TRUE STORY
EIN 51-0479487 · Performing Arts (A60)
What they do
STATEMENT 2 PART III Lines 28-30 Program Accomplishments: True Story Theater (TST) Delivered 19 Performances In FY26 (4 Online, 15 In Person). 430 People Attended. Show Themes Included Stories of Living With Pain, Hunger Awareness and Action, Women Made Visible, Being Queer In These Times, Invisible Disabilities, First Generation. TST Delivered 4 Training Sessions (2 Online, 2 In Person). 34 People Learned Playback Theatre, Improv and Listening Skills. Playback Theatre Resources (PTR) Delivered 5 Learning Experiences: 4 Conducting Playback Series (5-sessions Each) and 1 Try Playback Free Workshop. 69 People Attended These Events. Embodied Empathy (EE) Delivered 3 Embodied Empathy Workshops. 23 People Attended. (In FY26, PTR/EE Replaced Retired Playback North America Program.) AR is Researching and Developing A Website for The Historical Account of The Legacy Created By Caravan Theater, (an Experimental Social Justice Theater Company That Produced Plays In Harvard Square, Cambridge MA F
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2004
- Location
- 21 LINWOOD ST, ARLINGTON, MA 02474-6607
- County
- Middlesex
- In care of
- % ANNE SLEPIAN