WISH LIST $100: training workshop for a young minority artist; $500: 1-week residency for a guest actor, director, dancer, musician, or poet; $1000: matinee performance and post-show education program for students

Walk past the old Tivoli Theatre and you will see something wonderful: the state-of-the-art home of the National Center for Latino Performing Arts and the only performance space in Columbia Heights. GALA mounts classical, modern, contemporary, and new works, including musical and dance theater pieces, by established and emerging artists from Spain, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the US. Its children’s theatre - GALita - produces bilingual musicals that enrich family life while reinforcing Hispanic language and culture. More than 2,000 students attend matinee performances and post-show education programs every year, introducing them to the power and pleasure of Hispanic performing arts. Recognizing the special needs of young people in Columbia Heights, GALA created Paso Nuevo (New Step), which works with at-risk Latino and multicultural youth, providing mentors who are positive role models (Latinos who have finished school and who have "made it” in America without sacrificing their cultural heritage), and who inspire in their charges a lifelong love of the performing arts. A gift to GALA gives artistic voice to a new generation of Washingtonians.

Hugo Medrano, Co-Founder & Producing Artistic Director PO Box 43209 Washington, DC 20010 202.234.7174 www.galatheatre.org