And she said Northwestern students also will benefit by participating in LITTT. Lynn Kelso, founder of Imagine U and assistant professor of instruction in Northwestern’s theatre department, agrees theater can be a powerful experience for young audiences. It is the University’s newest social impact partnership. Learn and Imagine Together Through Theater (LITTT), which begins in the 2022-2023 academic year, is a co-created partnership developed by Northwestern and District 65, which is coordinated through Neighborhood and Community Relations. “Co-created community partnerships such as this can serve as a catalyst for advancing racial equity by exposing young people to artists who look like them and providing them an opportunity to see themselves in a way they never imagined,” Davis said. ” Dave DavisĮxecutive Director of Neighborhood and Community RelationsThe program is designed to make live theater more accessible throughout Evanston and Chicago. P artnerships such as this can serve as a catalyst for advancing racial equity. With that in mind, Northwestern is launching a unique community-based theater arts partnership with Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Imagine U, the nationally recognized producer of theater for young audiences at the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. “The creative power of the arts crosses all cultural barriers, reminding us of our shared human heritage,” said Dave Davis, Northwestern University’s executive director of Neighborhood and Community Relations.
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