First Comes Love...
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hursday, June 17th, 2010 - 7:00PM
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
5941 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Suggested Donation: $10
Meet the young performers and Director Susan Haugh following the performance.
In this original production, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and allies explore relationships and love, dispelling the myth that their relationships are “just about sex.”
Experience these young performers as they interpret their life through dance, music, drama and spoken word, and discuss the issues they face during the question and answer at the end of the show.
We are excited to be working with a great group of artists as mentors again this year. They include: Ted Hoover (drama), Vanessa German (spoken word), Beth Corning (dance), Douglas Levine (composing), Thomas Douglas (vocal training), and Janelle Burdell (percussion), Autumn Ayers (singer/singwriter). Do not miss this show!
Our 2009-10 Season is funded by our generous individual donors and The Heinz Endowments, Three Rivers Community Foundation, Lambda Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Performance Program
Dreams of Hope's performance troupe of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and straight youth, may be Pittsburgh’s most courageous performing arts group. Creating and performing new works of drama, song, dance, and poetry, all based on their lives, these courageous youth perform 18-20 outreach shows at non-traditional venues such as community centers, houses of worship, universities, high schools, corporate diversity lunches, and union halls, in addition to our Season Preview in January and a Season Finale in June.
Formed in 2003 to develop LGBTA (Allie) youth leaders who educate audiences about issues they face, each performance includes a youth led discussion. Celebrating who they are through the arts these courageous youth speak out about their personal experiences as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight youth today.