YOUTH PROGRAMS
We’re committed to training the next generation of theatre arts professionals and bringing arts education to students around the Bay Area through artistic workshops, tailored curriculum, performance opportunities, and apprenticeship programs.
Our current partners and programs:
Young Actors Lab
Young Audiences
Mission Academy of Performing Arts @ Brava
Ida B Wells Continuation High School
Mo’Magic
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YOUNG ACTORS LAB
MAPA@Brava and SFBATCO present The Young Actors Lab Summer Program
In sessions led by some of the region’s most accomplished professionals, students will develop their craft while building a relationship with SFBATCO, which KQED recently called “one of the most critical developers of new work in the Bay.”
Early Bird registration opens February 26, 2025
Sessions in July 2025
Email adam@sfbatco.org with any questions
YOUNG AUDIENCES
Program Title: Perspectives of Pride
Now Booking: In-person Assemblies April through June 2025
This newly commissioned interdisciplinary program focuses on using the power of the arts to bring a message of tolerance, understanding and acceptance of LGBTQIA+ youth issues.
A diverse group of 5 local LGBTQIA+ artists come together to present a series of original vignettes/scenes, songs, dance and visual art pieces that express unique experiences within the LGBTQIA+ community in the Bay Area and build awareness of resources for LGBTQIA+ youth.
The works stem from a team of artists that interviewed educators, youth, local care and culture workers dealing closely with LGBTQIA+ communities to identify core issues facing LGBTQIA+ youth in the Bay Area.
IDA B WELLS CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM
Program Title: Performance and Theater-making
Over 10 weeks, three teaching artists will work alongside in-school staff to engage students at Ida B. Wells Continuation High School in devising a 30-minute performance of original scenes and monologues. As the students write and rehearse their performance project, they will learn the basics of ensemble theater work, acting scene study, and dramatic writing skills. The theme of the student's project will be 'social media and identity.' The project will serve as an opportunity for students to learn about digital privacy, technology rights, and ethical questions currently debated in the technology field.
The project theme also aligns with the core topics brought up in a full production SFBATCO is producing that will run during the program called PRIVATE. The students will be invited to attend the show as part of their curriculum and will use excerpts of the script to practice scene work in class.
MO’MAGIC PROGRAM
We’re loving our time with the students at MO’MAGIC empowering them valuable skills as a part of their performing arts class.
With the younger students, we’re learning the importance and positive impact of stillness and how to use our imaginations to transform into animals.
With our older students, we are diving into storytelling and dramaturgy, watching and analyzing recordings of live theatre performances and discussing the importance of art in our lives.