In an effort to provide pathways from academic to professional settings, Milagro is launching a new arts education program called, Pluma a Escena, or pen to scene. Students involved in the Pluma program will create and perform their own original works through a cultural lens, at El Centro Milagro. Pluma will give students an opportunity to participate in a professional theatre setting, with professionals in the business, to explore creative avenues to pursue in the future. End of session performances will invite friends, family, and community members as new audiences to El Centro Milagro. For this first year, Milagro will work in two high schools across the Portland area with teachers who have long-standing relationships with Milagro. Teaching artists will travel to each school to conduct workshops in acting and writing. Then in Summer 2025, open to all students, El Centro Milagro will open its doors to an intensive 3-week long summer camp, where students will devise a full-length short play.

During summer 2025, the Pluma a Escena summer session will be open to all students aged 14-18, who want to participate. This intensive program will scaffold a series of specific acting, movement, and writing classes with special emphasis in different theatrical styles that range from heightened language, Theatre of the Oppressed and Teatro Campesino. Students will work towards a final performance on the last day of camp, open to friends, family and the public.

Milagro’s goal is to provide students the tools to create their own opportunities to forge their own paths, especially those students whose voices have been historically and are currently marginalized. By working with Milagro, students will learn creativity, dedication, and integrity; the key factors in the making of confident, happy leaders in their communities.