With the support from the California Arts Council, Cutting Ball Theater will serve Tenderloin youth with professional theater experiences during the 2019/2020 Season through partnerships with De Marillac Academy (DMA) and San Francisco Boys and Girls Club – Tenderloin Clubhouse (SFBGC). CBT’s program activities offer students opportunities to see live performances and engage with professional artists. These organizations are unable to provide these opportunities without CBT programming.
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.”