International City Theatre

Ict has six educational outreach programs.performing arts classroom teaching (pact) program: a curriculum-based, in-school program for the third grade, supporting literacy and language and california standards for visual and performing arts.senior outreach program: provides free tickets to productions and transportation to low-income seniors to keep them mentally active and socially engaged, adding to their quality of life and longevity as research supports. Summer youth conservatory: trained children ages 7 through 15 in acting, singing, dancing and playwriting for 4 weeks, culminating with a performance in the theatre. It ran july 1 through july 25 with our numbers returning to more normal times - 34 students. Students to stage: provides tickets to students to age-appropriate professional productions on the main stage. Free saturday family theatre series: we offered 5 free saturday productions to introduce children and their families, many of whom are low-income and underserved, to age-appropriate educational theatre productions. These 5 shows were produced: let them eat books, earth tales, choosing my way, aesop's fabulous fables, and season of giving. Internship program: trains serious high school and college students to work with professionals behind the scenes. We had one intern in the office completing a 400-hour internship (paid by the la county department of arts & culture). Mali is a student at cal state long beach and won a college scholarship based on an essay she wrote about her internship at ict!