Dandylyon Drama

Productions: Over the course of the school year, we produced four musicals in schools. Three were in elementary schools that served 89 3rd-6th graders, an the other musical served 24 middle school and high school students with 33 kindergarten-5th graders joining them in opening act performances. Each production was performed 2-3 times on stage, with actors in full costumes and sets, in front of families and friends, with a combined audience attendance of over 1,800 people. In the spring, our community musical production served 30 performers, ages 10 to 16, who performed three shows in a college theater with full costumes, sets and props, in front of a total audience of almost 500 people. We provided scholarships to two students. We were able to provide teaching artist residencies to our production tem so that they had consistent work with us for the entire year.

Summer Camps: With our parks and rec community partner, we reached 205 students, ages 4-13, through five weeks of nine outdoor half-day and full-day creativity camps. Each camp culminated witha 30-min showcaase performed in person in an outdoor amphitheater for family and friends. We had one full-day weeklong camp for adults with disabilities and served 14 adult students. They performed a 30-min showcase for family and friends. Our summer audience attendance reached 450 people. We gave scholarships to two students. Our staff was provided consistent work, and high school and college-aged students were given opportunities to volunteer at all of our camps.