With support from the California Arts Council, Marin Shakespeare Company will provide Drama Therapy-inspired performing arts instruction to young men at O.H. Close and N.A. Chaderjian, with facilitators who are survivors of incarceration.
ARTS:
– Professional productions at the Forest Meadows Amphitheatre on the campus of Dominican University with enrichment activities for families, Student Matinees, and opportunities for all ages to engage with the plays.
– A variety of performances, classes, and events at our Center for Performing Arts, Education, and Social Justice, completed in 2023.
– Returned Citizens Theatre Troupe, actors who are formerly incarcerated tell stories of importance and engage in community dialogue.
EDUCATION
– Play Power, Creative Dramatics instruction in grades K – 5
– Will Power, in-school Shakespeare instruction in grades 6 – 12
– The Teen Touring Company, a unique acting opportunity for teenagers
– Shakespeare Summer Camps
– Afterschool and Weekend Classes for Youth
– Acting Workshops for Adults
– Actor Training Programs in Acting, Technical Theatre, and Theatre for Social Justice.
– Arts Education for first generation students, system-impacted students, and young people with autism.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
– Social Justice informs all of our work.
– Shakespeare in Prison – Since 2003 we have used Shakespeare as a tool for personal transformation, institutional health, and to bring awareness to the national shame of mass incarceration. We have served 14 California State Prisons, serving men, women, and youth.
– Autobiographical Theatre-Making – actors tell personal stories through monologues, scenes, songs, and dance.
– Acting for Veterans – military veterans tell their stories through theatre.
– Drama for Re-Entry – people “rehearse” how they want to “act” when they return home.
– Anger Management – using Drama Therapy techniques.
– Programs for system-impacted students at Alameda Juvenile Hall, Marin Juvenile Hall, and Marin’s Community School.

