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NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta high school receives $10,000 racial equity grant from theatrical foundation
Grant Park’s Maynard Jackson gets funding
The Educational Theatre Foundation has picked Maynard Jackson High School in Atlanta for the second-year pilot phase of its Pathway program, designed to enhance racial equity via the stage. The school will receive a $10,000 grant as part of its work with Pathway. The initiative “pairs students in communities of color with industry professionals while performing works that encourage dialogue around racial equity,” Playbill reported.
Cast and crew at Maynard Jackson, located on Glenwood Avenue near Grant Park, are set to produce Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella next March, with director Adrienne Edwards at the helm. Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre is lending support to the project. Details: playbill.com