Grantee Database
TEATRO VISION
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$15,300.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, TEATRO VISIÓN will serve the Latinx and other diverse communities of the Santa Clara Valley and the greater San Francisco Bay Area by producing culturally-based bilingual theater rooted in Chicanx and Latinx experiences, creating new work drawing from the lived experiences of our local community, and offering teatro classes that teach performance as a tool for social change. In FY25-26, we will present three mainstage productions, integrating ongoing financial and linguistic accessibility initiatives, accompanied by community engagement activities that expand their impact. We will also continue to nurture the next generation of Latinx theater-makers through youth programs and professional opportunities for artists.
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
