EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Upcoming: GSA: THE PLAY
(GAY STARS ALIGNED)
May 13th | 6:30 PM | $15 All Seats
HERE Arts Center
A group of queer teens meet with hopes of finding community- and maybe a sense of style. But plans go left when two meddling magical Drag Queens enter the scene to selfishly find healing. Throughout the meeting, the students explore their identity, question systems of power, and dance through their struggles. Together they find something deeper than community- they find the stars within themselves.
GSA: The Play! (Gay Stars Aligned) is a performance of National Queer Theater’s Staging Pride: Queer Youth Theater, a free afterschool theater program for queer and trans teens in NYC. Staging Pride is made possible by the Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI), with support from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Find Your Light Foundation, and Feel Something Foundation.
STAGING PRIDE: QUEER YOUTH THEATER
FREE AFTER-SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL THEATER PROGRAM FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH
Are you queer or trans and between the ages of 13-18? Do you like theater, food, and excellent vibes? Look no further than Staging Pride: Queer Youth Theater!
Staging Pride is National Queer Theater’s free, after school youth program. In partnership with The Hetrick-Martin Institute, this program brings together young NYC artists to make new friends and explore queer culture through theater. Throughout the program, you will work with expert teaching artists to build new theater skills and to create an original show. Along the way, you'll go on field trips to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, take part in masterclasses with professional artists (past guests have included Drag Race's Marcia Marcia Marcia and Yuhua Hamasaki), and explore the vital role of the artist activist in the on-going fight for LGBTQ+ rights.
Dinner will be provided at each class. What are you waiting for? Fill out the application and join us! We accept applications on a rolling basis and will reach out according to the following semester.
WHY STAGING PRIDE?
LGBTQ youth face serious challenges in daily life, due to systemic and interpersonal homophobia and transphobia.
49%of LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-17 experienced bullying in the past year
The Trevor Project’s 2024 Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.
40% of NYC’s 3800 youth experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQ.
The Ali Forney Center
Staging Pride is made possible by the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Find Your Light Foundation, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.