January 6, 2025

The ABCT Teen Talk TV Show will air in 12 segments on My54-WUPL, starting January 18, 2025.

The Anthony Bean Community Theater (ABCT), a community-based 501(c)(3) organization, is excited to launch its second season of TV talk shows for its growing group of teen actors, titled "ABCT Reality Teen Talk TV." This initiative aims to address the challenges faced by today’s youth and explore how early behaviors can significantly affect their futures.

The program will provide teenagers with a platform to discuss the issues they meet daily. Each episode will feature dramatizations of assorted topics that teenagers struggle with, followed by in-depth discussions that delve into the causes of these issues and propose potential solutions. Topics will include the Black Lives Matter movement, sex, fears, drug use, grief, crime, bullying, theft, racial discrimination, and systemic racism.

The discussions will raise awareness about important community issues and equip teens with tools and resources to create positive change. "ABCT Reality Teen Talk TV" will be broadcast on My54-WUPL. Please refer to the TV listing and schedule provided below for more details.

ABCT Teen Talk Episode Schedule

S2 E1 • ABCT is More than a Theater… It’s CULTURE!

Jan. 18, 2025, at 10:30 AM

ABCT Teens talk with its Founder and Director, Anthony Bean.

S2 E2 • Former ABCT Kids making an impact in the film industry

January 25, 2025, at 10:30 AM

Guests: Filmmaker Edward Buckles (HBO's Katrina Babies) and actor Joshua Williams Jr. (Prime, THEM).

S2 E3 • From Second Line to Flatline

February 1, 2025, at 10:30 AM

Guests: Jasmine Navarre, CEO of Rhodes Funeral Home, and Donavin Boyd, Executive Director of Boyd Family Funeral Home.

S2 E4 • Bearing the Brunt of the School-to-Prison Pipeline

February 8, 2025, at 10:30 AM

Guests: Judge Tracey Flemings-Davillier, Chief Justice of the Criminal District Court; Judge Candice Vaughn Bates-Anderson, Chief Judge of Juvenile Court; and Judge D. Nicole Sheppard of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court.

S2 E5 • Issues and Challenges Faced by Black Teens

February 15, 2025, at 10:30 AM

Guest: Dr. Clyde Robertson, Center for African and African American Studies Director at Southern University at New Orleans.

S2 E6 • The Politician, The Actor, The Man

February 22, 2025, at 10:30 AM

Guest: Councilman Oliver Thomas.

S2 E7 • Focuses on healthy lifestyles

March 1, at 10:30 AM

Guest: Dr. Corey J. Hebert

S2 E8 • Living in the City Challenges and Concerns

March 8, 2025, at 10:30 AM

Guest: Councilman Eugene Green. 

S2 E9 • Mental Health and Youth Crime

March 15, 2025, at 10:30 AM

Guests: DA Jason Williams and Judge Clinton Smith.

S2 E10 • Challenges teenagers face

March 22, 2025, at 10:30 AM

Guests: Dr. Rebecca A. Chaisson, Dean of Social Work at Southern University in New Orleans, and social worker Yvette Sam-Martin.

S2 E11 • Is Jesus the Answer for Today’s Youth?

March 29, 2025, at 9:30 AM

Guests: Pastor Cornelius Tilton from the Irish Channel Christian Fellowship Church in New Orleans and Pastor Sister Lakeisha Moore from the Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Church.

S2 E12 • In the season finale of ABCT Talk TV, the Teens team interviews New Orleans Sheriff Susan Hutson, the only woman in Louisiana with access to prisons. She discusses housing for young offenders and her role in what many view as an unjust system. Don’t miss her insights.

Saturday, March 29, at 10:30 AM.

Guest: Sheriff Susan Hutson.

ABCT is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a teen talk show and musical titled "Irma Meets Etta."