Children's Theatre Workshop (CTW) is a non-profit, community-oriented organization offering creative dramatics to children in the Saddleback Valley area. Children's Theatre Workshop has been providing interactive theatre opportunities for young people ages 5 through 16 since 1981. The fundamental mission of CTW is to let children experience dramatics that enhance their self-esteem and reward them for their creativity.

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    Brown Bag Players, a professional adult actors' outreach program, is a division of Children's Theatre Workshop founded in 1994 to present audience participatory plays, performed by professional actors to children of Orange County. Brown Bag Player's award-winning performances are not only targeted to enrich the young mind, but they also offer children the opportunity to meet the actors and experience live theatre in a hands-on, participatory environment.

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    What People Are Saying:

    Parenting Magazine -
    CTW and BBP chosen as "Best Children's Theatre for Small Venues for 2003!"

    Read the October 2003 article (large PDF file, 2.5M) about Jim and Bunny Lawson, the founders of Children' Theatre Workshop and Brown Bag Players.

    A parent talking about our Brown Bag shows-
    "I have been to three of your Brown Bag Players productions, and I love the way you find so many ways to incorporate the children into the play."

    The Los Angeles Times -
    "Brown Bag Players is among the top children's theatre groups in Orange County."

    Here are some quotes by famous people concerning children and the arts:
    Ben Vereen in Parenting Magazine, December 1986:
    "The more positive input you give children, the better chance of peace in the next generation. If you plant seeds of creativity, your children will grow up and create."

    Kurt Vonnegut in Los Angeles Times, October 2, 1997:
    "Participation in the arts - drawing, dancing, and all that - makes the soul grow. That's why you engage in it. That's how you grow a soul."

    Garrison Keillor on radio:
    "Nothing you do for children is ever wasted."

     

    Children's Theatre Workshop is a partner with the California Arts' Council. Please support kids in education by becoming a "licenced art lover!" Click the licence plate to find out more.


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