Profile

Note: The information on this Profile reflects the circumstances of the ensemble at the time of the interviews. These circumstances will most likely change over time.

Location: Los Angeles, California (pop. 3,700,000)

Ensemble members: 8

Founded: 1985

Major activities: Creation of new work; workshops; Change/Exchange training institute; touring of repertory; commissions.

Facility: Borrows space in downtown Los Angeles from St. Vincent’s Cardinal Manning Center and SRO Housing; rents rehearsal rooms at Los Angeles Theater Center.

Annual budget: $30,000-$100,000

Community Partnerships: SRO [Single-room Occupancy] Housing

Web Site: none

Company Statement

LAPD works to create challenging performances that express the realities, hopes and dreams of its group participants, people who live and work on Skid Row. The artistic purpose of the group is to create performance work that connects lived experience to the social forces that shape our lives and communities. LAPD strives to make art that is a direct communication from its performers to its audiences and that is able to leap tall social barriers at a single bound. LAPD is dedicated to creating community on Skid Row and to the artistic and personal development of its members.

Profile created February 2001

PERFORMING COMMUNITIES
Carpetbag | Cornerstone | Dell'Arte | Jump-Start
LAPD | Pregones | Roadside | WagonBurner
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