Helping Students Find Their Place Through Theater

Before the curtain rises, something meaningful is already happening. A student finds the courage to speak up. Classmates learn to trust one another. A backstage crew discovers the pride of creating something together.

Your donations to the Culver City Education Foundation help make these experiences possible through support for theater arts across CCUSD—from elementary school storytelling and workshops to middle school productions and high school performance opportunities.

A creative journey across our schools

Through the Front & Center Theatre Collaborative and other theater experiences, students engage with professional teaching artists, explore stories and discover new ways to express themselves. As they move through our schools, they can build on those early experiences through CCMS theater and Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA).

There is a place for many different talents in theater. Acting, costumes, lighting, sets and production all require creativity and collaboration. Students learn to prepare, solve problems and depend on one another.

For CCMS seventh grader Madeleine Loo-Miller, the impact is personal:

“Being in theater has helped me learn time management, learning my lines on a deadline. Because of theater I’m part of a community that I feel safe with.”

That sense of belonging matters just as much as the final performance.

Come celebrate our student artists

This fall, our community has two opportunities to see students’ creativity and hard work come to life at the Robert Frost Auditorium:

• AVPA’s She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition runs November 12–15, with evening performances Thursday–Saturday at 7 p.m. and weekend matinees at 2 p.m. A free preview takes place November 11 at 7 p.m. Find performance details and tickets.
• CCMS’s The Enchanted Bookshop runs December 3–5, bringing together more than 100 students onstage and behind the scenes for a family-friendly production filled with imagination, humor and storytelling. Visit CCMS for more information.

Creative Arts is one of CCEF’s five areas of investment in our schools. Your generosity helps keep these opportunities within reach, giving students room to take a chance, find their voice and become part of something bigger.

Join us in the audience—and see what your support helps make possible.