Come to the Table program brings intergenerational relationships to the forefront

Avalon Park, Fla. (July 27, 2018) – As a leader in innovative programs for seniors, Encore at Avalon Park has teamed with Orlando Repertory Theatre to provide a new program pairing middle school students with residents at Encore.

The program, Come to the Table, will involve 20 Avalon Middle School students interviewing residents over four sessions about their favorite recipes. After completing the interviews, the students will help playwright and Orlando Repertory Theatre Teaching Artist, Kate Kilpatrick, develop an original play. Students will perform at Orlando REP on January 19^th at 11am. Tickets are free.

“We found that interactions such as these are wonderful for our seniors,” says Stephanie Lerret, Senior Vice President, Encore at Avalon Park. “Our goal is to ensure our residents experience all that life has to offer and being a part of this program will enrich everyone.”

The program is similar to Encore’s Songbird program, where students from Avalon Middle School spend time with residents to develop music playlists and programs that help awake those residents who have disconnected from life.

This new program combines the element of theater with food and residents will be able to watch the play performed on January 19, 2019.

“The arts are critical to living a fulfilling life and theater is an excellent way to bring generations together in a medium that people love,” says Emily Freeman, Community Engagement Director at Orlando REP. “Orlando Repertory Theatre is committed to providing high quality theatre to youth and families in our community. This project is a beautiful example of how we can bring family members of all ages to our stages.”

“Food, like theatre, is about bringing people together and sharing an experience,” says Kate Kilpatrick, Teaching Artist at Orlando REP. “I want to tell a story that will honor the tradition of passing on family recipes from generation to generation, and I believe the best way to create that story is to bring together multiple generations to collaborate on what will hopefully be a play about heritage, family, and love.”

About Encore at Avalon Park

Encore at Avalon Park Assisted Living and Memory Care Community, Orlando’s most innovative leader in the continuum of senior living care, is a 3-story building, made up of 6 neighborhoods each with 15 apartments. Sixty total apartments will be dedicated to memory care and thirty apartments are focused on assisted living. Each neighborhood has its own entry, dining room, living room, family room, porch, and spa access. Situated in the heart of Downtown Avalon Park, Encore Residents and Guests have access to more than 90 shops, restaurants and professional services within a short walking distance. Tree-lined streets, lakes, shops, medical and professional services were designed to evoke an ideal small-town America. For more information about Encore at Avalon Park visit EncoreAtAvalonPark.com or 407-270-7500.

About Orlando Repertory Theatre

Orlando Repertory Theatre (Orlando REP) is a professional theatre with a mission to create experiences that enlighten, entertain, and enrich families and young audiences. In addition to productions, Orlando REP conducts community engagement initiatives. The award-winning REP Youth Academy provides classes and workshops for children, along with professional development opportunities to classroom teachers. Housed in a three theatre complex in Orlando’s Loch Haven Park, Orlando REP is also home to the University of Central Florida’s MFA in Theatre for young Audiences graduate program. Orlando REP is Florida’s only professional Theatre for Young Audiences.

About Avalon Park Group

Avalon Park Group is a uniquely diversified family of companies engaged in businesses ranging from master-planned community development, to home building, mining and property management, in Florida, Texas and Switzerland. Avalon Park Group combines its exceptional reputation, sound business experience and significant financial resources to invest in extraordinary opportunities. As such, the group replaces corporate bureaucracy with efficient and unrestricted decision making. Avalon Park Group combines vision, skill and experience to create sustainable communities. For more information on Avalon Park Group, visit www.AvalonParkGroup.com or call 407-658-6565.

Contact: Stephanie Hodson Lerret, Avalon Park Group, 407-427-6073 or Alan Byrd, Alan Byrd & Associates, 407-415-8470, alan@byrdconnections.com.

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