Play at Work (PAW) program is a free after-school vocational training program that teaches stagecraft to Los Angeles public high school teens and young adults. The PAW program is open to Los Angeles high school teens and young adults 16-23.
Monday, September 15th - Wednesday, November 12th 2025. Mondays and Wednesday (4:30pm-6:30pm at The Los Angeles Theatre Center, Downtown Los Angeles.) PAW will run every Monday and Wednesday for nine weeks.
Explore careers in technical theater, marketing and management. As a PAW Teen Artist-In-Residence, you will develop theater production and operational skills by job shadowing theater professionals and attending workshops. In addition, all participants attend a weekly Art-As-A-Career/Life Skills class.
As a Play At Work participant you will:
Make new friends
Learn basic social media promotional skills
Learn apprentice-level theatre production and design skills
Shadow and be mentored by technical specialists while learning stagecraft skills
Participate in creative workshops led by LTC’s professional working artists
Attend/participate in The LATC openings, special events and productions
Deadline to apply is Monday, September 8th.
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“[During conservatory] I acquired my love for Theatrical history and my hidden passion for writing and acting within my very own plays. With Play at Work, I learned necessary carpenter skills needed to build my own sets. The Conservatory’s priorities in allowing students to find their own footing in a part of Theater they can thrive in whether it be producing, directing, and so forth. By the end, I learned not only more about myself and my own preferred style I also gained the support of professionals in the field who give their time as teachers within these programs.””
