Everyone has a story to tell.

The Storytelling Residency focuses on personal narratives that celebrate the diversity of Los Angeles. Students will explore the work of BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA artists and identify characters, themes, and ideas that connect to their own lives and communities. Through the residency, students will learn to tell a story that matters to them using their unique and powerful voice. 

Selected classroom teachers partner with two Center Theatre Group teaching artists over the course of 10 sessions to support the residency process. Teachers select two to three consecutive classrooms for participation and commit to attending a Student Matinee performance.

Fall Residency focused on Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage. The educators and schools selected for this residency cycle were:

  • Guadalupe Cardona, Roybal Learning Center 
  • Jessica Volpi, Blair Middle School and High School
  • Sara Martinovich, Narbonne High School

Spring Residency will focus on Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith. The educators and schools selected for this residency cycle are:

  • Jerod Fish, ICEF View Park Preparatory High
  • Sara Martinovich, Narbonne High School