Our youth are experiencing a loneliness & mental health crisis.

61%

of young people experience profound loneliness.

63%

increase in rates of anxiety and depression among young adults since 2005.

1.25

Additional hours of social isolation per day that youth in disinvested communities experience annually compared to peers.

…especially in disinvested communities.

56%

of youth in disinvested communities want to enroll in an afterschool program but don’t have access to one, compared with 41% nationally.

Theater helps.

89%

of people participating in drama programs report a positive impact on their self-confidence.

94%

of people participating in drama programs report a positive impact on their overall sense of wellbeing.

But access to theater education is unequal.

28%

of schools in disinvested communities nationwide have theater instruction.

That’s where we come in.