The Urban Boot Camp is a program designed for teens ages 13 to train them about the entertainment business and help mold their growth as an artist or future entrepreneur in the arts. This program not only trains amateurs but helps already established artists find distribution and display for their craft. We will also submit to many festivals and have a lot of field trips. “Urban artist Boot camp” A one weekend Artist retreat for young Urban artists. This project captured the experience of environmental artists, writer, singers, rappers, and actors. Not only are these project live events, but they will also be filmed in a three part MTV style episodic Reality TV show. These programs will showcase new youth’s talent and teach them skills of working together and producing projects in front and behind the camera.

You may or may not know this, but COLSAC is not only a theater and artistic company, but also a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to bringing artists, foundations, business corporations, and individual partners together to create positive social change through theater and the performing arts, especially in lower-income and disenfranchised communities throughout Los Angeles County. Through our innovative After School Theater Repertory and Kid’s Summer Theater Repertory Programs, we educate at-risk youth in a safe, nurturing environment where they are able to positively express themselves and learn how to work together towards a common goal.

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The Coleman & Smith Artistic Company (COLSAC), a non-profit organization, would like to thank you for interest in the COLSAC Youth Program. We believe that by collaborating with parents & people in the community, we will be able to positively impact the lives of the young members in our theatrical repertory.

One important aspect of our Youth Program, The Godfather Weekend, gives the chance for teenagers to get together with ‘The Don’ (Lamont A. Coleman, Godfather) to learn a variety of life skills. The Don will teach the young teens how to go to job interviews, write checks, be respectful to elders, how to treat women with respect and a whole list of moral based activities. They will have the opportunity to learn other cultures like Quinceaneras and they will visit various churches. In addition, they will learn about all aspects of the entertainment industry, from on camera to behind camera and on stage to behind the scenes. We also look to promote “The Godmother Weekend” as soon as we receive more funding. Like the Godfather Weekend, The Godmother Weekend will hold activities with the same concept, but will primarily focus on young girls/teenage girls and the issues they can relate to.

At the moment, the young men in the Godfather Weekend are working on "In Da Cut" which is a film project about their lifestyles and cultures and the bond they have created as a group of brothers. The Preview to “In Da Cut” can be viewed at www.colsac.org.

“We need a national agenda to make sure that our community has more than music and style. We can’t continue to do bootleg activism. We’ve got to do institutional activism, creating media outlets that will push our propaganda.” -The Don