Since 1992 YO ACAP staff and youth have written and produced five plays. The dramas discuss issues affecting youth and young adults including drugs, alcohol, domestic violence and hustling. Staff and youth have volunteered countless hours to developing and producing these dramas. They not only are playwrights, but also compose rap lyrics and engineer the plays' soundtracks. YO ACAP also contracts with various organizations to develop skits. Staff and youth are not paid to perform, they volunteer their evenings and weekends to develop and rehearse the plays. The life situations, rap interludes and hip hop soundtracks have made YO ACAP the most popular youth outreach organization in the city.
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Play Station

First Production Date, November 1998

When Mark and Kia bumped into each other they had no idea what kind of trip they would take each other on. Kia listens to Mark kick game and she's a little interested. But Kia is hesitant because all of her friends in relationships are going through it with their mates. This makes her particularly skeptical about a new relationship. While Kia and Mark talk they share different stories and scenarios about their friends and physical abuse, emotional abuse, child abuse and abuse of the elderly.

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First Production Date, November 1998

What would the leader of an HIV strand say to his followers? Maybe, "Look at this body. This man is a playa! He got a plated up Lexus!! He sells coke, he smokes herb and drinks, so you know his body is weak. It will be easy to break him down...Now ya'll know what we got to do! We got to roll out and break down his immune system, especially his T-Cells..."

Represent II

First Production Date, 1996

Represent I

First Production Date, 1994

Wake Up the World

First Production Date, 1992

Time for Life

First Production Date, 1991

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