In partnership with social justice nonprofit organization, El Puente, The Bushwick Starr offers Creating Performance, an after-school extracurricular course in practical theater-making for local teens and young adults. 

Students in this program learn all aspects of the creation of performance-based works, including acting, writing, design, and technical skills. They collaboratively develop pieces dealing with topics and issues that directly affect them and their communities.  

Students work in a supportive environment​ where they practice different ​approaches to ​forms of performance such as traditional theatrical performance, spoken word, poetry and solo work.​ Students​ ​create ​narratives using basic playwriting tools, rewrite them after constructive peer feedback, and ultimately ​perform their work in a final culmination​ ​​that is free and open to family, friends, and the community. ​

This program was created to be both educational and vocational—we hope to equip these young people with a variety of skills that will prepare them for professional training programs and the theater industry if they so desire.