The Young Shakespeareans
Transforming Futures through the Power of Arts Education
Josh Groban of Find Your Light Foundation & Elex Michaelson of CNN at Fair Avenue Elementary School in North Hollywood
Award-winning artist, Broadway star, and passionate arts education advocate JOSH GROBAN invited award-winning anchor ELEX MICHAELSON to experience The Young Shakespeareans
in action for the premiere of his new prime-time show"The Story Is" airing nightly at 9PM PT.
It was a pleasure hosting CNN, and we are deeply grateful to Josh, his family, and the
FIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION for their committed support of TYS' programs, their
devotion to arts education, its power to build confidence, creativity, courage, and leadership,
and how it transforms the lives of the youth who are the leaders of all of our tomorrows.
“ The Young Shakespeareans is the only on-site, after-school theatre arts program blending academic and social-emotional learning with high-quality, full-production student performances in LA's underserved public schools. ”
- Los Angeles County Office of Education
EMPOWERING YOUTH
BUILDING COMMUNITY
COMING SOON!
UNTOLD STORIES
"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"
Set on the streets of 1960's Detroit
with a Motown soundtrack
"MACBETH"
Set in Meso-America during the wars between
the Indigenous Chichimeca and the Spanish Conquistadores
with another opportunity to see
"A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM"
Set in 1920's Post-Revolutionary Mexico
FOLLOWING A GREAT SPRING & SUMMER 2025!
Produced & Performed by
High School & College students
bridging across LA County
Los Angeles Academy
of Arts & Enterprise
Orthopaedic Hospital
Medical Magnet High School
LATTC Early College Academy
Crossroads School of
Arts & Sciences
Cal Poly Pomona
LA City College
Cal State LA
UCLA
with the support of
4th & 5th Graders at
Fair Avenue
Elementary School
in North Hollywood
gave an impressive performance in another season of
SHAKESPEAREAN SPORTS
South LA's
Orthopaedic Hospital
Medical Magnet
High School's
students enjoyed their
inaugural program with an
EARN+LEARN
Workforce
opportunity provided by
Para Los Ninos
with support from
EduCare
TYS Students were honored to share POETIC JUSTICE in
performance for the
JUNETEENTH
celebration of
Los Angeles
Empowerment
Congress
Proud fiscal-sponsor of
The Young Shakespeareans
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