Every human being has a story to tell.

TheatreWorkers Project is a not-for-profit collaborative that provides opportunities for members of underserved and unheard communities to tell their stories through the medium of theatre.

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TheatreWorkers Project is a not-for-profit collaborative that provides opportunities for members of underserved and unheard communities to tell their stories through the medium of theatre.

What We Do

TWP's professional teaching artists use a combination of physical theatre, improvisation, writing, and movement in creating original performance pieces based on participant-generated poetry and prose reflecting their personal stories.

Participants in our programs and projects range from the formerly incarcerated and those on work release to incarcerated youth and adults; from employed and unemployed workers to students in our school residencies; from professional stage and film actors in our Actors’ Equity productions.

TWP has been using theatre to illuminate social and political issues since 1983.

TheatreWorkers Project is a rare bird: a collective that actually succeeds in mixing ideology with artistry. Headed by Susan Franklin Tanner, this mutable ensemble of local actors, workers and others has created several theater pieces based on issues of the day, such as labor conditions in the local steel and shipbuilding industries. In so doing, they cast their lot with a movement known as documentary theater, the most effective American political theater during the Reagan-Bush age. Mixing headlines with fictionalized scenarios, the genre attempts to make topical issues hit home with its media-jaded audience.

– Jan Breslauer, LA Weekly

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The Journey

Susie Tanner

Founder &
Artistic Director

"Our work is poetic...
evoking deep, meaningful stories from our participants and resulting in compelling performances."

CURRENT & RECENT PROJECTS

Rituals

MARCH 27, 2021, 2:00 p.m. Join us for the screening followed by a Second Act discussion with the actor/writers and Francisco Homes and TheatreWorkers Project ...
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TheatreWorkers Project on No Labels No Walls Action Monday!

March 15, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. PST TheatreWorkers Project will be the featured guests on No Labels No Walls (NLNW) Action Mondays. NLNW members consist ...
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Restorative and Transformative Justice Training Grant

TheatreWorkers Project is proud to announce that we have been awarded a contract to provide Restorative and Transformative Justice Training for current Arts in Corrections program ...
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Creative Uplift for Arts in Corrections

TheatreWorkers Project Associate Director, Marlene McCurtis, and Project Re/Frame member Louie Brash were featured in the California Arts Council’s Creative Uplift for Arts in Corrections. ...
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