Grantee Database
SHAKESPEARE-SAN FRANCISCO
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Professional Development
Award Amount
$2,999.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, SF Shakes will send 4 staff members to the Dreamforce conference in SF in November 2020. Dreamforce is a conference hosted by Salesforce, a CRM provider. Every year, it brings together thousands of IT professionals, thought leaders, and representatives from companies and organizations worldwide to learn about developments in the realm of organizational technology. The conference is the premier gathering of IT and organizational innovators.
Organization Summary
Free Shakespeare in the Park each year presents a professional production of Shakespeare in five public park venues, reaching up to 30,000 Bay Area citizens. The Festival also engages communities through five arts education programs: -Shakespeare on Tour performs an abridged Shakespeare play at 150 schools, libraries and community centers in the Bay Area and all over the state. -Over 300 youth ages 4-18 attend Bay Area Shakespeare Camps to explore Shakespeare’s plays and also learn the skills needed to perform them. -Tailor-Made Residencies connect Festival teaching artists with classroom teachers for in-school theater enrichment tailored to their students. -Midnight Shakespeare provides a challenging theater residency program for over 100 under-served youth in school settings in Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose.
Organization
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
Address
PO BOX 460937
SAN FRANCISCO
94146-0937
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Phone
(415) 558-0888
Congressional District
California's 12th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 17
State Senate District
District 11
