Grantee Database

GRITTY CITY REPERTORY YOUTH THEATRE

Application ID

YAA-18-5611

Application Type

Youth Arts Action

Approved Grant Amount

17550

Project Description

Gritty City Repertory Youth Theatre is Oakland’s rigorous, pre-professional theatrical training program for youth of color. GCRep inspires young adults to risk and explore, developing their leadership, confidence, and compassion for the human family through the production of powerful theatre. We take artistic risks. We do not shy away from difficult subject matter. Our work is both relevant and accessible. By creating a welcoming and safe space for youth and communities of color to experience and process profound and impactful theatre, GCRep is engaging a new and diverse generation of theatre-goers.

Organization Summary

Gritty City Repertory Youth Theatre is Oakland’s rigorous, pre-professional theatrical training program for youth of color. GCRep inspires young adults to risk and explore, developing their leadership, confidence, and compassion for the human family through the production of powerful theatre. We take artistic risks. We do not shy away from difficult subject matter. Our work is both relevant and accessible. By creating a welcoming and safe space for youth and communities of color to experience and process profound and impactful theatre, GCRep is engaging a new and diverse generation of theatre-goers.

Organization

GRITTY CITY REPERTORY YOUTH THEATRE

Address

1501 Martin Luther King, Jr Way

Oakland

Phone

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