With support from the California Arts Council, the Hanford Multicultural Theater Company will expose our diverse youth to spoken word, storytelling, poetry, playwriting, puppetry, and performance skills, empowering them to create their own original work to perform for the public. The engagement will be at two locations: the Lil’ Brick Theater and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe Educational Center.
Our goal is to enhance the livability of our community and ensure equal access to the arts. We offer high-quality, free acting classes, improvisation, puppetry, Shakespeare, and scene-study classes for all ages, abilities, and cultures. We organized the annual Hanford Dia de Los Muertos cultural community event, which invited folklorico and Aztec dancers, and artisans to share their skills. The new Story Slam and ‘Whatever Open-Mic’ for area storytellers, poets, comedians, and musicians is a hit with our community. We also present new one-act plays, marionette puppet shows, improv shows, and encourage the community to feel safe creating in our space. We are an all-inclusive entity that welcomes our disabled and mentally challenged community. Our participant age range is from 4 to 93. We draw participants from Hanford, Armona, Stratford, Kettleman City, Fresno, Avenal, Lemoore, Dinuba, Pixley, Tulare, Visalia, Corcoran, Laton, Kingsburg, Riverdale, and NAS-Lemoore service people and their families. We provide a nurturing and welcoming environment for all individuals.

