Shakespeare Festival/LA Information

Twenty years later, Shakespeare Festival/LA continues to create accessible theater that serves and builds community in innovative, unexpected ways. In 1993, the organization expanded to include outreach programs such as Will Power to Youth, an academic enrichment program that combines hands-on artistic experience with paid job training, specifically created to provide arts education to at-risk youth. The program has been so successful that in 2005, First Lady Laura Bush attended a Will Power to Youth performance in Los Angeles as part of a regional tour of exemplary youth programs. Will Power to Youth is currently being replicated across the country as part of the federal government's Gang Reduction Programs.