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Gus Rogerson, Artistic Director
Carol Ochs, Executive Director
The 52nd Street Project Presents
THE
TEMPEST
The 52nd Street Project is dedicated to the creation and production of new
plays for, and often by, kids between the ages of ten and eighteen who reside
in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in New York City. The Project does this
through a unique mentoring program that matches kids with professional (and
volunteer!) theater artists.
The Project is about making children proud of themselves. The Project is not
about teaching children to act, although they will learn to. It is not about
teaching them to write plays, although they will learn that as well. What it is
about is giving a kid an experience of success. It is about giving a kid an
opportunity to prove that he or she has something of value to offer, something
that comes from within that he or she alone possesses, something that cannot
be taken away.
By William Shakespeare
The 2001 British/American Tour
Directed by Greg Allen
Adapted by Chris Ceraso and
The 52nd Street Project
Teen Ensemble
The Project’s Teen Ensemble is the final step in the kids’ training: a two-year
acting class that culminates in the production of a full-length play by William
Shakespeare, the very one you are seeing tonight. We are very grateful to our
gracious British hosts for enabling this tour.
The following foundations and government
agencies have generously supported the Teen Program
through their contributions:
City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs
Dammann Foundation
Department of Youth and Community Development
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
The Surdna Foundation
New York City
June 29
Peter Norton Space
London, England
July 4
Theatro Technis
(presented by Scene and Heard)
Debenham, England
July7
The Garden at Crows Hall