The shows are for students and adults of all ages. Performance pieces, music and choreography are all original - created and performed the Company under the direction of specially trained artistic and health education staff. Engaging and thought provoking, they heighten awareness, provide accurate information and help to reduce risky behaviors.

An interactive musical theatre piece for 5th and 6th graders, dealing with puberty, delayed precocious sexual behavior, pregnancy prevention, HIV/AIDS, personal boundaries, divorce, "good touch - bad touch," peer pressure and negotiation.

Everybody's Doin' It
a program for Middle School

Music, theater, and rap are combined in an entertaining, lively and thought-provoking show for 7th and 8th graders. The show is complimented by a post-show facilitation where students may question the characters' choices. In addition, there is a four-week follow-up where issues are discussed in-depth Issues addressed include: male puberty, sexuality, HIV/AIDS, homophobia, drugs and alcohol, communication and negotiation, peer pressure and bullying.

For fee schedules and bookings, please contact:
Terrence Taylor, Company Manager: 212-523-3688
ttaylor@chpnet.org

The Rec

High school students enter a national “create your own reality show” competition.  As the cameras roll they find themselves confronted with the "reality" of their lives.  Targeted to high school audiences, the show covers HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, STIs, communication, abstinence, teen pregnancy.

In addition to the post-show facilitation, in our Star Too series trained facilitators and actors return to conduct workshops in the classroom about the issues in the show, providing a more in-depth learning experience

For fee schedules and bookings, please contact:
Terrence Taylor, Company Manager: 212-523-3688
ttaylor@chpnet.org

Whatcha Lookin At?

A combination of short monologues, music and spoken word, Whatcha lookin’ at  asks its audience to take a closer look at the violence around us in our everyday life.  It evokes the activism of the 1960s, challenging the viewer to move past complacency and get involved in advocating for change.  To this end music from the Broadway musical Hair was adapted, creating a highly entertaining, hard-hitting tone that is both provocative and emotional.  Issues addressed are:  GLBTQ bias crimes, date rape and intimate partner violence.

For fee schedules and bookings, please contact
Terrence Taylor, Company Manager: 212-523-3688
ttaylor@chpnet.org

PANDEMIC
for conferences and community based audiences

A show Created for World AIDS Day 2004, Pandemic examines the global HIV/AIDS pandemic through the stories of people living with HIV/AIDS in Brazil , Thailand , Russia and Uganda .

Adapted from the documentary film, "Pandemic, Facing AIDS" by Rory Kennedy, NiteStar's Pandemic uses music and movement to create a haunting and visually evocative journey into the worldwide epidemic and the human, interpersonal toll it has taken on individuals, both infected and affected, and their families.

For fee schedules and bookings, please contact:
Terrence Taylor at 212-523-3688
ttaylor@chpnet.org

The Living Quilt
for adult outreach audiences

Created in collaboration with the St. Luke's Roosevelt Crime Victims Treatment Center and the Center for Comprehensive Care in 2002, The Living Quilt was originally commissioned as part of a CDC grant addressing the overlap of HIV/AIDS and intimate partner violence. Under the direction of Cheryl Paley, 8 actors met for an intensive 10 week writing/improv. workshop and created character sketches, composites of the issues evoked by the subject matter. In the end, a beautiful and haunting full-length play was created and performed for the grant recipients and adult outreach audiences.

For fee schedules and bookings, please contact:
Cydelle Berlin, Executive Director
212-523-3599
or
Cheryl Paley, Artistic Director
212-523-3593
cmpaley@chpnet.org