Teens become theatrical producers in PANG program

Marvin Tate and D-Settlement, TeenStreet 7 tonight

Pulaski Park, 1419 W.

Blackhawk

Suggested admission, $10 for adults, $5 for students

(773) 772-7248

Sixteen-year-old Terri Montes used to work in an ice cream parlor but considers her new job as a theatrical producer "a lot better." As one of eight inner city teens in the Producing Arts for a New Generation program, Montes was paid minimum wage to help organize tonight's performance of Marvin Tate and D-Settlement, but the experience she's earned is priceless.

Facilitated by Chicago playwright Bryn Magnus, the newly formed teen jobs program is an outgrowth of Free Street, an organization that also …