'Playmaking for Girls' program empowers at-risk youth to find their voices as writers and actors

Synchronicity Theatre’s outreach program, “Playmaking for Girls,” gives young ladies who are wards of the state or refugees an opportunity to come together as playwrights and actors. The program offers several services that empower and educate the girls to imagine new pathways for their own lives.

In this interview, “City Lights” producer Summer Evans spoke with the program director Susie Purcell about the program.

“With this population, there’s a lot of trauma, so we have trauma training and speak to the heart and try to make it a safe place to open up,” Purcell said.