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| Educators and Center Theatre Group teaching artists at Tulsa Street Elementary Photo by Hal Banfield |
In 2017, Center Theatre Group was awarded a grant from Disney to
bring the Disney Musicals in Schools program to the Los
Angeles area. The program is an initiative developed by Disney Theatrical
Productions to create sustainable theatre programs in under-resourced
elementary schools. Center Theatre Group will select four area public
elementary schools to participate in this year’s program. Previous recipients
have included Breed Street Elementary (LAUSD), Cantara Street School (LAUSD),
Harrison Elementary (LAUSD), Hope Street Elementary (LAUSD), Humphreys Avenue Elementary
(LAUSD), La Ballona Elementary (Culver City Unified School District), Ritter
Elementary (LAUSD), Saturn Street Elementary (LAUSD), Tulsa Street Elementary
(LAUSD) and Wild Rose School of Creative Arts (Monrovia Unified School
District).
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| Students from Tulsa Street Elementary rehearsing for their production of “Aladdin KIDS,” part of Center Theatre Group’s second annual Disney Musicals in Schools (DMIS) program. Photo by Hal Banfield. |
The selected schools will participate in a 17-week musical theatre
residency, led by a team of teaching artists trained by Center Theatre Group
and Disney Theatrical Productions, at no cost. Each school will receive
performance rights, education support materials and guidance from the teaching
artists. The program features a professional development focus, through which
participating school teachers partner with Center Theatre Group teaching
artists to learn how to produce, direct, choreograph and music direct, culminating
in their first 30-minute Disney KIDS musical at their school. As a capstone to the experience,
Center Theatre Group will host a Student Share Celebration in which each school
performs one number from their show on the Ahmanson Theatre stage for an
audience of students, teachers, family, and community members.
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