Grantee Database
TEATRO VISION
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
Arts and Youth
Award Amount
$22,750.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, TEATRO VISIÓN will develop and present a Youth Production of the play YAMEL CUCUY in Spring 2026. Our youth productions feature casts and crews of young artists (ages 10-18) performing works of Latinx theater that address their cultural heritage and experiences. It is entirely free for these young artists to participate in the program. Youth rehearse for six weeks under the tutelage of a professional Latinx director, who serves as guide and role model. The project culminates in public performances for family, community, and local school audiences. Our youth productions typically welcome as many as 1900 audience members, including over 400 K-12 students who attend a student matinee through their schools at a discounted or fully subsidized rate.
Organization Summary
Teatro Visión was founded in 1984 by members of Women in Teatro, a statewide network of Chicano theaters.
Today, Teatro Visión continues to raise a unique, bilingual voice in Bay Area theater.
Our core programs include:
Our annual Día de Muertos production is a high caliber professional theater performance, a performance opportunity for community actors of all ages, and the anchor for a series of events that bring our community together around the themes of the play.
Our annual youth production offers a cast and crew of young people aged 10 to 18 the opportunity to build skills, confidence, and community connections by participating in a professional theater production.
Our smaller productions and events, including La Hora del Mitote and events produced in collaboration with partner organizations, build community while highlighting Latinx artists and artists from other underrepresented groups.
Our community-based new work development programs draw on the diverse voices in our community to create unique, relevant works of theater that position Teatro Visión as an innovator in community engagement and theater creation.
Our teatro classes teach performance as a tool for social change, strengthening the critical thinking, self-confidence, communication, and problem-solving skills that students need to make positive changes in our community.
Organization
Teatro Visión
Address
565 N. Fifth St.
San Jose
95112
County
Santa Clara
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(408) 294-6621
Congressional District
District 19
State Assembly District
District 27
State Senate District
District 15
