Shakespeare San Francisco Festival

Shakespeare San Francisco Festival, also known San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and SF Shakes, provides live communal theater experiences and educational programs that invite broad participation in the performing arts and live theater, prioritizing inclusion of those who have never before witnessed a live Shakespeare performance. Its free Shakespeare in the Park series reaches over 30,000 people in multiple Bay Area locations each summer. The organization’s statewide Shakespeare on Tour programs, in-school presentations, and summer camps reach an additional 100,000 people each year. Support for San Francisco Shakespeare Festival contributes to the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival is a theater organization focused on making the words and themes of Shakespeare accessible to everyone. Each summer it produces free performances in parks throughout the Bay Area for 30,000 people. In addition, it provides free or low-cost year-round education programs for youth, an internship program for aspiring theater professionals, and a Shakespeare on Tour program that reaches an additional 100,000 people each year in community settings, such as libraries. This grant, to support an artistic leadership transition, helps ensure San Francisco Shakespeare Festival can continue to advance the Performing Arts Program's Communities strategy.

Shakespeare San Francisco produces free performances in parks throughout the Bay Area for 30,000 people each summer. In addition, it provides free or low-cost year-round education programs for youth, an internship program for aspiring theater professionals, and a statewide Shakespeare on Tour program that reaches an additional 100,000 people each year. Its commitment to presenting Shakespeare in communal settings, and casting and staging plays in ways that reflect the communities it serves, encourages broad participation in the arts by reaching thousands of people who otherwise do not attend live theater.