In 2004 we turned our lobby into an art gallery so that we could give some of the talented local artists in the area there own solo shows. The Gallery produces four solo shows per year. In August of 2006 we teamed up with the organization "Fostering Imagination" to lead a 16 week acting course. Foster children are paired up with Ruskin Actors to rehearse and perform a a scene. In some cases the scene is written by the mentor and mentee. This program runs 4 times a year.

We plan on continuing our critically acclaimed. L.A Café plays which have been dubbed the "Fastest Theater in Town" because five short plays go from conception to execution in just 10 1/2 hours.

The Café Plays have won praise from audiences and the press alike. For example, the Los Angeles Times said that "audiences revel in the 10 1/2-hour creation cycle of five one-act plays, bound by a common theme and locale ­ all must take place in a café ­ but otherwise are as diverse as the minds from which they spring."