The story of Chicago's Albany Park Theater Project, an immigrant youth theater company.

Moving, intimate, and celebratory, TRUST follows the teenage actors of Chicago's Albany Park Theater Project as they transform through courage, storytelling and community. TRUST begins in a small theater as a group of teenage actors receive a standing ovation. The film then takes us back to the beginning, when Marlin, an 18-year-old Hondureña shares a little bit about her childhood with the company. It is a traumatic story. Amazing things unfold as the young actors transform the story into a daring, original play. TRUST is about creativity and the unexpected resources inside people who are often discounted because they are poor, young, or of color. Located in one of America's most diverse communities, APTP is a neighborhood theater project dedicated to helping young people re-imagine their experiences on stage. Marlin's story is about resilience: she suffered rape as young girl, survived a harsh and difficult journey from Honduras to the U.S., suffered further abuse at the hands of her own brother, and overcame substance addiction. Through theater, she re-claims the narrative of her life story.—Nancy Kelly, Director/Producer