Click to Buy Tickets or Become a Sponsor! See our Full Calendar Thank you! Thanks to a generous grant from Women Helping Youth (WHY), every Youth Theatre Residency Program now has access to professional production tools that enable our students to learn production design while enhancing their [...]
Zach Brown and Tiffany Haddish share our deep belief in the power of mentorship to help youth recognize their full potential, and now it’s our turn to recognize them! A Bird’s Eye View of US You know all about what we do, but do you know where we do it? Our [...]
Meet Destiny: From Student to Mentor From 2012-2014 Destiny was a student in our programs at Vaughn Middle School. Now as a high school senior, she continues to pursue theatre studies, while supporting current Unusual Suspects students as a Volunteer Mentor. She recently spoke with US about her [...]
Page Plays are Taking the Stage! Page Plays are a celebration of our 10-week playwriting program, and so much more: First, our youth playwrights lead the audience in warm-ups and games that they’ve learned in the program… …next, we hear from the students [...]
Mark Your Calendars! A Night With US: Supernatural Scenes from the Suspects Join US Thursday, November 2nd at Three Clubs for an evening of staged readings, cocktails, and conversation hosted by our friend, Tess Paras. No advance tickets, just a $10 suggested donation at the door! [...]
Incarcerated youth present their original play, Reflection: The Rico Story, at Camp Gonzales, June 2017. Moving California Forward One Play at a Time As part of Elevate California, our Executive Director, Melissa Denton, and Board Member/Alumna, Tameka Carter, wrote an Op-Ed sharing their [...]
Reflection: The Rico Story An original play written and performed by incarcerated youth at Camp Gonzales Incarcerated youth perform their original play, Toxicity in the Family, at Camp Gonzales, June 2015. Show your support as an audience member on [...]
School’s out but we stay busy! US teaching artists & volunteer performers prepare for a Page Play at Camp Gonzales, June 2017. The LA Model – Arts Education & Juvenile Justice Reform US Executive Director Melissa Denton with AIYN partners touring Campus Kilpatrick, fall 2016. [...]
Springing Into Action! TOMORROW is A Night With US! Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Happy Hour – 6pm | Show – 7pm @ Three Clubs (1123 Vine St.) $10 suggested donation Invite your friends! The more the merrier! (21+ only) Host: Maile Flanagan Starring: Zachary Abel, Brandon [...]
Making the New Year bright! Dear friend, Thank you for helping US deliver high quality theatre arts and mentoring programs to our most underserved youth and communities last year. Thanks to our dedicated supporters, we grew our programs to serve 1,322 youth and family members at 4 local [...]
ACT II: Educate, Empower, Inspire Welcome Back! Here, we’re giving you the inside scoop on how we educate, empower, and inspire our youth through new programs and training sessions. We have articles on our exciting new collaborative, Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network, our inspiring [...]
