Shakespeare-San Francisco

Residencies & Other: Residencies and workshops provide an interactive series of classes that bring Shakespeare to life for students of all backgrounds and levels of interest. Enhancing curriculum and aligning with the Common Core subjects of English & History as well as Theater Arts, SF Shakes teaching artists facilitate the artistic and personal growth of each student while transforming the group into a fun, engaging, interactive ensemble. Residencies include engaging students on the autism spectrum through Shakespeare Heartbeat at four SFUSD middle schoolss. Shakespeare for All Neighbors engages our unhoused neighbors at The Healing Well in San Franciscos Tenderloin neighborhood.

Shakespeare on Tour: A program that brings a five-actor, fifty-five minute version of a Shakespeare play to up to 150 schools and community sites statewide, serving up to approximately 45,000 each season. Due to the pandemic in 2020, the tour ceased in-person performances in March; in the fall of 2020, using the learnings from Free Shakespeare at Home, a series of educational experiences were provided to schools and the public called Takes on Shakes; these continued into 2022. In 2023, in-person performances of A Midsummer Nights Dream took place. In 2024 performances of As You Like It took place.

Bay Area Shakespeare Camps: A program that provides Bay Area youth with the opportunity to study and perform Shakespeare in a fun, supportive environment. The program serves up to three hundred children in summer sessions at community centers, schools, and houses of worship throughout the Bay Area. The Organization offers full and partial scholarships for eligible campers.