Our programs directly serve youth in Green Bay, Madison, and Wausau, Wisconsin. Our presence serves all in the communities we work in, through workshops and community performances.
Proud Theater
Proud Theater is Art and Soul Innovations’ first and largest program; we were founded to support Proud Theater. Proud Theater is an award-winning, exciting and innovative youth theater program whose mission is ‘to change the world through the power of theater and the theater arts, and to make a positive difference in the lives of LGBTQ+ and allied youth through the tenets of art, heart, and activism’. Proud Theater is open to youth ages 13 to 19 who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning or who are allied with the queer community (LGBTQ+). Proud Theater is also open to youth with LGBTQ+ parents. Empowering and creative, Proud Theater encourages young people to share their own stories through original theatrical works which they then present to the community at large throughout the school year.
Connections
Art & Soul Innovations hosts a conference in Madison focusing on intergenerational community building through story-telling and conversation to bridge the generational divide within the LGBTQ+ community. Connections was first hosted in March 2016 and has been a key component of our community events ever since.