With support from the California Arts Council, Center Theatre Group (CTG) will organize intergenerational theatrical programming comprised of multilingual play readings and hands-on artmaking workshops in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Celebrating its ten-year anniversary, Community Partnerships programming offers free, accessible, family-friendly performances and storytelling activities outside of CTG’s physical theatres—taking place in communities, for communities, and by communities. This work is accomplished in partnership with dozens of local artists, educational and civic institutions, and local theatre organizations that are rooted in East Los Angeles and understand specific community needs and dynamics.
Comprising the 2,000-seat Ahmanson Theatre, the 736-seat Mark Taper Forum, and the 317-seat Kirk Douglas Theatre, CTG is one of the nation’s largest regional theatres and one of the few regional theatres to successfully produce a broad variety of programming each season. CTG is committed to furthering its mission through programming that meets the challenge of producing and presenting work of the highest quality, while engaging a broad and diverse audience, and expanding community access and arts learning opportunities. These efforts include a robust Artistic Development Program offering commissions of new work, readings and workshops, and an annual L.A. Writers’ Workshop; and an Education and Community Partnerships Department dedicated to providing comprehensive year-round arts education and access to over 20,000 students, educators, and community members each year.

