Center Theatre Group Hosts Free Teen Youth Summit on April 11

Center Theatre Group invites current high school students to attend Celebrating Our Stories, a teen youth summit inspired by Ruben Santiago-Hudson's one-man show "Lackawanna Blues." The free youth summit will take place on Thursday, April 11, 2019, from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. (includes performance time for "Lackawanna Blues") at The Music Center Annex (601 West Temple St) and the Mark Taper Forum (135 N Grand Ave) in Downtown L.A.

The teen youth summit will feature three interactive pre-show workshops that explore the theme of the play. Workshops include Cultural Mapping, Storytelling Through Movement and Poetry Writing: Telling Your Story. Students who attend the summit will also receive a ticket to the 8 p.m. performance of "Lackawanna Blues" at the Mark Taper Forum that evening. However, students must attend the entire event to receive their complimentary ticket. Dinner will be served at the youth summit.

The teen youth summit is planned by Center Theatre Group's Student Ambassadors, a group of high school students participating in a yearlong leadership program.

A magical, musical and deeply personal work by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, "Lackawanna Blues" is a reminiscence of his 1950s childhood in a small town on the banks of Lake Erie. Santiago-Hudson takes on more than 20 colorful characters-from would-be philosophers and petty hustlers to lost souls and abandoned lovers-in a brilliant celebration of the eccentric boardinghouse he grew up in. Santiago-Hudson returns to his roots in this tour de force performance accompanied throughout by live blues music.

To RSVP to Celebrating Our Stories youth summit, students can visit
CTGLA.org/YouthSummit. RSVPs are available through Tuesday, April 9 by 5 p.m. or until the event is filled (whichever comes first).

Tickets for "Lackawanna Blues" are available online at CenterTheatreGroup.org, by calling
Audience Services at (213) 628-2772 or in person at the Center Theatre Group Box Office (at the Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles). Tickets range from $30 - $105 (ticket prices are subject to change). The Mark Taper Forum is located at The Music Center, 135 N. Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A. 90012.

Photo by Craig Schwartz

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