Organizations Filed Purposes:
OUR AIM IS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT THROUGH THEATRE AND PROMOTE PEACE THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES. BRIDGE THEATRE PROJECT WORKS WITH YOUTH IN PROVIDING INTENSIVE THEATRE PROGRAMS GEARED FOR THEM TO COLLECTIVELY WRITE THEIR OWN PLAYS. IN ADDITION TO SHARING THEIR WORDS, THE PARTICIPANTS REHEARSE AND PERFORM SELECTED PLAYS WRITTEN BY BRIDGE PARTICIPANTS. THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WRITING, SHARING EXPERIENCES AND INTERACTIVE THEATRE ACTIVITIES, STUDENTS DEVELOP AN AWARENESS OF THEIR OWN STRUGGLES AS WELL AS THOSE OF THEIR COMMUNITY. STUDENTS ARE GUIDED TO SET ATTAINABLE GOALS, ARE CHALLENGED TO GENERATE CREATIVE WAYS TO MANAGE LONG-TERM PROBLEMS AND TO REMEMBER THE IMPROTANCE OF COMPROMISE. PROGRAMMING ALSO INCLUDES CREATION OF PLAYS WRITTEN IN SMALL GROUPS, GIVING STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO PERFORM IN OTHER GROUPS' PLAYS, EXPERIENCING VIEWPOINTS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THEIR OWN.
OUR AIM IS TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE, AND CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE THROUGH INTENSIVE THEATRE EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE SELF-EXPRESSION, FOSTER SELF-CONFIDENCE, PROMOTE CULTURAL TOLERANCE, EXPAND WORLD VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES, AND EXPLORE SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY PROBLEMS THROUGH THE CREATION AND EXCHANGE OF ORIGINAL PLAYS AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS.
LYNWOOD UNIFIED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMSPROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES: $211,072REVENUE: $195,579BRIDGE CONDUCTED AFTER-SCHOOL PLAYWRITING AND ACTING PROGRAMS AT 12 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN LYNWOOD, CA, SERVING 430 STUDENTS. EACH PROGRAM IS FACILITATED BY TWO TEACHING ARTISTS, HIGH SCHOOL MENTORS, AND A PROGRAM SUPERVISOR, SPANNING 19 SESSIONS (WITH EXCEPTION OF THOSE ENDING EARLY DUE TO COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURES); STUDENTS EXPLORED ISSUES FACING THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THOSE WHO COMPLETED THE PROGRAM COLLABORATIVELY WROTE TWO PLAYS, THEN REHEARSED AND PERFORMED THE PLAYS WRITTEN BY THEIR PEERS (WITH COSTUMES, PROPS, SOUND AND LIGHTS), IN ADDITION TO COMMUNITY GROUP PRESENTATIONS.
LYNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMSPROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES: $4,129REVENUE: $3,746BRIDGE CONDUCTED AN IN-SCHOOL "MASTER CLASS" SERIES AT FIREBAUGH HIGH SCHOOL IN LYNWOOD, CA, SERVING 30 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR DURING THE SCHOOL'S IB THEATRE CLASS. EACH WEEK, A VISITING TEACHING ARTIST FROM BRIDGE INTRODUCED ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND ENHANCED THE THEATRICAL TRAINING THAT STUDENTS WERE RECEIVING IN THEIR IB COURSE, TO ENRICH THE PROFESSIONAL QUALITY OF DRAMATIC WORK BY THE FIREBAUGH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HELP INCREASE TEST SCORES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Adam Ross Kalesperis | CFO/TREASURER/SECRETARY | 60 | $60,000 |
| Joe Quintero | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | 60 | $60,000 |
| Marlene Forte | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Tatyana Yassukovich | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Vincent Estrada | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
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