Community Works! GAS & ELECTRIC ARTS

1. Hey GRRRLS! 
   

2. DO YOU see things and conflicts happening around you, but don’t really know what to do about them?
   

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4. DO YOU want to get people talking about what’s going on, create exciting solutions together and make positive, productive change?
   

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6. DO YOU want to be a leader, a mentor, a motivator who helps others creatively and more peacefully solve problems while also having fun?
   

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8. THEN Power Grrrls will give you the tools to take action.
   

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10. DO YOU wish you could tell your stories onstage and have people really listen to what you think is important?
    

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12. DO YOU want to learn how to write and create plays, sing, improvise, act, move, perform and bring your stories to life onstage?
    

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14. DO YOU want to take action, inspire others, call for change, become an activist and an artist?
    

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16. THEN Power Grrrls is for you!
    

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18. No prior theatre experience is necessary, just a true desire to tell your stories on stage and make change today.
    

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21. Power Grrrls’ will:
    

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23. Provide a supportive, enriching, theatre-based program for teen girls where they are respected and taught how to develop their potential as young artists, creative thinkers and community leaders with exciting visions for change in their communities.
    

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25. Lead these teens to move from being spectators to spect-actors in their lives so they feel confident to tackle tough issues and act productively and peacefully upon the conflicts they see happening around them.
    

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27. Build a theatre ensemble of girls who learn how to share power and collaborate effectively, who honor the individual in relation to the whole, and who together create dynamic interactive theatre pieces about the life challenges that matter most to them.
    

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29. Perform for their peers at various community sites to jumpstart dialogue about what’s really going on and how to make things better and more just for all.
    

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31. Teach the team how they can use theatre as a form of community action—a rehearsal for reality-- that allows them to take ownership of their ideas, and share these solutions through performance so that others may also be inspired to take action today to transform their futures.
    

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33. For more information on Power Grrrls & Sponsorship opportunities,
    

34. CONTACT US AT:
    

35. GasAndElectricArts@mac.org  |  215.407.0556 
    

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In the Summer of 2009, Gas & Electric Arts will launch Power Grrrls as a summer program for girls ages 14 - 18.