Volunteer as an Actor at Edison Language Academy!

Volunteermatch; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading non-profit as a volunteer actor to help bring students' stories to life at the Big Show. No memorization is required, just a passion for storytelling and creativity. This is a unique opportunity to inspire young voices and engage with the community.

Responsibilities

• Bring students' screenplays to life at the Big Show.
• Meet students and perform without memorization or rehearsal.

Job description

Volunteer as an Actor at Edison Language Academy!

1 person is interested

Hey actors? Want to work with LA's best creatives? (Hint: it’s our students). Bring our students' screenplays to life in an upcoming Big Show! Young Storytellers is looking for volunteer performers to dedicate a couple of hours to perform at an upcoming 'Big Show,' an in-school assembly where volunteer actors bring our students' stories to life on the stage in front of their classmates and the school community. No memorization or rehearsal is required. We just ask that you show up, meet our students, and bring their stories to life with the script in hand. Raise voices, have fun!

Young Storytellers is a non-profit program that raises student voices by teaching them how to write unique stories and transform them into screenplays. At the end of the program, each of our school partners puts on a 'Big Show,' where volunteer actors perform the students’ stories and bring them to life on stage.

Mission Statement

Young Storytellers sparks creative self-discovery through storytelling. Our programs highlight young people as the center of their own narratives, emphasize that their stories matter, and celebrate their unique voices as the ones telling them. Young Storytellers works towards a future where young people experience, through the stories they write, the impact that their thoughts, feelings, and words can have on the world in which they live. We raise voices, one story at a time.

Description

In elementary school, Young Storytellers uses storytelling to help young people explore their creativity and imagination. In middle school, we use storytelling to explore their goals for the future and what challenges might stand in their way. In high school, we use storytelling to explore the impact their voice can have in their community—and, more broadly, the world.

CAUSE AREAS

Arts & Culture

Community

WHEN

Wed May 28, 2025

04:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Weekdays - Evening

WHERE

• This is a "Done in a Day" opportunity with no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
• Driver's License Needed
• Must be at least 18
• Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
• Group Size Range: 1 - 50+
• Event can be held at organization location(s)