DCDezaray Clawson

1. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · DEZARAY CLAWSON | For The Journal Gazette

   Dignity Drive nets thousands of hygiene products for Fort Wayne girls in juvenile system (opens the original)

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   The Allen County Juvenile Center – a temporary home for youth who run into trouble – has a population that includes females, but it’s rarely top of mind for charitable contributions. “These aren’t places receiving tons of donations,” Cassie Beer, director of the Women’s Fund of Greater Fort Wayne, said. “People aren’t pounding down the doors to volunteer. These are girls that we commonly don’t think about.” Beer called the girls in the justice system “some of the most inv

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2. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Dezaray Clawson | For The Journal Gazette

   Fort Wayne Youtheatre tells more mature story with 'Ride the Cyclone' in Arena collaboration (opens the original)

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   Audiences are in for a wild ride with the Fort Wayne Youtheatre and Arena Dinner Theatre’s upcoming production of “Ride the Cyclone.” Opening Thursday, the musical follows a school trip to a fairground gone terribly wrong. Six of the students die in a roller coaster accident and must plead their case in front of a mechanical fortune teller for the chance to change their fate. Co-director Todd Frymier came across “Ride the Cyclone” while planning Arena Dinner Theatre’s season and saw

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3. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Dezaray Clawson | For The Journal Gazette

   Fort Wayne Civic Theatre captures nostalgia with 'Grease' (opens the original)

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   Hand jives, soda shops and beauty school dropouts are making their way to the stage as Fort Wayne Civic Theatre opens “Grease” tonight. Directed by Capri Parrish Williams and Eric Smead, the musical tells the timeless love story of good girl Sandy and bad boy Danny Zuko set to the backdrop of 1950s nostalgia. “We’re really excited to have a title that is very nostalgic to some generations but also is new to some people,” Williams says. “I think having that known name is really great

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