Grantee Database
AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Arts Education - Artists in Schools
Award Amount
$17,100.00
Project Description
With renewed support from the California Arts Council, American Conservatory Theatre Foundation will sustain and continue improving our ACTsmart Intensive Residency program, which provides in-depth theater education at three San Francisco high schools serving marginalized youth: Ida B. Wells High School, Downtown High School, and Hilltop Special Services Center (for pregnant and parenting teens).
Organization Summary
Founded in 1965 by William Ball, A.C.T. opened our first San Francisco season at the Geary Theater in 1967. Locally focused yet globally renowned, our honors include a Tony Award for outstanding performance and training, the prestigious Jujamcyn Theaters Award, and most recently A.C.T. has been recognized as a Legacy Business by the City of San Francisco. The largest theater company in Northern California, in a normal operating year A.C.T. regularly employs more than 600 actors, directors, designers, technicians, faculty, teaching artists, and professional staff members each year. We serve an annual audience of nearly 200,000 people through transformational productions, visionary artistic training, and impactful educational programs.
Our core programming consists of: 1) a mainstage season of eclectic and relevant works, 2) intensive actor training in our Conservatory, and 3) ongoing community engagement.
Organization
American Conservatory Theater
Address
415 Geary Street
San Francisco
94102
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Phone
(415) 439-2337
Congressional District
California Assembly District 12
State Assembly District
District 17
State Senate District
District 11
