Community Engagement
Girls from the San Gabriel Mission High School take their bows at the end of In Juliet’s Garden, Oct 2014
In the Fall of 2014, we introduced a new program – the Community Engagement Program, “Engage”.
It’s way a for us to connect with you, and a way for you to connect with the arts and artists.
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In October of 2014, we began the program with two theater projects. The first was a production of In Juliet’s Garden, a one-act comedy produced and directed by Program Coordinator Jonathan Salisbury for the San Gabriel Mission High School and presented at the Grapevine Arbor, adjacent to the Playhouse.
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A scene from Toypurina, onstage at the Mission Playhouse, Oct 2014.
Also in October 2014, we worked with the Gabrieleno-Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians to present the World Premiere of Toypurina, the story of a local Native American Woman who led her people in a rebellion against the San Gabriel Mission in 1785.