Teens write, organize, edit, and direct their stories—the entire rehearsal process.
We differ from other youth organizations because of our focus. We allow underserved youth to tell their stories through song, dance, or comedy. They engage wherever they feel most passionate. Performing, working behind the scenes, or telling their story through drawing. RP asks youth what they would like to learn within the story process, then makes it possible.
The process of writing and staging their stories strengthens their ability to connect. Audiences then gain an understanding of children who are usually seen as “acting out.” It also provides a broader range of universal life skills.
Raise morale by providing youth with an educational experience. Encouraging them to continue the path toward higher education.
Enhance their educational development. By engaging in group-skill building, children establish communication and interpersonal skills.
Find a voice. With bold honesty, children build resiliency. In a nurturing class setting, children can be themselves without judgment.
Improve their writing and project development skills through the staging of their stories. This improves their writing, reading, and public speaking. Useful for any future professional.
Connect with the community. We are opening up a dialogue with the audience with talkbacks after performances. We give voice where there has been silence.
As the program grows each year, so does the cultural access. Cultural diversity and artistic expression promote understanding, support, and connectedness throughout the community.
Our leaders, guest artists, and board include people of all backgrounds. Our youth-board diversifies the ages of our leadership team.
Sharonlee's latest film is "The Sqweezie Movie". She was last seen at 21Ten Theatre for Fertile Ground. Multiple Awards and Nominations throughout her career. Worked at PCS, ART, CoHo Productions, Portland Playhouse, Jaw Festivals and will soon be seen with the new company 100 Lives Repertory at the Spotlight Theatre. School was Actors Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.
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Julianne is a Portland-based Scenic Designer and Theatre Educator. She has spent the past two years as the Theatre Teacher at Cognizart 360 Arts Camp, where she guides students in creative exploration and performance, and teaches Foundations of Drama at Journey Theatre.
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LaKenzie is a college graduate with a bachelor's in Japanese Studies and Tesol, with a minor in Linguistics
He has been a fan of the arts since High School as it allowed him to express himself in a friendly environment, as well as helped him develop his own character along side those he was able to portray in plays and monologues.
He hopes to inspire a similar love of the arts and help others develop their characters too.
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Negasi (they/them) is an actor, director, seamstress, writer and organizer from LA, California. They received their Honors Bachelor in Theater Performance at Lewis and Clark College where they were the president of Students for Cultural Inclusion in Theater, dedicated to creating space for BIPOC artists. Negasi has performed with PCS, PETE,and FUSE theater while working as an educator and community organizer. In their free time, they enjoy singing, dancing, and writing poetry.
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Annie is a Portland based actor, director, and artist. Her acting credits include: Ride the Cyclone, Witch (Oregon Contemporary Theatre) The Wolves, Once, A Christmas Carol (University Theatre); She has directed After the Revolution, A Girl in School Uniform (Walks Into a Bar) and Frank’s First Dance Recital for the Northwest Ten festival of plays. Annie graduated from the University of Oregon’s Theatre Arts program.
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Montana is a Portland-based playwright, director, performer and theater educator. She has been writing since high school; she graduated from the Creative Writing program at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA, where she had multiple one-act and full-length plays produced in her four years there. Montana recently graduated from Portland State University with a degree in Theater Arts and English, where she was the president of STAGE, PSU’s student theater organization.
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Tiara is a Portland-based, multimedia visual artist,professional actress, educator, advocate, and singer from the Bay Area. She received a BS in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University and a Master's in Teaching with an endorsement in Theatre Education from Pacific U. Tiara is incredibly excited to begin devoting her time towards her dream of using Theatre Arts as a mechanism for inner-healing, spiritual enlightenment, and creating unconditional joy within Highly-Adverse experiencing Youth
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Anya is a music and theater educator from Portland. She is working toward a degree in Music Education. Her roots in theater go from summers in drama camps to pulling strings backstage. With a mix of on-stage and professional behind-the-scenes experience, Anya brings a unique atmosphere to her teaching. Specializing in acting and singing instruction,she’s all about passing on the technical know-how and a deep love for the performing arts.
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Eric Simons is a writer, improviser, teacher, producer, and Cool Dad™ who has been accumulating comedy and storytelling experience over the last 20+ years—from all across the contiguous US and THREE CANADIAN PROVINCES! A firm believer in bringing your personal experience to the stage or the page, and he seeks to help marginalized populations unlock their truth through his teaching (Kickstand’s BIPOC Comedy Program) and you can see him leading by example with his improv troupe Broke Gravy.
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has performed in London, Edinburgh, and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. She’s done theatre in NYC, Seattle, SF Bay Area, N. California, and Portland and several independent films in NYC and Portland. Her most recent role was Death/Beggarwoman in Blood Wedding at Shaking the Tree Theatre. In addition to acting, she has taught acting,improvisation, and has written, devised,and directed projects in the US and Great Britain. She is currently preparing a solo production.
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Is the Executive Director and founder of Rogue Pack. She holds a BFA in Theatre from NYU and a Masters in Education from San Francisco State. Ann has taught children and adults throughout the world, including Spain, Chile, South Africa, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. She has taught storytelling workshops and performances for underserved populations in the Portland Metro area since 2009. She served on the board of Soroptimist International and Echo Theater. Currently she sits on the board of the SMBA.
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