By Daily Press staff
The Virginia Avenue Project next month will feature nine Santa Monica children each with an original play. The program uses theater arts and one-on-one mentoring to help underserved children in Santa Monica think creatively about their lives so they can discover their full potential.
“Signs of the Times” will be performed on July 7 at 7:30 p.m. and July 8, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., at the Little Theater at UCLA. Admission is free, with a $5 suggested donation. Reservations and more information can be found at (310) 264-4224 or www.VirginiaAvenueProject.org.
In June, the nine teams spend a week in a boarding school in Ojai, Calif. to rehearse their plays, eat, swim and “go on adventures.” When the week is over, the company will return to Los Angeles to perform the plays for live audiences. A new set of teams will repeat the process to present their own original plays in August.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 1, 2006. Read the original PDF.