CVRep’s Youth Outreach Production will go on the road bringing the highly-acclaimed play “BULLY: It’s The Fight of His Life” directly to middle schools from Salton Sea to Desert Hot Springs and everywhere in between.
By CVRep launching its first local tour, we are able to reach over 3,000 young people in a two-week period.
BULLY: It’s The Fight of His Life written and performed by Lee J. Kaplan is an autobiographical solo show inspired by his sixth grade journal entries, which detail the verbal, physical and emotional abuse he endured at that age. Kaplan plays multiple characters during the show, including teachers, classmates and other figures from his youth. It is the fight of his life: a story about finding the will and a way to finally stand up to the bullies. In addition to shining a light into what it’s like to be on the receiving end of relentless bullying as a child, the play also examines the long-lasting effects of bullying into adulthood and how it affects the victim many years after the original attacks.
The play will run for two weeks, September 18th through 29th, with two public performances on Saturday, September 23rd at 2pm and 7pm. All children under 17 admitted to the public performance for FREE. Adult tickets $15.
At the end of each performance, we conduct a Q & A where the audience can ask questions about what they experienced and discuss what they did and did not understand. This opens up a dialogue to continuing the conversation long after leaving the theatre.
This will mark CVRep’s ninth Youth Outreach Production. To date, more than 11,000 young people have had the opportunity to see age appropriate theater productions free of charge. Culturally relevant and topically sensitive works are intentionally selected.
The Youth Outreach Production is made possible by generous grants from the NEWMAN’S OWN FOUNDATION/Patty and Arthur Newman and the FREMONT FOUNDATION/Barbara Fremont.