Emma Rodgers Celebrates Her 65th Birthday At Bishop Arts Theatre Center

TeCo Theatrical Productions will be hosting a benefit and fundraiser celebrating local literary icon and former owner of Black Images Book Bazaar Emma Roberts.  "Emma @ 65 Fundraiser: Literary Icon Celebrates 65th Birthday" will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2009

Emma Rodgers will hold a benefit in support of TeCo's arts education programs. The celebration will feature 6 authors and 5 poets performing spoken word, written word, dramatic word.

Founded in September of 1993, TeCo Theatrical Productions is an award-winning multicultural theatre company with IRC 501 (c)(3) tax exempt status. Our mission is simple: we are committed to the success of developing artists by performing and educating...always entertaining on purpose. Governed by seven board of directors, TeCo impacts more than 10,000 adults and children each year via our seasonal performances and student outreach programs.

The specific objectives and purposes of TeCo Theatrical Productions are to provide cultural and artistic opportunities for children and families who live in at-risk communities, provide instruction in theatre, acting, dance and other art forms, sponsor special events involving public performances of plays, musicals, dance and other art forms collaborating with community performing arts groups in order to broaden the cultural experience to a more diverse population, and directly engage in and to facilitate others to engage in the general promotion of the arts.

For more information, please visit on TeCo Theatrical Productions, visit http://www.tecotheater.org/history.php.