Shakespeare San Francisco Festival
For General Operating Support
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Amount$255,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/22/2020
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
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.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.sfshakes.org
Address
Post Office Box 460937
San Francisco, CA 94146-0937
San Francisco, CA 94146-0937
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
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.
for general operating support
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 another 100,000 people annually. Renewed funding will support its continued commitment to cast actors that are reflective of the communities that it serves, increase compensation for its teaching artists and actors, and implement a new strategic plan.
