Mentoring, Arts Exposure, Writing, Performance, Retreats, Academics…You can find it all at The 52nd Street Project for

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Ages 9-11

Writing + Retreat

Playmaking

This is the gateway program for The 52nd Street Project. You just have to live in Hell’s Kitchen NYC and be 9-10 years old. The Playmaking program, a nine-week class meeting every Tuesday, teaches kids how to write for the theater. At the end of the course, they are assigned a director/dramaturge and given a pair of actors that they’ll write for. We take the kids and their directors…

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The Project fosters a sense of inclusion in a place where children’s creative work is the driving force.

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Nearly 90% of the kids who complete one of our programs return to participate in another.
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