DRAMA CLUB INC
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Mission Statement
Drama Club's mission is to consistently care for incarcerated and court-involved youth creating space for them to thrive using improv as their guide.
About This Cause
Drama Club’s core values of love, respect, consistency, and equity are reflected in theater-making that promotes positive youth development and deepens social-emotional learning. We are the only organization in New York City that provides consistent, year-round theater programming within detention facilities and jails, such as Crossroads and Horizon Juvenile Centers, and on Rikers Island. Josie Whittlesey founded Drama Club in 2013 with a staged reading at Crossroads Juvenile Center, and since then the organization has grown into a multi-site, multi-program nonprofit that continues to evolve, expand, and deepen. Drama Club constituents are 96% persons of color, 70% identify as male, 25% identify as female, and 5% identify as other. Youth participants are aged 12-25 and come from neighborhoods across New York City that suffer from government and corporate underinvestment, and a scarcity of arts programming. According to Department of Correction arrest records, the breakdown of incarcerated youth across boroughs by percent: Manhattan 12%, Brooklyn 29%, Bronx 35%, Queens 11%, Staten Island 5%, other 8%. Our constituents match this demographic. Drama Club programming runs 46 weeks per year and is free to all participants, and performances are free to audiences.