Rosie Perez means business. Just ask any of the hundred or so teenagers—most of them black and Latino—assembled in the auditorium of New York's Facing History school at 3pm on a Wednesday afternoon, who watch her on stage with rapt attention. The students are taking part in the Working Playground Master Class, a program Rosie started over a dozen years ago, giving talented urban teens the resources to realize their potential in the arts.
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