L.A. theater in culture program

24th Street Theatre in L.A. is a small theater with a long reach: It has been chosen to represent the United States in El Salvador as part of the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Connect Program.

Named cultural envoys on behalf of the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, the theater’s artistic director Debbie Devine and local composer-musician Ed Barguiarena, joined by 24th Street’s executive director Jay McAdams, will work with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of San Salvador and other groups, March 9-19.

During that time, 24th Street will extend its international exchange with a performance in Colombia by its resident Latino theater company, Teatro Apolo, as part of Bogota’s Festival de Teatro Alternativo 2008.