Fostering Imagination

On May 23, 2010 From Foster Care to Fabulous will be the main feature of a Foster Care Awareness Event hosted by Fostering Imagination!

Fostering Imagination was created in 2005 by family law attorney Ilia Lopez in response to the growing number of foster youth who become destitute when they emancipate from the foster care system. Working with experience youth advocates, she set out to develop innovative programs that would empower youth and help them make a successful and healthy transition to adulthood.

More information on this event is available here!

Opening Weekend

Opening weekend of From Foster Care to Fabulous rocked. We had AMAZING audiences at both performances and the show is being very well received. Standing ovations both nights!!!

Also, at tonight's show (Sunday) we had two very special guests from the Children's Law Center of Los Angeles. Two attorneys from this organization came out to see the show and then participated in a talk back with the audience and myself after the show. This is a wonderful organization that advocates for Foster Youth. Check out their website at www.clcla.org

Another member of our audience works with an organization called CASA which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. This organization provides advocates for foster kids. These people are volunteers and are people from the community. You could be one of them!!! Check out their website at www.casaforchildren.org

This past week the show was featured as a cover story article for the UCLA newspaper, The Daily Bruin. The article is available online here!

And if you haven't seen the show and don't plan to, please change your plans! We have a Saturday night show next week and the week after at midnight and we have Sunday night show next week at 8pm which will include another talk back with representatives from the Children's Law Center.

Thanks to everyone who came to see the show!!!

Child Welfare League of America

I was featured in an article called "No One Makes It On Their Own," in the September/October edition of Children's Voice.

The magazine is published by the Child Welfare League of America and is available for order on their website. The article can be found online here.

Please stay tuned for updates on my show From Foster Care to Fabulous! We are heavy into pre-production for our January 30th opening at The Improv Space.

One Man Show

Some of you may recall my original One Man Show I performed a reading of last May in Irvine:

It is my joy to announce that I will be having a three week, fully produced run of the show in Los Angeles in early 2010!

Opening night will be January 30, 2010. We will run for three weekends at The Improv Space in Westwood. The show is being produced by the good people at the Ahimsa Collective under the direction of Negin Singh.

For those of who not familiar with the show, it chronicles my experiences in foster care in the Bay Area. It boasts with laughter, tears, music and a quirky cast of characters.

Stay tuned for updates!

graphics by Ray Ramirez.