall

Actor and playwright Paul Oakley Stovall found his voice early. By high school he was a published poet, an accomplished debater and self-assured actor. However, his drive to achieve, he admits, was set in motion by a looming, inner-tension: A secret.

The library I grew up visiting doesn't exist anymore: The Shop Chronicles

The library I grew up visiting doesn’t exist anymore. My refuge was Benjamin Franklin Library in Boyle Heights and that’s where I got lost in The Chronicles of Narnia, I indulged my teenage angst with The Chocolate War and was profoundly moved by the epic East of Eden. The library was a place to catch up on homework, do some research or be...

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) were an innovative and successful American musical theatre writing team, usually referred to as Rodgers and Hammerstein. Richard Rodgers composed the music and Oscar Hammerstein provided the lyrics. They created a string of popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s ini...

Around the World

“The tale of Cinderella has inspired countless picture books, musicals, novels and dreams.” -Heidi Anne Heiner, Cinderella Tales from Around the World