Grantee Database

EL TEATRO DE LA TIERRA

Grant Year

2019-20

Grant Program

Artists in Communities

Award Amount

$19,000.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, EL TEATRO DE LA TIERRA will carry out a project that will teach agitprop theater with Master Artist Agustín Lira, free for participants in the community, this year long project will develop new talent and new work – skits to be performed by the students themselves for public events, including 2 final shows of all original skits at the end of the first year of this project.

Organization Summary

Using Latin American & American Folklore we train participants of all backgrounds and ages in the basic fundamentals of music and drama to the point where she or he can execute a song or a dramatic interlude with sufficient skill to perform. Open to beginners, intermediate, and advanced participants, all programming is accessible to disabled persons. Music: intermediate and advanced participants form the intergenerational ensemble Generaciones; Generaciones performs throughout the community for a variety of organizations, cultural events, and concerts. Theater participants study and put together shows by Teatro Inmigrante – Immigrant Theater and its director Agustin Lira, through year-long projects that culminate in public performances.

Organization

Teatro de la Tierra

Address

414 N Park Ave

Fresno

93701

County

Fresno

Region

Central Valley

Phone

(559) 485-8558

Congressional District

California's 16th congressional district

State Assembly District

District 31

State Senate District

District 14

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