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Our Artistic Learning programs serve learners of all ages and backgrounds from economically and geographically diverse communities throughout the Greater Bay Area. Rooted in the same philosophy that guides our artistic endeavors, Cal Shakes educational activities seek to awaken and nurture the power of creative thinking in learners, and to lay the foundation for a life-long interest in attending and supporting arts in their communities. We operate throughout the Bay Area and beyond; click here to see a list of our partners.
Our Programs
Artistic Learning has programs for everyone. For youth ages 8-18, we offer summer camps from June-October. For youth ages 4-18 and adults, we offer theater classes year round. Some of our class offerings include Acting/Performance Workshop, Playshop, Audition, Improvisation, and Stage Combat. Each class is taught by a top-notch teacher and artist who combines best teaching practices with deep knowledge of a subject area.
The Cal Shakes Student Discovery Matinee program includes, free of cost, an informative Teacher’s Guide, a lively pre-performance interactive engagement at the theater, and a post- show Q&A session with the actors. Want to prepare your students just a little bit more for the production? Our engaging, educational pre- and post- show classroom visits by highly trained Teaching Artists are available at a very low cost, and help contextualize the play and prepare students to more deeply engage in the production.
For schools, we offer residencies right in the classroom. Arts Integration School Residencies partner Classroom Teachers with Teaching Artists, to get students engaged and involved in curriculum core subjects, such as English and History, using arts-based approaches that support state-mandated curriculum and teacher professional development. We can also partner with teachers in theater-related subjects, such as Acting and Stage Combat, in our Theater Residencies. We receive raves for both types of residencies, and more and more research is confirming that arts-based approaches yield powerful results and strongly engaged and participatory students. Appropriate for 4-12th graders.
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The Artistic Learning Department concentrates on Professional Development of both classroom teachers and of Teaching Artists. For classroom teachers, we offer onsite participatory workshops, with the goal of giving teachers arts integration techniques that they can easily replicate in their classroom to facilitate the teaching of core curriculum. Trainings are available as part of in-service days at school sites, as well as in the evenings and on weekends. We also offer professional trainings with nationally renowned trainers, such as Eric Booth and Rosalind Flynn. For Teaching Artists, we also offer a palette of in-house trainings.
This season Cal Shakes served over 7,000 people through our Audience Enrichment Programs, which are designed to contextualize and enrich the play-going experience for our audience members. We offer pre-show talks as well as numerous panels with production staff, actors, and audience to engage in meaningful dialogue about the production.
We also offer after-school programs and book-in visits and assemblies at your school site in theater-related disciplines, such as acting, Shakespeare, and stage combat.
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Our Partners
| Student Matinee Partners | Residency Partners |
| Acalanes High School | Girls Inc |
| Alice Fong Yu School | Bret Harte Middle School |
| Alternative Family Education (home school) | California High School |
| Amador Valley High School | Charlotte Wood Middle School |
| American High School | Del Amigo High School |
| Ann Galvez (home school) | Diablo Vista Middle School |
| Archbishop Riordan High School | Diablo Vista Middle School |
| Archway School | Dolores Huerta Charter |
| Armijo High School | Dougherty Valley High School |
| Athenian School | Emeryville |
| BASIS (Home school) | EXCEL |
| BASIS @ FAME | Fruitvale Elementary School |
| Bentley School | Girls Inc |
| Berkeley High School | Iron Horse Middle School |
| BEST High School (McClymonds) | Los Cerros Middle School |
| Bret Harte Middle School | Monte Vista High School |
| Byron School District | Northern Light |
| California High School | Oakland High School |
| Cameron Academy (home school) | Oakland Military Institute |
| Campolindo High School | Orinda Intermidiate School |
| CAVA (home school) | Pine Valley Middle School |
| Charlotte Wood Middle School | San Ramon Valley High School |
| CHEEC (home school) | Skyline Academy |
| Clayton Valley High School | Windemere Ranch Middle School |
| College Park High School | Happy Valley Elementary School |
| Contra Costa Christian High School | Lafayette Elementary School |
| Del Amigo High School | Springhill Elementary School |
| Diablo Valley School | Burton Valley Elem. School |
| Discovery Center School | |
| Dolores Huerta Learning Academy | After-School Classes Partners |
| Eagle Peak Montessori School | Dover Elementary |
| East Bay Waldorf School | Downer Elementary |
| Escalon High School | Ecole Bilingue |
| Excelsior School | Girls Inc. |
| Family Village Home School | John Muir Middle School |
| Fruitvale Elementary | Morello Park |
| George Washington High School | Redwood Day School |
| Growing Light Montessori School | Sleepy Hollow Elementary |
| Havenscourt Middle School | Tehiyah Day School |
| Hearts School | |
| Hickman Charter Community School | Acting/Writing Workshops |
| Holden High School | Montera Middle School |
| Horizons Home Study | Cleveland Elementary School |
| Irvington High School | |
| Jennifer Braun (home school) | |
| Joaquin-Moraga Intermediate School | |
| Kennedy High School | |
| Kimberly Rich (Home School) | |
| Kings Academy | |
| Krista Larragoitiy (Home school) | |
| La Conte Memorial | |
| Living Wisdom School | |
| Loomis Grammar School | |
| Los Cerros Middle School | |
| Lutheran School | |
| Malcolm X School | |
| Marin Academy | |
| McClymonds High School | |
| Michelle Blaisdell (Home School) | |
| Modesto Junior College | |
| Montair Elementary School | |
| Monte Vista High School | |
| Mountain School Independent Study | |
| Mt. Diablo High School | |
| Napa High School | |
| Napa Valley Charter School | |
| Northern Light School | |
| Nystrom Elementary School | |
| Oak Noble Academy | |
| Oakland Military Academy | |
| One World Montessori School | |
| Orinda Academy | |
| Orinda Intermediate School | |
| Oxford Elementary School | |
| Pacific Academy | |
| Pathways Charter | |
| Piedmont High School | |
| Pine Hollow Middle School | |
| Presidio Hill School | |
| Prospect Sierra School | |
| Rio Americano High School | |
| Rio Americano High School | |
| Sacred Heart Preparatory School | |
| Salesian High School | |
| San Ramon Valley High School | |
| Scott Minor (Home school) | |
| Shepard's School | |
| Sinaloa Middle School | |
| Skyline High School | |
| Sonoma Country Day School | |
| St. Alban's School | |
| St. Elizabeth's High School (Fruitvale) | |
| St. Mary's High School | |
| St. Mary's High School (Stockton) | |
| Stone Valley Middle School | |
| Summerfield Waldorf School | |
| Tennyson High School | |
| UC Berkeley | |
| University High School (Fresno) | |
| University Preparatory Charter Academy | |
| Valley Christian School | |
| Valley Montessori School | |
| Venture School | |
