October 25, 26, 27, 2013: Pascal Rambert’s ‘Micro History of World Economics, danced’,  LA Poverty Department’s 3rd collaboration with director Pascal Rambert and thèâtre de Gennevilliers, France, with a cast of 50 perfromers from LAPD and the greater Los Angeles including a 15 person choir. The perfromances will be presented in downtown LA at the end of a 2 week rehearsal periode, from October 14 - 24. LAPD is inviting artists and choirs who are interested in particpating to email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

BIGGEST RECOVERY COMMUNITY ANYWHERE - MAY 3, 4 and 5,

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The performance, also called Biggest Recovery Community Anywhere is created and performed by members of our theater group, comprised of people who live and work on Skid Row. The performance explores the concepts of recovery and draws upon the wisdom of company members and other notable members of Skid Row’s recovery community.

The Biggest Recovery Community Anywhere, documents the development of Skid Row as a site of recovery and transformation. It highlights not only the considerable concentration of professional resources and programs in the neighborhood, but also the 80+ weekly meetings organized by community residents. Getting clean and sober happens in funded programs, but recovery happens in the community. Because so many people living and working in the neighborhood are following the spiritual path of recovery, the neighborhood is suffused with a sophisticated recovery consciousness. People still in addiction are confronted with people in recovery everyday, concrete evidence that they too can change.