| LATW
currently operates four primary programs;
The Play's The Thing,
Alive & Aloud,
Library Access,
and the Arts & Children
Project.
The Play's The Thing
is a live in-performance radio theatre series,
in Los Angeles, featuring leading actors
in ten state-of-the-art audio productions
a year. L.A. Theatre Works, through its
weekly broadcasts, make theatre widely and
easily accessible to audiences nationwide.
These audiences experience radio drama that
is contemporary, edgy, and significant through
this award-winning, critically-acclaimed
radio theatre series, heard weekly on public
radio stations throughout the United States
as well as on XM Satellite Radio's Sonic
Theatre Channel. Additionally, international
audiences listen to the series on the BBC
and other English Language broadcasters.
The Play's The Thing is also accessible
for streaming on the Internet at www.kpcc.org
and www.kpfa.org, and is available for digital
download at www.audible.com and www.mediabay.com.
All productions become part of LATW's extensive
Audio Theatre Collection, which can be purchased
in bookstores, through our catalogue and
on the internet by individuals, schools,
universities, and libraries nationwide.
Today, our Audio Theatre Collection includes
more than 360 titles-the largest award-winning
library of its kind in the world.
Alive & Aloud
provides a selection of audio plays to more
than 2,000 public secondary schools and
libraries nationwide. Participating schools
receive our plays accompanied by study guides
and resource materials for classroom application.
The audio plays provide a unique learning
tool that allows teachers to incorporate
the arts into every classroom subject, from
English to History.
In 1999, after experiencing
much interest in our Audio Theatre Collection
from libraries nationwide, Library
Access was founded. L.A. Theatre
Works has partnered with over 900 public
libraries in rural and densely urban communities
to provide five titles from our collection
at no charge. Along with the audio plays,
librarians are provided with posters and
press releases to promote the availability
of audio theatre in their libraries.
Since 1984, L.A. Theatre
Works' Arts & Children
Project has worked with over 75,000
incarcerated and at-risk students within
Los Angeles County Juvenile Court Schools,
after-school programs, and public schools.
Highly skilled artists provide workshops
in the literary, performing and visual arts.
The Arts & Children Project unlocks a creative
outlet for this disadvantaged population
and provides these underserved youth a voice
within their community. |