PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: April 1, 2013
For information contact:
Meg Sullivan, Artistic Director
(401) 331-7007
“In MAP TO THE FUTURE: Kid playwrights tackle time travel!”
(Providence, RI) The Manton Avenue Project will stage its next performance, “MAP TO THE FUTURE: the time travel plays” during the weekend of April 20 at The Media and Arts Center at Met Public, 325 Public Street, in Providence. Performances are Saturday at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and Sunday at 3:00 PM. The Manton Avenue Project (MAP) is a non-profit organization that unites children living in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood with local theater professionals to create original theater together. The Manton Avenue Project’s mission is to unleash the creative voices and unique potential of kids living in Olneyville.
“MAP TO THE FUTURE” is the culminating performance of The Manton Avenue Project’s Playmaking program, a 6-week afterschool playwriting class held at MAP’s new clubhouse in Olneyville. Ten third-grade kid playwrights (ages 8-9) have each written a ten-minute play. The resulting production will be directed and performed by the wonderful talents of local adult theatre artists. The theme of the kids’ plays is Time Travel.
The Playmaking program is for first-time kid playwrights who have joined The Manton Avenue Project this year. The focus is of this program is letting kids’ imaginations soar through playwriting.
“We are thrilled to present MAP TO THE FUTURE, another example of Olneyville kids expressing their amazing imaginations on the public stage with incredible adult artists supporting them,” says Artistic Director Meg Sullivan. “Our goal is to show our kids the value of their voices and, through the long-term commitment that MAP makes to each child, help them reach their full potential as the creative thinkers and leaders in the community.”
The Manton Avenue Project’s 2012-13 season is supported by a general operating grant from The Rhode Island Council on the Arts, by the Andrade Faxon Charities for Children, and by a Senate Legislative Grant of the State of Rhode Island.
Tickets are free but reservations are encouraged. For reservations, call (401) 331-7007. For directions to Met Public, and for more information about the Project, go to www.mantonavenueproject.org