2017 was a banner year for Los Angeles Drama Club - just take a look at some of our accomplishments:
SHAKESPEARE YOUTH FESTIVAL LA 2017
-- More than $25,000 in financial aid meant that there were no financial barriers to a child participating in Shakespeare Youth Festival LA.
-- Children from more than 40 schools all over Los Angeles took part in our programs this year.
-- We performed three plays in repertory for our Spring 2017 season - 45 youth played 81 characters in fourteen public performances.
OUR AUDIENCE
-- 38% of our audience was attending their first LADC production.
-- 28% have attended more than five different productions.
-- Our audiences came from all over Los Angeles, with 44 different zip codes represented.
-- Shakespeare is for all ages - 18% of our audience was under 18. 17% was over 60.
SUMMER WITH LOS ANGELES DRAMA CLUB
-- This Summer, more than 75 kids took part, from 33 zip codes.
-- 65% of the registrations received a full or partial scholarship.
-- We awarded more than $10,000 in scholarships this Summer.
-- We performed six recitals, with 21 Shakespeare scenes, 6 scenes by contemporary playwrights, 9 musical numbers, 10 short plays written by our young playwrights, and countless Shakespearean insults!
THE FUTURE
-- We are currently rehearsing four plays, including one original World Premiere, to be presented for Shakespeare Youth Festival LA 2018.
-- We are in residence at Girls Academic Leadership Academy (GALA), preparing for a full production of The Tempest, to be presented in December.
-- We worked with students at Episcopal School Los Angeles (ESLA), as they began their study of Midsummer Night's Dream, and are in discussions with four more schools to become a part of their curriculum.
-- Our Artistic Director, Blaire Baron, is preparing for a trip to Africa in the Spring, to bring our work to a school in Botswana.
