Project Non-Violence

City youth write, design and perform plays about the reality of violence in their lives, its causes and some possible solutions.

OUR 2011 SHOW — A TIME FOR CHANGE — OPENED ON JULY 27 AT THE NORTH DIVISION HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM IN MILWAUKEE.

It was made in partnership with the North Division High School CLC Boys & Girls Club.

This show is created and performed by Duece Cleghorn, Donte Gill, Raven Grayer-Richardson, Mariah Hampton, Ebony Hobbs, Anquette Kirksey, MG McCurtis, Aureaulis Parris, Erick Perkins and Michael Porter. Director: John Schneider. Assistant Director: Dwaun Bailey. Stage Manager: Aaron Cotton.

IT IS AVAILABLE FOR TOURING IN FALL, 2011

THIS PROJECT WAS SUPPORTED IN PART BY THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD WITH FUNDS FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED BY MANY GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS.

THIS PROJECT HAD BEEN SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BY GRANTS FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD, AND BY THE HERZFELD FOUNDATION, THE MEYER & NORMA RAGIR FOUNDATION, THE SEDER FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE MAX FUND, ELIOT BARES, JULILLY KOHLER, THE NIA FUND, SHELDON AND MARIANNE LUBAR, THE SHEPHERD-EXPRESS NEWSPAPER, AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM PEGI CHRISTIANSEN, MICHAEL AND MARY ELLEN MERVIS, LEON TRAVANTI AND CAROLYN WHITE-TRAVANTI, DAVID FRENCH, RICHARD AND BARBARA WEISS, DAVID AND CARLA GARNHAM, CHARLES AND ELLEN SCHNEIDER, DANNI AND SHELDON GENDLEMAN, JANINE ARSENAU, MR. AND MRS. TIMOTHY FRAUTSCHI, CHARLES AND SUSAN ENGBERG, MARK ERNST, EILEEN NOCK, KAREN BOYD, CURRY FIRST, FREDERICK BROEKHUIZEN, MARY S. KAMPS, JULIE TARNEY, EILEEN JEZO, LARRY AND BEVERLY TORNER, JANE F. BRITE, ROBERT J. FRIEDMAN, JOHN KINGSLEY SHANNON AND JAN SERR.