52nd Street Project Will Conclude Season With BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE, 6/1 & 2
By: Kelsey Denette May. 25, 2012
The 52nd Street Project is described as a not-for-profit theater organization that "pairs children from Hell's Kitchen with theater professionals to create original theater. The Project also offers the kids a place to belong, opportunities to experience success on-stage, and positive, one-on-one mentoring relationships with caring adults from age nine all the way through high school. The final stage in the Project's curriculum, offered to its oldest members, is the Teen Ensemble: a two-year program in which teenagers undertake advanced theater study with adult professionals before ultimately adapting and performing a full work of Shakespeare."
Now approaching the end of their first year in the program, the current ensemble will present Bringing Down the House, an evening of six one-acts written for the kids by theater professionals on June 1 & 2 at the Project's Five Angels Theater (789 Tenth Avenue, NYC).During their first year in the Teen Ensemble, the teens have participated in workshops on movement, improvisation, singing, mask and scene study. The plays comprising Bringing Down the House explore themes of heroism, gender identity, tattoos... and Barbie Dolls.Videos