Looking In is a theatre group composed of teenagers from the greater Hartford area, who present dramatic scenes dealing with important social, family, and personal issues such as drugs, alcohol, sexuality, AIDS, depression, suicide, and physical/mental and sexual abuse and how these issues affect adolescents. Our actors are in trained in the above issues. 
Looking In Theatre is a program of the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and is funded with support from the Capitol Region Education Council along with private donations from individuals, foundations, corporation as well as a negotiable fee for performances.
A typical presentation
involves a series of
dramatic scenes followed
by a moment of audience
participation where
students interact with
the characters to
discuss the issues
portrayed.
The aim of the program
is to highlight the
topics so that audience
members may talk about these issues openly
and to clarify their own
personal values so that
they can make more
informed decisions
regarding their own
lives.
Looking In travels
throughout the State of
Connecticut performing
for middle and high
school students at
public, private, and
parochial schools as
well youth groups,
churches, conferences,
parents, and
professional
organizations. We also perform for
adolescents and adults
in residential programs.
”Looking in came to my school in the 7th grade and I cried because for the first time, I knew I wasn’t alone.” Gay High School Student
"Looking In Theatre showed what many teens are faced with in a series of short skits, followed by a question and answer forum with the audience and the characters themselves. Each skit was well acted and written, combining humor with sensitive subjects. This made the atmosphere comfortable and opened up the audience to participate in the question and answer part.
"Whether the audience knew it not, they were participating in a discussion reflecting their own ethics and morality with knowledgeable students. Unlike other assemblies, this one simply present the problems teenagers face, asked a few questions, and left it at that.
"It didn't preach. It simply displayed several situations and left students to realize what went wrong and why. It trusted students to determine how to deal with these problems by showing them what not to do. It said less than any other assembly but somehow taught more." Student Newspaper, Suburban High School |
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