Cutting Ball Theater will reach at-risk, low-income, and immigrant Tenderloin youth with theater enrichment, attending professional theater performances and workshops. This program reaches youth through partnerships with neighborhood service organizations De Marillac Academy, San Francisco Boys and Girls Club – Tenderloin Clubhouse, Larkin Street Youth Services, and Southeast Asian Development Center.
Cutting Ball Theater (CBT) is a theater and Tenderloin neighborhood community anchor with creative programming centering experimental new plays and radically re-envisioned classics. CBT produces plays in our intimate space, to connect Bay Area audiences and artists through shared moments of live storytelling. Our plays center historically-excluded voices and experiences, and challenge the norms of how stories are told. We support artists in exploring their creativity, in working environments where personal well-being is our priority. The Tenderloin of San Francisco is our home, and we are committed to being an accountable partner to our neighbors. CBT also operates a year-round education program for low-income youth in the Tenderloin. American Theatre Magazine has called CBT “synonymous with some of the best small theatre the Bay Area has to offer.”

