Young Artists and Peer Mentors Needed!

The Penguin Project ® gives children with special needs an opportunity to participate in the performing arts. In cooperation with the Champaign-Urbana Theater Company (CUTC), this free opportunity is coming to Champaign-Urbana!!!

What: Informational Meeting for Young Artists ages 10-21, Peer Mentors ages 10-21 and their families.
When: Tuesday, June 14th at 6:30 pm or Wednesday, June 22 at 6:30 pm
Where: Temple Baptist Church, 1100 Broadmoor Drive, Champaign

Rehearsal will begin 1-2 times per week in July. This is a free program. All of the roles will be filled by children/youth with developmental disabilities.

For more information, questions, and/or to RSVP for the Informational Meeting. Please contact Kelly Nowlin at manager@cutc.org or call 217-352-4085.

More information about the Penguin project is available at www.penguinproject.org.

CUTC’s Penguin Project Presents

October 14-16th at the Orpheum Theatre

Disney’s Aladdin

“This production is unique because all of the roles are filled by children with developmental disabilities including Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and other neurological disorders. They are joined on stage by their “peer mentors,” a group of children the same age without disabilities, who have volunteered to work with them side-by-side and guide them through 4 months of rehearsals and the final production.

By creating unrestricted access to the performing arts, The Penguin Project® demonstrates that the special challenges of a disability need not handicap a child’s ability to participate in life’s experiences”