Our Time, an arts organization in Manhattan for children and teenagers who stutter, announced on Monday night that it will expand to offer more after-school theater programs and speech therapy this fall and open new locations in Westchester County, Long Island, and northern New Jersey.
The nonprofit, founded in 2001, now serves 60 young people between the ages of 8 and 18 with programs on Fridays and Saturdays; the expansion aims to eventually serve hundreds more, by extending activities to five days a week and offering them at its new locations. The New Jersey programs will take place at Montclair State University, while the Westchester and Long Island locations are being determined.
The organization also runs a summer camp in North Carolina. Our Time, which provides many programs free of charge and helps its members express themselves through playwriting, songwriting, acting, singing, directing and designing - work that was showcased on Monday at the annual gala, where Broadway stars like Kelli O’Hara, Victor Garber, Anthony Rapp, and Jeremy Jordan performed alongside some of the Our Time members.
