We Are Here, We Are There!

Chocolate Chips is committed to making the arts accessible. Here are a few of the ways we have been involved in the surrounding community and the community-at-large.

Here's what else we've been doing.

• Welcomed groups from as far away as NW Indiana & Milwaukee.
• Provided reduced and free presentations for community groups such as:
• Women's shelters
• Schools with high at-risk populations
• Youth centers and more.
• Invited hundreds of children from the Chicago Public Schools to performances, free of charge, through a collaboration with Chicago Communities in Schools (CCIS)
• Provided paid opportunities for both professional & entry-level adult performing artists, technicians and designers
• Developed new works, including workshopping original productions (from concept through completed play) with adult and student writers.

As part of the Kennedy-King College family, Chips has been involved in the college and the Englewood community for nearly 20 years.

• More than 50 Englewood schools and day care centers have been entertained and educated by our programming
• Within Kennedy-King itself, we have:
• Provided reduced and free presentations for college events and fairs
• Shared use of Chips props and set pieces
• Provided acting & backstage experiences for KKC students
• KKC's Child Developmental Laboratory Center attends all age - appropriate Chips performances, free of charge
• In 2007-2008 we will also be doing artistic programming and workshops in the Center itself

. . . and so much more !