Grantee Database
BAY AREA CHILDRENS THEATRE
Grant Year
2018-19
Grant Program
Arts Integration Training
Award Amount
$2,500.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, BAY AREA CHILDREN’S THEATRE will provide its Literature to LIfe Professional Development Program at Mission San Jose Elementary to help educators bring the arts into their classrooms as discrete art forms as well as integrate the performing arts into all other subjects. Over the course of the school year, the program will provide six workshops (three all-school and three grade-level specific) to each teacher.
Organization Summary
BACT provides the following core programs:
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS (“Onstage”): Introduce children to the joy of theatre and literature by bringing great children’s books to life onstage through productions designed especially for young audiences featuring adult actors.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH: BACT offers several outreach programs to provide arts access to as diverse and inclusive a community as possible, including Student Matinees, arts in schools programs, and touring productions.
MUSICAL THEATRE EDUCATION (“Academy”): After-school classes and camps, a number of which are offered through civic partnerships, give children ages 4 and up opportunities to learn the art and craft of theatre, gain performance skills, build self-confidence, and shine as part of a team.
THEATRE FOR THE VERY YOUNG (“TVY”): Productions that provide multi-sensory story experiences designed specifically for early development needs of children ages 6 months to 3 years.
Organization
Bay Area Children's Theatre
Address
6114 La Salle Ave #431
OAKLAND
94611
County
Alameda
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(510) 296-4433
Congressional District
California's 13th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 15
State Senate District
District 9
