Since 1999, Enrichment Works has been providing programming for  magnet, Gifted And Talented Education (GATE), and after-school  and summer programs .  Experienced and dedicated artists create custom workshops or sequential classes to meet your students needs.

The success of our instructional programs in the Los Angeles, Inglewood, Glendale and Palos Verdes school districts is based on close collaboration with host schools.  

The guiding philosophy is: aim higher, delve deeper, do more.  These creative and challenging programs typically last 5-10 sessions, each 60-75-minutes long and calibrated to match the grade-level enrolled.  The price per session is $200 with 10% discounts available on multiple orders. 

Enrichment Works will work with you to custom-design a class schedule that fits your calendar and budget.  Current offerings include:

Circus Workshops:  Fun and challenging classes for ages 6 and up.  Students learn teamwork, build confidence and have fun exercising as they learn to do circus tricks such as juggling, plate spinning, pyramid building, tightwire walking, clowning and more.   One-day workshops or a full program ending with a student circus are available. 
Instructor: Donna Wood-Babcock
Wood-Babcock is a graduate of Ringling Brothers Clown College.  She has served as the Director of the Hope Street Youth Circus for 15 years.  Her experience as a Circus Arts instructor includes working as a trainer for Cirque du Soleil's social outreach program, Cirque du Monde, as well as creating Circus Arts programs for the Los Angeles Foundation for Circus Arts, and working as Director of Clown College for Ocean Park, Hong Kong.  Additionally, she has directed dozens of youth circus programs at schools and community centers throughout Southern California. 


Filmmaking for Fun:  Making a film can be a most rewarding and fun experience for all ages. Students will use their imagination, tell a story, and use video cameras to record their vision.  The course begins with outlining a story, creating a production team, casting actors and planning the shots. Then the shooting  begins! Editing and adding music to the team's masterpiece is the final stage of completing the film.
Instructor: Anna Giannotis
Giannotis is a writer/producer, educator and actress.  She is the award-winning documentary writer/director/producer of  "The Greeks of Southern California: Through the Century - The Pioneers 1900-1942"  (seen on PBS) and "The Promise of Tomorrow 1940-1960" She is currently Artist-in-Residence at Sheridan Elementary, Cornerstone School, and Bethune Middle School, and a lecturer for Arts Connect.  



Playwriting:   It won't be on the stage if it isn't on the page.  This course will guide young playwrights in their understanding of dramatic conflict, and enhance their ability to reveal character through action and dialogue.  Simple exercises and assignments are designed to introduce students to basic concepts such as plotting, suspense, subtext, dramatic irony, and stock characters.
Instructor: Abraham Tetenbaum
Tetenbaum is the co-founder and Executive Director of Enrichment Works. He holds a BS from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and an MFA in Playwriting from the University of Minnesota. Tetenbaum has written for Broadway (Crazy He Calls Me), network television (Sisters) and scripted two pilot education projects for the Joy2learn Foundation featuring pianist Alan Gampel and actor Hector Elizondo. He has taught at NYU, Brooklyn College and Hofstra University in addition to GATE programs at Roscomare Road Elementary and Frank D. Parent Elementary. Tetenbaum has also conducted writing and drama workshops for the World Union of Jewish Students in Croatia, Italy and the United Kingdom. His early career was spent at the New York Shakespeare Festival produced by Joseph Papp for whom he served on the Educational Council at Lincoln Center. Tetenbaum is a member of the Dramatists Guild (DG) and the Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. (WGA).

Story Theater: This program connects literacy and reading to drama as students take a classic story and turn it into play.  Participants will learn writing, improvisation and acting skills as they create and work their way to the culminating performance.  
Instructor: Joyce Lee
Lee has worked in theatre and education for over 20 years. In New York she trained as an actor at New York University's , Tisch School, Graduate Acting Program, and later as a Resident Professional Teaching Associate at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York she taught acting. She received a Fox Fellowship with which she studied African-traditional theatre in Ghana. Her exploration in Ghana led to the production of her documentary, The Ethnic Groups of Ghana. As a producer she has worked with the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival. Lee won an Audelco Award for her portrayal of Mattie in August Wilson's , Joe Turner's Come and Gone, produced by Woodie King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre. With Target Margin Theatre Co. she played Dolly in the OBIE award-winning production of Dubose Heyward's Mamba's Daughters, and appeared in the company's productions ofThe Marriage of Figaro, Five Hysterical Girl Theorem, and Penthesilea. In the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway play, The Coyote Bleeds, (Tribeca Theatre), she played District Attorney Robinson.  TV credits include  Law and Order, Ed. Judging Amy, and Nickolodeon's Drake and Josh.