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TEMPORARY LOCKDOWN EARNS PRESTIGIOUS RWJF GRANT
Posted: 4/5/2010
Storycatchers Theatre is the grateful recipient of a $200,000 matching grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to support the Temporary LockDown program. Temporary LockDown brings story telling, song writing, and performance workshops to adolescent boys incarcerated at the Illinois Youth Center in Chicago.
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CSO CHORUS JOINS FABULOUS FEMALES
Posted: 4/5/2010
Acting on the belief that music can transform lives, effect social change, and transcend cultural divides, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's (CSO) Institute for Learning, Access and Training has joined Storycatchers Theatre in a program partnership to serve incarcerated youth.
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Storycatchers' Supporters Bring Benefits to Brunch
Posted: 4/5/2010
Guests at Storycatchers' Second Annual Benefit Brunch, held at the Fortnightly of Chicago on March 6, 2010
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Palidofsky Merits Experienced Leader Fellowship via CCT
Posted: 4/5/2010
The Chicago Community Trust (CCT), metropolitan Chicago's community foundation, named Meade Palidofsky, Storycatchers Theatre Founder and Artistic Director, a 2010 Experienced Leader Trust Fellow.
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GIRLS ON THE WALL GARNERS INTERNATIONAL ACCOLADES
Posted: 4/5/2010
Girls On the Wall, the documentary film that followed the 2005 Fabulous Females program from the first writing sessions through the performances of "Making It", premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 11, 2009.
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Kinesis' Energy Moves Fabulous Females
Posted: 4/5/2010
Dance team members from Kinesis, the New Trier High School dance team, joined the Fabulous Females (FF) at Illinois Youth Center - Warrenville (IYC-W) for a day of dance and writing workshops on February 25, 2010.
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TEENS TOGETHER EXPLORES WAR WITH VET ARTS
Posted: 4/5/2010
This season, the Teens Together Playwriting Ensemble explored the parallels between conventional war zones and violent, urban communities.
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PRESENT TENTS... WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW? NEWS OF STORYCATCHERS ALUMNI, FRIENDS
Posted: 4/5/2010
Teens Together (TT) program alumni, as well as former Fabulous Females (FF) from the Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville, and Temporary LockDown (TLD) at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, are still fabulous, and working hard at home and in the community to educate themselves, earn a living, and take care of their children:
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards Matching Grant to Storycatchers Theatre
Posted: 2/22/2010
Chicago-Storycatchers Theatre is the proud recipient of a $200,000 matching grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to support the Temporary LockDown program. Temporary LockDown brings story telling, song writing and performance workshops to adolescent boys incarcerated at the Illinois Youth Center in Chicago.
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"Acting" Out, The National PTA Magazine
Posted: 2/16/2010
The National PTA Magazine profiles Storycatchers Theatre's Teens Together Program.
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25TH ANNIVERSARY BRINGS BIG CHANGES
Posted: 11/1/2009
Storycatchers Theatre is the new name for Music Theatre Workshop (MTW). 920 N. Franklin St., Suite 302 is the new home for the company.
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FALL MUSICAL ASKS: IF I CRY FOR YOU?
Posted: 11/1/2009
This fall's Fabulous Females production, IF I CRY FOR YOU, tells the story of a recently released girl, Marie Therese, who returns to her old neighborhood, determined to succeed.
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FF DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES
Posted: 11/1/2009
Girls On the Wall, a documentary film that followed the 2005 Fabulous Females program from the first writing sessions through the performances of Making It, premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 11, 2009.
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PLAYWRITING ENSEMBLE EXPLORES WAR ZONES
Posted: 11/1/2009
The Teens Together Playwriting Ensemble is off to a great start this year, with seven returning participants and seven new members, including two teens from Albania and Bulgaria.
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PRESENT TENTS ...WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW?
Posted: 11/1/2009
NEWS OF STORYCATCHERS ALUMNI, FRIENDS, AND ARTISTS.
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