Young Storytellers
Young Storytellers, formerly known as the Young Storytellers Foundation, is an arts education non-profit operating primarily in Los Angeles.
Young Storytellers currently serves elementary, middle, and high school students in Southern California,
History
Young Storytellers began as an in-school mentoring program in 1997. The company was founded by three screenwriters Mikkel Bondesen,
Programs
The organization supports students elementary, middle, and high school.[7]
Script to Stage
This 9-week, Common Core-aligned elementary school program places students with an adult mentor one-on-one to write scripts that are entirely their own, then actors perform those for the students and their peers live at a show.[7][8][9]
Volunteers
Programs are run by volunteer Head Mentors and volunteer Mentors. Mentors in the Script to Stage Program work one-on-one with a student for the duration of the nine-week program to create a screenplay and the resulting screenplay is then performed by a volunteer performer.[10] There are currently over 1,200 volunteers in Los Angeles serving more than 2,000 students in 60 schools.[7]
Funding
The organization received grants from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association multiple times. In 2013 the organization was represented by Olivia Wilde[11] and received a portion of the $1.6 million in grants given by the HFPA that year.[12] 2016 in the amount of $10,000.[13]
In 2015, the organization received a grant from the $4.5 million given to the Los Angeles arts scene from Michael Bloomberg Philanthropies.[14] Jane Fonda's, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential, has also provided funding.[15]
Notable partnerships
In 2016,
March 2017, Young Storytellers partnered with Disney to give a group of students early access to see the live action version of Beauty and the Beast[16] These students then created their own stories based on the film.[17] Then, in collaboration with Tongal, an independent creative network, the students’ stories were turned into live action and animated short films.[17]
In February 2018, a group of Young Storytellers students were invited to a special premier of Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time and given the opportunity to create and then share stories based on the film.[18] Disney then turned these stories into either short films or live performances to highlight the students’ storytelling.[18]
In October 2020, Young Storytellers partnered with Netflix to have members of the Over the Moon cast host a dramatic reading of a student's story.[19]
See also
References
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (9 October 2013). "Young Storytellers Foundation Helps Kids Bring Out Their Inner Writer". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Whelan, Corey (11 March 2015). "Storytelling Skills Boosted For Public School Students Through Special Program". CBS Los Angeles. CBS. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "EYE ON L.A. FOR JUNE 20, 2009 Originally aired Sat., June 20, at 6:30 p.m." Eyewitness News ABC 7. ABC Inc. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Why It Matters".
- ^ a b Flynn, Kathleen. "Pros Have Supporting Roles in Scriptwriting Sessions". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Evaristo, Jasmine. "TV STARS SUPPORT YOUNG STORYTELLERS ARTS INITIATIVE". Young Hollywood. Young Hollywood LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d Greiving, Tim (18 October 2016). "Seth Rogen, Tony Hale and Jordan Peele will perform short plays written by fifth-graders". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Martin, Brittany. "Seth Rogen, Tony Hale and other stars are performing a series of plays by fifth graders". Time Out. Time Out America LLC. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "What We do".
- ^ Rodriguez, Briana. "Volunteer Org Seeks Actors to Help Kids". Backstage. Backstage. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ HFPA. "GRANTS 2013: OLIVIA WILDE FOR YOUNG STORYTELLERS". Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Pond, Steve (13 August 2013). "Hollywood Foreign Press Promises To Get Serious About Journalism, Gives $1.6 million in Grants". The Wrap. The Wrap News Inc.
- ^ Celada, Luca. "HFPA Announces 2016 Philanthropy at Annual Banquet". Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Boehm, Mike (18 September 2015). "L.A. arts groups get $4.5 million from Michael Bloomberg's foundation". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Adeniji, Ade. "Jane Fonda's Philanthropy: A Hollywood Legend Keys in on Reproductive Health". Inside Philanthropy. Inside Philanthropy. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Young Storytellers is the Ryan Murphy-Backed Organization Helping Kids Create Screenplays". 23 March 2017.
- ^ a b "'Beauty and the Beast' Short Imagines How Gaston and le Fou Met (Exclusive Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. 24 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Student Writers Present Short Films Inspired by Ava DuVernay's 'A Wrinkle in Time'". The Hollywood Reporter. 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Page introuvable - Netflix News : Toutes les nouveautés et l'actualité de vos programmes !".
External links
- E!Online - article about Young Storytellers fundraiser
- NPR audio article - Gloria Hillard reports on the Young Storytellers Foundation
- NPR radio play - Day to Day presents a radio play written by a Young Storytellers student and starring Dustin Hoffman