Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible
This project – as part of a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grant – was intended to mostly involve non-professional community members.
This portion of the grant was specifically intended to help BBL “build organizational capacity and sustainability” (grantspeak) through a community-centered production.
To that end, members of SITI Company spent the first quarter of 2015 leading a workshop series on Saturday mornings, led interactive workshops and youth acting workshops, and helped with steering committee meetings and auditions...