Program areas at Boston Court Pasadena
In The 2023 fiscal year, Boston Court Pasadena (bcp) celebrated its 20th anniversary and produced or presented 105 performing arts events for 6,992 individuals. Theatrical programming included two full state productions marking The companys immersive play and Boston courts 39th world premiere, measure still for measure. The year also included, four play readings as part of The 19th annual new play reading festival, virtual readings were held of The second annual playwrights group and The second ever teen playwrighting initiative that is planned to continue on an annual basis.
As bcp continued to dig out from The pandemic, bcp increased its live programming while still making impacts in The community. Bcp continued its relationship wiht local organizations such as hood liberation, side street, mytribe rise, altadena public library, and The lightbringer project offering co-sponsored film festivals, printmaking workshops, and many other events to The community of Pasadena. Bcp also hosted The brightworks new music initiative for high school composers and The 2023 teen night continued, a partnership with teentix that allows young people to see performances for free or reduced price all over The city of los angeles. Both of these events are part of bcps desire to grow The next generation of artists.
Typically, main stage productions are new works or re-envisioned classics, passionate, artist-driven plays that open minds and hearts, and urge artists to fearlessly and passionately pursue their unique voice and vision. Concerts span a variety of genres including classical jazz, contemporary, world music, choral and more. Music artists range across all levels of their career, from established professionals to emerging artist, and are encouraged to perform works that are experimental and/or completely new. Art upfront highlights local artists that explore themes connected to The music and Theatre programming, bringing The conversation beyond The performance space.