Stories from the First Generation
Saturday, April 18, 2026 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
By True Story Theater at the Arlington Center for the Arts
Learn More Here: truestorytheater.com/event/stories-from-the-first-generation/
Are you the first in your family to go to college? Or the first in your family to live in this country ? These roles come with special strengths and challenges. Come to share your experience or just to watch and listen.
If the description “first generation” does not fit your life, we still warmly invite you to attend. Come to show your support and to gain insight and compassion by witnessing the creative enactments.
Important Details:
$15-25 at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds. All are welcome.
Come to the Arlington Center for the Arts Gallery, 20 Academy St, 3rd floor, Arlington. Free parking behind the building. Accessible entry via 27 Maple St. door.
Thank you to ACA, a co-presenter of this event.
*What happens in a True Story Theater performance?
Our events bring together the delight of improvisation with the courageous vulnerability of people sharing their personal truth.
The show’s emcee (called “the conductor”) facilitates brief, spontaneous conversations with volunteers from the audience who share their own feelings and experiences related to the show’s theme. After each conversation, the actors and musician immediately embody the key feelings and actions they heard, using movement, music, dialogue, and superb listening. All of it is improvised on the spot. During the course of a 75 minute show, True Story enacts about 6-8 stories.
From this simple interaction, audience members feel validated, laugh, cry, get insights about their lives, and feel an expanded sense of community. You can share a moment from your life and see it performed, or just come to watch.