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213-613-1700 ~ PO Box 412587, Los Angeles, 90041 ~ CornerstoneTheater.org The Jordan Downs Community Play Project - 2019 Cornerstone Theater Company makes new plays with and about communities. We’ve been doing this for more than 30 years, with communities throughout Los Angeles* and across the country. We get to know a community, learn from the people we meet who advise us along the way. We spend time in the community and hear people’s stories, then write a new play that reflects the lives and experiences of the community. We cast mostly community members to perform with a few of our company actors. We love to include people onstage that aren’t usually theater artists. And we perform our plays so that they are accessible to the community. The best plays are the ones where people who don’t know the community sit side-by-side with residents in the audience. Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can. Cornerstone is exploring the changes happening at the Jordan Downs. We’ve partnered with the Resident Advisory Committee and led workshops and conversations at the community center, Jordan High School and other places in Watts. We are producing a play & festival to mark how changes in the neighborhood are impacting residents’ lives and to celebrate the history of this unique Los Angeles community. Project Timeline: Research & Getting to Know the Jordan Downs Started June 2017 Auditions March 27 – 31, 2019 Rehearsals April 9 – May 16, 2019 Performances May 17 – 19 and 22 – 26, 2019 JOIN US in creating a festival to lift up stories of the Jordan Downs: Audition for the play or just come share your talents. Current and past residents are welcome and encouraged! No experience necessary. Actors, singers, dancers, musicians are needed! Cooks, historians and visual artists, too! For questions or more information call Bruce Lemon at 213-613-1700 x111 or leave a message at 800-578-1335 at we’ll call you back. *Cornerstone has made a number of plays with and for the Watts community in the past: Breaking Plates: A Celebration of Watts Towers, and The Love of the Nightingale (1994, at Watts Towers Arts Center), Los Faustinos (1994, at San Miguel Parish Hall), LA Building (1994, at Robert Pitts-Westminster neighborhood Center), Sid Arthur (1995, at St. John’s United Methodist Church), The Central Ave. Chalk Circle (1995, at WLCAC), Order My Steps (2003, at WLCAC), Beyond the Diagnosis (2007, at WLCAC), The Unrequited, (2011, at the Mafundi Auditorium) and fellowship, (2017, at WLCAC). Maybe you’ve met us before!

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Page 1: The Jordan Downs Community Play Project 2019 · 2019. 3. 20. · Breaking Plates: a Celebration of the Watts Towers, y The Love of the Nightingale (1994, en el centro de arte Watts

213-613-1700~POBox412587,LosAngeles,90041~CornerstoneTheater.org

TheJordanDownsCommunityPlayProject-2019CornerstoneTheaterCompanymakesnewplayswithandaboutcommunities.We’vebeendoingthisformorethan30years,withcommunitiesthroughoutLosAngeles*andacrossthecountry.Wegettoknowacommunity,learnfromthepeoplewemeetwhoadviseusalongtheway.Wespendtimeinthecommunityandhearpeople’sstories,thenwriteanewplaythatreflectsthelivesandexperiencesofthecommunity.Wecastmostlycommunitymemberstoperformwithafewofourcompanyactors.Welovetoincludepeopleonstagethataren’tusuallytheaterartists.Andweperformourplayssothattheyareaccessibletothecommunity.Thebestplaysaretheoneswherepeoplewhodon’tknowthecommunitysitside-by-sidewithresidentsintheaudience.TicketsarePay-What-You-Can.CornerstoneisexploringthechangeshappeningattheJordanDowns.We’vepartneredwiththeResidentAdvisoryCommitteeandledworkshopsandconversationsatthecommunitycenter,JordanHighSchoolandotherplacesinWatts.Weareproducingaplay&festivaltomarkhowchangesintheneighborhoodareimpactingresidents’livesandtocelebratethehistoryofthisuniqueLosAngelescommunity.ProjectTimeline:Research&GettingtoKnowtheJordanDowns StartedJune2017Auditions March27–31,2019Rehearsals April9–May16,2019Performances May17–19and22–26,2019

JOINUSincreatingafestivaltoliftupstoriesoftheJordanDowns:Auditionfortheplayorjustcomeshareyourtalents.

Currentandpastresidentsarewelcomeandencouraged!Noexperiencenecessary.

Actors,singers,dancers,musiciansareneeded!Cooks,historiansandvisualartists,too!

ForquestionsormoreinformationcallBruceLemonat213-613-1700x111orleaveamessageat800-578-1335atwe’llcallyouback.*CornerstonehasmadeanumberofplayswithandfortheWattscommunityinthepast:BreakingPlates:ACelebrationofWattsTowers,andTheLoveoftheNightingale(1994,atWattsTowersArtsCenter),LosFaustinos(1994,atSanMiguelParishHall),LABuilding(1994,atRobertPitts-WestminsterneighborhoodCenter),SidArthur(1995,atSt.John’sUnitedMethodistChurch),TheCentralAve.ChalkCircle(1995,atWLCAC),OrderMySteps(2003,atWLCAC),BeyondtheDiagnosis(2007,atWLCAC),TheUnrequited,(2011,attheMafundiAuditorium)andfellowship,(2017,atWLCAC).Maybeyou’vemetusbefore!

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CronologíadelProyecto:ExploraryComenzaraConocersobreJordanDownsIniciajuniode2017Audicionesmarzo27-31,2019Ensayos abril9-mayo16,2019Presentacionesmayo17-19y22-26,2019

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Noserequiereexperienciaprevia.¡Senecesitanactores,cantantes,bailarines,ymúsicos!

¡Tambiénsenecesitancocineros,historiadores,yartistasvisuales!

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*EnelpasadoCornerstonehahechounacantidaddeobrasconyparalacomunidaddeWatts:BreakingPlates:aCelebrationoftheWattsTowers,yTheLoveoftheNightingale(1994,enelcentrodearteWattsTowers),LosFaustinos(1994,enelsalondelaParroquiadeSanMiguel),LABuilding(1994,enelcentrodelvecindariodeWestminster),SidArthur(1995,enlaiglesiaSt.JohnUnitedMethodist),TheCentralAve.ChalkCircle(1995,enWLCAC),OrderMySteps(2003,enWLCAC),BeyondtheDiagnosis(2007,enWLCAC),TheUnrequited,(2011,enelAuditorioMafundi),yfellowship,2017,enWLCAC).¡Quizásnosconozcadeantes!