Founded by the Manhattan Theatre Club, the Stargate Theatre Company immerses court-involved youth in the theater arts as a mechanism for coping with and overcoming negative factors in their lives. During the summer of 2015, company members composed, rehearsed, and performed an original play, Deeper Than Skin.
STARGATE THEATRE: A DEFINING ACT to Air on Thirteen 2/19- premiering on Saturday, February 6 at 4 p.m. on WLIW21 and Friday, February 19 at 10 p.m. on THIRTEEN - follows these young men from auditions to the final performance of their play at Manhattan Theater Club's Off-Broadway home at New York City Center's Stage II theater.Watch a preview clip below:
Through interviews with the company members, all of whom have experienced varying degrees of involvement with the juvenile justice system, as well as the teaching artists and professionals who lead them, Stargate Theatre: A Defining Act chronicles the company members as they build strong relationships and become witnesses to each other's stories and lives. The film also highlights how the company members' personal writings become the basis for their play, which tackles issues such as identity, family, community, racism, and injustice, as well as their attitudes toward law enforcement and their dreams for the future.Photo Credit: ©2015 WLIW LLC/ Phoebe Snyder
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