18th Street Arts Center

ArtNihgt Celebrating our 20 Years

On May 2, the Los Angeles Poverty Department will present a new production,"CPR: a Public Training in Life Saving Skills", developed and performed by members of Santa Monica's OPCC, Ocean Park Community Center and the LAPD All-Stars, directed by John Malpede and Henriëtte Brouwers.

Based in LA's Skid Row, LAPD creates work that connects lived experience of those who live in poverty to the political and social forces that shape their communities and lives.
"CPR: a Public Training in Life Saving Skills" is the first collaboration between LAPD and Ocean Park Community Center. OPCC is the largest and most comprehensive provider of housing and services on the Westside to low-income and homeless youth, adults and families, battered women and their children, and people living with mental illness, particularly homeless mentally ill women.
LAPD has been making theater with homeless and formerly homeless people for 24 years. Twenty years ago LAPD was invited to perform at Highways during its inaugural season. To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of 18th Street Arts Center and Highways Performance Space, the performance will be presented on May 2 at 8:30 p.m., at the same location as part of 18th Street Arts Center’s Arts Night.