Tucson Wasserstein Discussion

The Wasserstein Project is a venture to take high school students to see a variety of professional performing arts events in Phoenix and Tucson. The project is named after the late playwright Wendy Wasserstein who conducted a similar program in New York City. The Open Doors project lives on both in New York City and in an incarnation here in Arizona.  In keeping with Ms. Wasserstein’s original model, students are chosen who have not had any previous access to professional theatre and are not aspiring to be artists. The students are a true representation of our community, with a diversity of cultures and gender. After attending each performance, the students participate in an active discussion with the project leaders. Upon completion of the project, participating students from the each school will present a culminating project at an Arizona Theatre Company location to demonstrate their understanding of theatre in their lives.  The goal is to glean insights from the young people about what impact the arts has on their lives and to give these students a chance to experience new adventures.