YOUth Riot: An evening of art created by queer youth!
Alberta Playwrights’ Network (APN) is proud to present the fourth annual YOUth Riot Showcase, founded and created by Third Street Theatre. Over the course of 3 months, APN has been facilitating an educational playwriting program for queer youth, teaching them skills and artistic techniques in order to tell their own unique stories through theatre. By tapping into the Calgary professional arts community we hope to raise our city’s consciousness of queer youth, and give much needed credence to the stories and experiences that these teens have lived within our city and province. The work created through the YOUth Riot program will culminate in a public performance showcase featuring professional actors and directors from the Calgary professional arts community, and presented at Lunchbox Theatre on May 14th, 2018 at 7:30 PM. APN invites the public to attend the YOUth Riot showcase at a suggested donation of $15.
YOUth Riot is a workshop-based program where industry professionals lead various sessions on subjects ranging from playwriting to spoken word throughout the course of the program. The program’s goal is to mentor participants, fostering their creativity and most importantly, providing valuable tools to nurture confidence, acceptance, and positive self-image. The experience of growing up within the queer spectrum continues to be marginalizing and even dangerous at times and allowing queer youth to have a platform that gives them ownership and agency is paramount.
"We’re not driving the narrative of the stories heard on the stage. The work that these queer teens are creating is theirown; their unfiltered voices. APN is thrilled to be host this program and support these incredible voices in telling their stories." Trevor Rueger, Executive Director of Alberta Playwrights’ Network
YOUth Riot is supported through the community from private donations, making the program free of charge for participants. These contributions support excellence in arts education and represent a local and national desire for queer youth programming.
QUICK FACTS
WHEN: Monday May 14th, 2018 at 7:30 PM
WHERE: Lunchbox Theatre, the base of the Calgary Tower (160, 115 9 Avenue SE)
WHO: Produced by Alberta Playwrights’ Network
Alberta Playwrights’ Network Executive Director, Trevor Rueger
Program Coordinator, Courtney Tromburg
Program Facilitator, Alyssa Bradac, Courtney Tromburg, & Jenna Turk
TICKETS: Minimum Suggested Donation $15.00
BOX OFFICE: Cash or Credit at the door only
TO RESERVE: Email youthriotRSVP@albertaplaywrights.com
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