Plays that spark conversation
providing agency & opportunities for diverse voices
OJP believes in the power of live theater to pierce preconceptions, to urge new perspectives and to build community. Over the past 12 years we have produced close to 60 productions, employed hundreds of artists and production workers, and entertained and challenged thousands of patrons. What a dull mind we would all have without any challenges to our preconceptions or opportunities to discuss our differences. With its power to stir our hearts and tickle our funny bones, theater can poke the bear, laugh at the naked emperor, and move audience members to imagine new possibilities. Each audience becomes a community complicit in the act of creating a unique and ephemeral piece of art that will exist only for them. A one of a kind experience shared with strangers who during the course of 90 minutes become co-conspirators, co-travelers and sometimes even confidantes. It is deep belief in this transformative process of live performing arts that propels us to continue to come together to conspire to make the world a better place.
OJP MUSIC LOUNGE
a place for music and more
The Music Lounge was OJP’s response to our community’s distress at the loss of live music venues over the past few years.
- Intimate Salon- Our 60 seat venue provides an intimate space for local and regional music artists to develop and launch new work and share it with our receptive and engaged audience members. OJP provides artists with technical support and equipment to support their performance needs.
- Cabaret Venue- OJP supports the development of new works and cabaret style shows.
- Improv & Stand Up Comedy- OJP hosts and produces comedy performances.
- Studio Space— when the OJP Music Lounge space is not being used for performances, it is a perfect venue for live-streaming or recording.
THEATRE FOR GOOD
Helping Partner Nonprofits fulfill their missions
The Theatre for Good (TFG) program partners with other nonprofits with social justice or community wellbeing missions and presents bespoke or command performances to help raise funds and/or awareness for the partner nonprofit’s mission.
- Made possible by State and Local Grants- TFG is funded by grants from the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles Department of Arts and Culture and the City of Claremont.
- Past Partners- Past community partner recipients include “Room for All” a project to improve lodging facilities for immigrants awaiting asylum hearings at the San Ysidro border, CASA San Bernardino- providing advocacy services for youth in foster care, Aging Next- providing resources and support for Seniors, Megan’s Wings providing support for families who have a child with cancer, Children’s Foundation of America- providing support for youth transitioning out of foster care.
- 2025 Partners– Aging Next, The Newcomers’ Access Center- providing support for refugees as they begin life in the US, and Uncommon Good- providing 360 support and scholarships for youth from disadvantaged families to break the cycle of poverty.
- Interest in partnering with TFG? If you work with a nonprofit that might benefit from the TFG program, please contact us!
OJP “A Friend in Theatre” (AFIT)
Mentoring, Training, Career Counseling for Youth interested in Theatre or Theatre Related Careers
Most young people interested in having a career in the theatrical arts get very little support or guidance due to lack of school programs and funding for arts programs. OJP is launching a program that will be an extension of our paid summer internship program. The AFIT program seeks to increase youth access to the theater, provide hands on opportunities for exploration and training in various aspects of theater, pair students up with professional mentors, and provide them with training in networking and access to resources to help them make informed decisions in pursuing higher education or a career in theater or a theater related profession.
- Free tickets– Grants from local Rotary and Kiwanis allow OJP to give blocks of free tickets to local educators and nonprofit leaders serving high school students.
- Paid Internships– AFIT will work on the Midsummer Theater Festival with opportunities to explore areas of interest and work alongside professional mentors.
- Career Mentorship– participants in the AFIT program will have the opportunity to attend networking events, speak with theater professionals and attend workshops in various areas of theatrical practice.