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Access To Theatre Youth to perform at BCA

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Thursday Jul 21, 2016

The Access To Theatre Program (ATT) of Partners for Youth with Disabilities, in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) will again take up residence at the Boston Center for the Arts this summer. During a two-week residency, ATT will work with an inclusive group of youth with and without disabilities to create an original production that will include improvisation, stories, dance/movement, visual art, comic strip creation, and music to share with the public on Friday, July 29th, 2016, 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm, in the Cyclorama at Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street in Boston's South End.

Created by, with and for young people ages 13 to 24 with and without disabilities, ATT
provides fully accessible participatory theater arts experiences, enabling youth to develop creative expression, self-esteem, friendship and leadership skills. Participants work with professional artists to stage and create original theater productions and interactive audience experiences.

Since partnering with BCA in 1997, ATT has worked with hundreds of young people in annual original productions viewed by thousands of audience members. Through these programs, participants explore movement, dance, visual arts, music, spoken word and the countless combinations that can be created in artistic experiences. Young participants also gain self-esteem and life enhancing skills. Almost eight out of ten young participants report enhanced team-working skills and more than nine out of ten of ATT youth report significant improvement in their comfort levels with meeting new people.

The ATT residency will run from Monday, July 18th to Friday, July 29th and culminate in performances of original work on Friday, July 29th at 1pm and 6pm in the Cyclorama at BCA. All events are free and open to the public as well as wheelchair accessible, ASL interpreted and Audio Described. Donations are accepted. After the performances, all guests are invited to enjoy Ben & Jerry's ice cream gathering with the cast.