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Education

Let’s grow and learn together!

About Face Theatre offers multiple education programs throughout the year that serve our mission to advance LGBTQ+ equity through community building, education, and performance. Read on to learn more about our programs.

Education Programs

The Green Room Collective

The Green Room Collective is a leadership program focused on individualized skill-building, directly supporting AFT operations, and preparing the next generation of LGBTQ+ leaders for the next chapter in their stories.

Learn more about The Green Room Collective

Touring Workshops & Performances

You can affirm LGBTQ+ lives and advocate for brave, healthy, and equitable environments with About Face Theatre’s touring workshops and performances. We will collaborate with you and your group to identify themes and interactive activities to meet your specific needs. Our touring programs are proven to deepen understanding, create important dialogue opportunities for people of all ages, and meet your goals for organizational change. Let’s work together!

Learn more about Touring Programs

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About Face Youth Theatre is an award-winning and nationally-recognized program that centers LGBTQ+ youth as change agents. In collaboration with adult artists and mentors, the queer youth ensemble learns how to use theatre as a tool for social change and creates a culminating project to address issues they select. Over the years, this process has supported hundreds of young people to become powerful agents for change in their schools and communities.

Learn more about AFYT

AFT Education Program Reach

About Face Theatre’s Educational Programming reaches a broad range of youth throughout the Chicagoland area.

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