RECENT UPDATE: Public Works Improvisational Theatre (PWIT) is currently working on Confessions of a Pulpiteer and holds monthly literary salon reading through our Voice In The Well project.
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About
Public Works Improvisational Theatre (PWIT) specializes in cultural activism theatre that puts audiences in touch with contemporary events and their immediate personal, political and social relevance. In addition to performing around the nation, PWIT regularly dedicates a portion of its resources running theatre workshops for at-risk youth, the elderly. and community groups.
PWIT has been funded by California Arts Council, National/State/County Partnership, Cultural Affairs Dept. of L.A., Brody Arts Fund L.A., and the Puffin Foundation N.J.
Lee Boek: Artistic Director
An integral part of Public Works Improvisational Theater Company since the 1970s, Lee took over as Artistic Director of the company in 2001 after founding member Marlene Rasnick’s passing. The California native, born in 1941, has had successful careers as a Fundamentalist Evangelist preacher, radio host, actor, writer, producer, union organizer, husband, father, grandfather to many & champion for the under-served & wronged. A staple of the Silverlake arts community, Lee continues to be on the forefront of accessible, socially-relevant performing arts productions
Lee has been with the company since 1979. He has helped to create, direct and perform in virtually all the original plays and performance art pieces
produced by the company since then. He has also been seen on television on Mama’s Family, Webster, Home Improvement, and MADtv. Before moving to Los Angeles in the late seventies, Boek was a well-known performer and radio personality in northern California, where he was known as Brother Lee Love of the Survival Revival Hour on KZAP-FM radio in the late sixties.
Consultants
Stewart Nelsen, film director & sound engineer, shot the "Confessions of a Pulpiteer" video promo
http://vimeo.com/channels/secondsonfilm
Photographer Lucas Janin shot our "Confessions of a Pulpiteer" photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucas3d