Calif. Teens Produce, Learn Through Theatre

Backstage: "Phantom's teen-appropriate plays are now produced both at the La Mirada Theatre of the Performing Arts and in Southern California schools — some of which can offer only a makeshift stage and a few light bulbs. The groups' productions are a mix of literary classics — such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, and The Diary of Anne Frank — and Gevirtzman's other original plays, written for and starring teens: The Center of the Universe and Out, Out Brief Candle. "