TEEN THEATER GROUPSCreating Communities of Empowered Teens

Joe Marcantonio – Plainfield Public Library

PLAINFIELD, ILPLAINFIELD, IL

Population: 40,466

Library serves: 75,000 (district lines)

Annual Teen Budget: $6,000

Extraneous Fact: Plainfield is Will County’s oldest community. So we got that going for us, which is nice.

TEEN DRAMA CLUBTEEN DRAMA CLUB

HISTORYHISTORY

2007 Murder Mystery Production2007 Murder Mystery Production

2014 Murder Mystery Production2014 Murder Mystery Production

ANNUAL TEEN MURDER MYSTERYANNUAL TEEN MURDER MYSTERY

THE SETUPTHE SETUP

DOLLA BILLS YA’LLDOLLA BILLS YA’LL

• Murder MysteryMurder Mystery• $75 for script and licensing (Pioneer $75 for script and licensing (Pioneer

Drama Service)Drama Service)

• $600 for director and stage crew $600 for director and stage crew cooridinatorcooridinator

• $200 materials$200 materials

Program with a weekly attendance of Program with a weekly attendance of 25 teens, and a show that had 25 teens, and a show that had almost 200 attendees…priceless.almost 200 attendees…priceless.

• Drama ClubDrama Club• $50 monthly for presenter$50 monthly for presenter

• $100 to cover materials costs for $100 to cover materials costs for stage make-up programstage make-up program

8 monthly meetings (none in 8 monthly meetings (none in December) and the materials cost December) and the materials cost $500 yearly.$500 yearly.

TEEN BENEFITSTEEN BENEFITS

Alvah Alvah

2007 edition2007 editionAlvah Alvah

2014 edition2014 edition

COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS