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The mission of The 52nd Street Project, a community-based arts organization, is to bring together kids from Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan, starting at age nine and lasting through their teens, with theater professionals to create original theater offered free to the general public. By building on the core experience of accomplishment and collaboration, the Project fosters a sense of inclusion in a place where the children belong and where their creative work is the driving force. Through long-term mentoring relationships and exposure to diverse art forms (including Poetry, Photography, Theatrical Design, Dance, and Filmmaking), the Project seeks to expand the children’s means of expression and to improve their literacy, their life skills and their attitude towards learning.

I've had the joy of working with the 52nd Street Project for close to 4 years now, helping to put on shows devised by local children collaborating with professional artists, and I can say with certainty that they have been some of the most interesting and enjoyable shows I have had the delight of helping put on. Help me raise money for this great cause!