The Summer Youth Employment program is in full swing at THEARC and to our great delight the kids enrolled the I Can Workshop at THEARC Theater Program showed their skills by creating the first ever i can @thearc newsletter. So with no further ado in their own words……..
Role Play: I CAN Youth Act as The Producers of Their Own Shows
By Morgan Clark
One hand in a family size bag of cheetos and the other on the remote control, it’s three in the afternoon and the typical young person on summer vacation is just waking up. But, by 3 o’clock THEART @ THEARC students have already been hard at work in and out of the theater.
Every Monday morning, students attend a class titled The Producer’s Lens, taught by Kimberly Douglas. On the first day of class Douglas split up her class into two groups and asked them to think of a production that they would like to put on.
One group is producing a karaoke style music concert, featuring the look-a-likes of some of today’s most popular hip hop and r&b artists like singer Trey Songz. They will also be holding a car wash to fund their event.
While the other group is producing a play titled “Our D.C.” “Our D.C.” is a collection of mini-plays, or skits, about the residents of Washington, D.C. It’s goal is to show other’s that our nation’s capital is more than politics and museums.
From house manager to director, these students will be responsible for every aspect of putting on their shows. The show and fundraiser dates have yet to be announced.
WHAT IS THEARC?
Ten non profit partners at THEARC have come together under one roof to help children.
Since its opening in 2005, Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation Campus-THEARC- has become a national prototype combining social, cultural and health services. It is a $27 million 110,000 square foot center on 16.5 acres of land in Southeast Washington, DC. THEARC provides a daily safe haven for the children it serves, with a wide range of arts, educational, recreational, health programs and services. In addition there is a 365-seat theatre (the only theatre east of the Anacostia River) a regulation size gymnasium, computer lab, art gallery, state-of-the-art music and dance studios.
Will you contribute to help each charity fulfill their missions? Just click on the donate button! For more information about THEARC please go to our website http://www.thearcdc.org or you may call 1-202-4-THEARC (1-202-484-3272).
Selected for the 2008-2009 Catalogue for Philanthropy
“One of the best small charities in the greater Washington region”
Role Play: I CAN Youth Act as The Producers of Their Own Shows
By Morgan Clark
One hand in a family size bag of cheetos and the other on the remote control, it’s three in the afternoon and the typical young person on summer vacation is just waking up. But, by 3 o’clock THEART @ THEARC students have already been hard at work in and out of the theater.
Every Monday morning, students attend a class titled The Producer’s Lens, taught by Kimberly Douglas. On the first day of class Douglas split up her class into two groups and asked them to think of a production that they would like to put on.
One group is producing a karaoke style music concert, featuring the look-a-likes of some of today’s most popular hip hop and r&b artists like singer Trey Songz. They will also be holding a car wash to fund their event.
While the other group is producing a play titled “Our D.C.” “Our D.C.” is a collection of mini-plays, or skits, about the residents of Washington, D.C. It’s goal is to show other’s that our nation’s capital is more than politics and museums.
From house manager to director, these students will be responsible for every aspect of putting on their shows. The show and fundraiser dates have yet to be announced.
WHAT IS THEARC?
Ten non profit partners at THEARC have come together under one roof to help children.
Since its opening in 2005, Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation Campus-THEARC- has become a national prototype combining social, cultural and health services. It is a $27 million 110,000 square foot center on 16.5 acres of land in Southeast Washington, DC. THEARC provides a daily safe haven for the children it serves, with a wide range of arts, educational, recreational, health programs and services. In addition there is a 365-seat theatre (the only theatre east of the Anacostia River) a regulation size gymnasium, computer lab, art gallery, state-of-the-art music and dance studios.
Will you contribute to help each charity fulfill their missions? Just click on the donate button! For more information about THEARC please go to our website http://www.thearcdc.org or you may call 1-202-4-THEARC (1-202-484-3272).
Selected for the 2008-2009 Catalogue for Philanthropy
“One of the best small charities in the greater Washington region”
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