Check it out! IT GETS BETTER COMES TO OGDEN The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) and the It Gets Better Project , in collaboration with Speak Theater Arts developed an original national touring show. It Gets Better blends music, theater, and multimedia into a live stage production that promotes hope and an anti-bullying dialogue. Weber State University’s Cultural Affairs series brings the timely, powerful message of the It Gets Better Project to Ogden October 7-11. The GMCLA will be in residence working with school and community groups and end the week with a public performance at Peery’s Egyptian Theater on October 11 at 7:30pm. The inspiration for It Gets Better began with a video made by Dan Savage and his partner Terry Miller in September 2010 to inspire hope for young people facing harassment. Responding to a number of students taking their own lives after being bullied in school, they wanted to create a personal way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT youth that, yes, it does indeed get better. Utah suffers one of the highest rates of youth homelessness and suicide. This project offers an opportunity to open more conversation on how we can accept people for who they are and not hurt them verbally, physically or in any way. Community collaborators on the project in Ogden include OUTreach Ogden, Ogden PFLAG, Mormons Building Bridges, Nurture the Creative Mind Foundation, the Weber State Center for Diversity and Unity and others. Support for the project has come from Weber County RAMP, The Bastian Foundation, the Utah Division of Arts and Museums, the Western States Arts Federation, the Community Foundation of Utah and the Browning Cultural Trust. The It Gets Better Project™ has become a worldwide movement, inspiring more than 50,000 user-created videos viewed more than 50 million times. Where: Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd, Ogden UT 84401 When: October 11, 2013 7:30pm Tickets: 801-626-8500 or at the Egyptian Box Office or weberstatetickets Web: wsuculturalaffairs.org For more information, contact: Diane Stern at 801-626-6570 or at [email protected]
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:51:00 +0000
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