With support from the California Arts Council, CHANCE THEATER will offer their 2025 six-week summer workshop series “Teens Speak Up” and “Spectrum Speak Up” for a total of three workshops designed to provide a safe, nurturing space for teens, including those on the autism spectrum, to explore creative expression through writing, storytelling, and theater arts. Each workshop culminates in an original student-written and performed show before a live audience. The program encourages students to creatively express thoughts, feelings, and experiences that may be difficult to communicate otherwise, and does so in an environment that focuses on collaboration with peers and community-building. To ensure equitable access to arts education, the program will be offered free of charge to all participants, and will actively seek to represent students from diverse backgrounds.