About Face Youth Theatre's "Home Project" is a response to some startling statistics about youth homelessness in Chicago. In spring 2005, a group of teens, ages 14-20, began a process of interviews and story gathering on the streets of Chicago. They found that each year an estimated 15,000 Chicago youth experience homelessness; of these, 40 percent — approximately 6,000 — identify as lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender; there are fewer than 40 beds in Chicago-area shelters designated for them. The Home Project became a theatrical laboratory in the summer of 2005 where AFYT participants investigated true stories and adapted them for the stage, culminating in four performances July 28-31 at the Theatre Building Chicago. The project is directed by Megan Carney. [LINK] Posted by Linda Frye Burnham