Wendt Center for Loss and Healing Ensemble

The Voices of Now Wendt Center Ensemble is a free drama and writing program for teenagers ages 12-18 who have experienced a death-related loss. This opportunity is provided by Arena Stage, D.C.'s oldest, largest producing theater, in partnership with The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing.

Voices of Now Wendt Center Ensemble members rehearse weekly with professional theater artists and grief counselors at Arena Stage to create an autobiographical play that explores their personal experience with grief.

The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing

A premier resource for restoring hope and healthy functioning to adults, teens, and children who are coping with grief, loss, and trauma in the Greater Washington region. For over 40 years, the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing has been providing counseling services on-site at their NW and SE offices, and in the community at DC Public and Public Charter schools, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the city's two domestic violence intake centers, and crisis support to family and community members at homicide scenes. The Wendt Center serves nearly 1,800 people a year in counseling and crisis-related services.

Learn more about The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing

To get involved with the Voices of Now Wendt Center Ensemble, please contact:

Wendt Center Voices of Now Program Director: Stephanie Handel at shandel@wendtcenter.org

Watch their original play Beneath the Surface
Directed by Fareed Mostoufi and Rebecca Campana
Grief Counselors: Aaryn Kopp and Pam Lieber