Greenway READS
Every fall, Greenway Arts Alliance leads the Fairfax High School community and beyond in a community reading of a pre-selected novel. The multi-disciplinary approach to programming will focus both on the thematic content of the novel as well as a way to bring this novel to life through arts education and special events.
High school students engage with the text in the classroom during a 5-week residency with a teaching artist who develops arts-based activities and workshops highlighting the novel’s themes. Then, our Greenway Court Theatre produces a stage version of the novel and hosts matinee performances for the students, including a post-show discussion with the cast. Students and teachers also have the chance to engage in the program through social media, contests, and a raffle.
2025 Program Details
Participating classes engage in a 4-5 session residency that explores Native American culture and the Land Back movement.
Students will read selected stories from Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology. Each class is assigned a Teaching Artist who will work in collaboration with the Classroom Teacher to develop activities and workshops that bring the short stories to life.
In October, we will produce the play Haunted by Tara Moses in partnership with the Autry Museum and Native Voices. We will host matinee performances for students at the Greenway Court Theatre at the Fairfax High School campus, which include a post-show discussion with the cast.
If you have any questions, please contact
Director of Student Programs, Christina Carrera
by email at christina@greenwayartsalliance.org
or phone at (323) 205-6710.
Learn More about Greenway Reads
In 2024, Greenway Court Theatre Presented:
Ghost Stories
Dare to dance with the dead?
Ghost stories are woven into the fabric of all cultures; they know no borders. We are haunted and fascinated by them, and sitting around a fire telling ghost stories is one of the oldest and most universal of human experiences. Greenway Court Theatre presented a night of ghost stories brought to life by some of Los Angeles’s most renowned storytellers, as they shared their tales through an immersive, cross-cultural evening of music, theatre, and dance.
In 2023, Greenway Court Theatre Presented:
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Adapted for the stage by Isaac Gómez based on Erika L. Sánchez’s award-winning novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter follows Julia, a Chicago high school student as she navigates trials and tribulations of following her dreams of becoming a writer alongside the death of her sister, Olga—who might not have been quite as perfect as she seemed. This vibrant new work is a love story of young Chicanas who, in trying to find the truth about the people and the world around them, end up finding themselves.