Personnel:
Natalie Hirsch, Artistic Director
Carol Ochs, Executive Director
George Babiak, Director of Design and Production
Garrett Kim, Program Director
John Sheehy, Director of Institutional Advancement
Liz Sweeney, Director of Education
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Submission Policy:
Application Requirements: that the child is between 9 and 11 years of age and that the child lives in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood (40th – 57th Streets, West of 8th Avenue).
For more information visit: https://52project.org/join/#young-people-families
Theater Types:
Musical, Children's Theater
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Mission:
The mission of The 52nd Street Project, a community-based arts organization, is to bring together kids from Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan, starting at age nine and lasting through their teens, with theater professionals to create original theater offered free to the general public. By building on the core experience of accomplishment and collaboration, the Project fosters a sense of inclusion in a place where the children belong and where their creative work is the driving force. Through long-term mentoring relationships and exposure to diverse art forms (including Poetry, Photography, Theatrical Design, Dance, and Filmmaking), the Project seeks to expand the children’s means of expression and to improve their literacy, their life skills, and their attitude toward learning.