For Families and Students
Rehearsal for Life offers after school arts and theater programming in Boston and the Greater Boston area. The Freelance Players offers fully produced, original, issues-based musical theater for Boston area students ages 8-16, and Youth Unscripted offers Boston high school students a stipend to explore improv, theater, visual arts, music, community building and collaboration, culminating in an original devised production.
![A young woman with curly hair sings while holding a notebook. There is a floral bow in her hair.](https://rehearsalforlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/R2019.4-2-87.jpg)
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The Freelance Players
![A student plays guitar, looking down at their fingers, with a white wooden staircase behind them.](https://rehearsalforlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_6195-1024x683.jpg)
Youth Unscripted
Our Impact
“Freelance was the first place where I felt like I truly belonged and had something to offer. You taught me how to use my voice and be proud of who I was. I made some of the greatest friends and was at home. Freelance gave me so much.”
– Ella, Freelance Players Alum
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100%
of teachers recommend our programming
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3,000
program participants each school year
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95,000
students served
![A group of girls dressed as zombies dance on stage with their hands up.](https://rehearsalforlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Zombie-Dance-1024x683.jpg)