Brimmer Street Theatre Partners with My Friend's Place; Raises Funds for AND THEN THEY FELL

Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced a unique partnership with My Friend's Place, a non-profit homeless youth resource center in Hollywood. A Generosity.com fundraising campaign has been initiated for the production of a new play about homeless youth that will donate 100% of its ticket sales to health and wellness services for homeless youth in Los Angeles.

The Generosity.com campaign goal is $20,000. This money will complete the production budget for BSTC's production of AND THEN THEY FELL, a new play by Tira Palmquist about two teenagers who find themselves without stable homes. Brimmer Street estimates it can bring in as much as $60,000 during the planned September run of the show at the Atwater Village Theatre, every penny of which will go to My Friend's Place. In addition, funds that are raised in excess of the $20,000 production goal will also be donated to My Friend's Place.

AND THEN THEY FELL tells the story of Jordan and Cal, two teenagers who find themselves without stable homes. Jordan has fled a home wrecked by alcoholism and sexual abuse while still trying to graduate high school with honors. Cal is a young transgender boy set adrift by his family's intolerance and the failure of adults and institutions to help him through a severely vulnerable period of his young life. These two teens find each other, and for a while, they give each other the hope and security they so desperately need.

The My Friend's Place mission: to assist and inspire homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives. It is a professionally staffed drop-in resource center serving over 1,400 homeless youths ages 12 to 25 (and their children) each year. The primary goal is to lower traditional barriers to service and provide homeless youth with the opportunity to improve their psychological, intellectual, and physical capacity to reach their potential.

Brimmer Street Theatre Company is a non-profit Los Angeles-based performance company with a commitment to develop original theatre and welcome artists whose work challenges established forms and expectations. BSTC strives to form a close ensemble with these artists, craftsmen, students, and benefactors to produce work of exceptional innovation and character.

For more information about the Brimmer Street/My Friend's Place partnership, click here.

For more information on BSTC, go to www.brimmerstreet.org. For more about the services offered by My Friend's Place, follow this link.

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