Living Newspaper Summer Youth Theatre Troupe 2009

The Living Newspaper Summer Youth Theatre Troupe is an exciting five-week summer program, offered by the UT Humanities Institute in conjunction with the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, the Theatre Action Project (TAP), the Performance as Public Practice Program, the Rapoport Center and the Humanities Institute, and is funded by the Webber Family Foundation. Troupe members will create their own Living Newspaper in conjunction with the Museum's current exhibit Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island.

The Living Newspaper Troupe revives the Depression-era Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project, and is a form of documentary theater. Living Newspapers offer accessible theatrical performances about important social issues. This summer's project will focus on Immigration. The troupe is composed of middle and high school students from the central Texas area, who are being paid for their creative work.

The performance dates and times are:

Thursday, August 6th at 10am and again at 2pm
Friday, August 7th at 10am and again at 2pm
Saturday, August 8th at 4pm, to be followed by a reception.

The performances will be held at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.