Riverside’s Playmaker Project presents: “Beat the Heat!” this Friday, July 25th and Saturday, July 16th.

Over the past two weeks, a dozen 4-7th graders have written their very own two-person shows (all around a similar theme), hand those shows off to professional actors to perform, and will work with Riverside’s best to help bring together all of the technical elements  needed to present these amazing new plays to our community!

Tickets for this show are on sale now – only $2 for kids and $10 for adults (plus fees). You wont want to miss this truly special production!

Riverside’s Playmaking Project is inspired by the 52nd Street Project from Hell’s Kitchen in NYC. Founded in 1981, The Project brings children together with adult theatre-makers and is designed (in fact, it is encouraged) to be replicated in other communities across the country. The goal of our project is best summed up by the original founders:

“the project is about making children proud of themselves. The project is not about teaching children to act, although they will learn to. It is not about teaching them to write plays, although they will learn that as well. What it is about is giving a kid an experience of success. It is about giving a kid an opportunity to prove that he or she has something of value to offer, something that comes from within that they alone possess, something that cannot be taken away.”