About LCS
Mission:
To empower individuals and strengthen communities in New Jersey through arts-based programs that promote health and wellness offering socially inclusive solutions to combat isolation and loneliness, mental health and substance misuse fostering vibrant healthy communities.
Vision:
A resilient New Jersey where every individual has access to the transformative power of the arts and creative-wellness experiences that foster environments where the health and well-being of the community thrives and cross-cultural understanding cultivates positive support systems for those facing isolation, mental health, and substance misuse challenges.
Working together with local government, agencies, and healthcare facilities, arts-based programs ease the transition for individuals returning home after treatment by engaging in creative outlets that mirror similar arts in health programs while in treatment, lessening the anxiety, depression and isolation that prevents many from socialization.
Programs and Services
LIFE Center Stage collaborates with organizations and businesses to create programs and events that support a healthy, creative, and purposeful community through the arts.
Our programs can be customized to meet your organization's goals. We can help you reach your clients or expand your audience in unique, fun, and engaging ways. We will work with you to focus our programs on your organization's special interest area, such as artistic development, team building, fighting stigma, prevention programs and alternative activities, youth leadership, recovery events, training programs, and more.
Meet The Stakeholders
Lorraine Ferro is a diminutive dynamo. Her extensive credentials include sharing the stage and performing worldwide with her own bands and with prominent luminaries from Lady Gaga to The Marvelettes in small theaters to festival stages in large arenas.
Lorraine was a featured contestant on the third season of NBC’s hit TV series, “The Voice,” and has won numerous awards for singing and songwriting, including a Dove award for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year. As a staff writer for Capitol CMG Publishing Group, her discography is extensive, with her songs being sung by artists as diverse as Lesley Gore to Jessica Simpson. She is an accomplished jingle and voice-over artist on a multitude of commercials.
As an instructor, Lorraine has taught voice, songwriting, and performance for decades, individually and in groups for The Songwriters Hall of Fame in NYC and as the Artistic Director for Life Center Stage.
Lorraine loves teaching and is devoted to the healing power of artistic expression, creating programs that promote self-expression.
Vicky Mulligan is the founder and director of Life Center Stage. She is considered a social artist, entrepreneur, innovative thinker, creative visionary, and community leader.
Vicky is a certified counselor through the Caroline Myss Education Institute (CMED). She is a certified peer specialist trained as a CDAC and mental health advocate. Vicky has also trained in cross-cultural healing, psycho-spiritual counseling, and shamanic healing at the Center for Transpersonal Body/Mind Studies. She has continued training with Jean Houston and other leaders in human consciousness and the healing arts.
For the last 23 years, Vicky has been dedicated to creating safe, supportive environments that foster individual creativity and community transformation. She has collaborated with many community leaders, non-profits, therapists, artists, and other professionals who utilize creative expression in therapeutic and corporate environments.
Vicky offers private sessions, workshops, class discussions, and special events.