International City Theatre

International City Theatre

Recognized as the resident professional theatre for Long Beach, International City Theatre (ICT), annually reaches about 30,000 children, families, adults, and seniors through our five professional, award-winning mainstage productions and six vital education programs. Our goal is to produce works that entertain and challenge the audience while sometimes highlighting societal issues and concerns as diverse as the faces of our community to help us better understand ourselves and the world in which we live. Programs provide aid to those culturally underserved due to lack of access or affordable artistic programming.
ICT is an award-winning company with more than 425 professional awards including the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle Award for Sustained Excellence and, out of hundreds of theatres, the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Award for Outstanding Season in 2015. And named BEST LARGER THEATER by Stage Scene LA. ICT is also fiscally responsible, running in the black for 31 of 35 years (9/11 and the recession created challenges).

ICT is committed to:

• Contributing to the preservation and development of theatre as an art form.
• Participating in creative leadership to solve problems and address issues in our field.
• Presenting the highest quality productions and education programs possible to reach our diverse community, including underserved and disadvantaged children, youth, families and seniors.

Five Main Stage Productions

• Award-winning theatre with more than 400 professional awards including the Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle Award for Sustained Excellence and, out of hundreds of theatres, the Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Award for Outstanding Season in 2015. 2017 named BEST LARGER THEATER by Stage Scene LA.
• 182 productions to date and 96 premieres (World, American, West Coast, California, LA) 

 Six Educational Outreach Programs

• Performing Arts Classroom Teaching (PACT) Program: A curriculum-based, in-school program for the third grade, supporting literacy and language and California Standards for Visual and Performing Arts. 480 classroom visits annually! 
• Senior Outreach Program: Provides free tickets and transportation to low-income seniors to keep them mentally active and socially engaged, adding to their quality of life and longevity as research supports. 
• Summer Youth Conservatory: Trains children ages 7 through 15 in acting, singing, dancing and playwriting for 4 weeks, culminating with a performance in the theatre (no auditions necessary). We train everyone.
• Students to Stage: Introduces students to age-appropriate professional productions on the main stage. 
• Free Saturday Family Theatre Series: Offers an introduction for children and their families, many of whom are low-income and underserved, to age-appropriate educational theatre productions.
• Internship Program: Training for serious high school and college students to work with professionals behind the scenes. These are paid internships and some have received their union card through ICT. 

Testimonials

• "Your teacher was awesome!! She presented the material very effectively and kept the students engaged and active. We'd love to have you back next year!!" - LBUSD teacher
• "Great program! The students love it, and it gives us a chance to see students' hidden talents we might not otherwise see. Good intro to writing skits and performing so that we can continue in the classroom!" - LBUSD teacher
• "Today I learned expressions, fun activities, actor stretches, and that I LOVE theatre. Thank you so much for sending Mrs. Shelly to teach us so much in only 3 classes. Have a nice day and keep doing this at other schools too!" - Third-grade LBUSD student
• "The Conservatory helped me to feel a lot more confident." - Marcus
• "It gives you experience and trains you to be comfortable in front of an audience. It gives you an opportunity to reach your dreams." - Jordan
• "Wonderful range of stories, reflecting the diversity of our community, engaging and interactive for children."
• "I found something inside myself that I didn't know existed." - Student at ICT
  "I have never had anything impact me like that...