Organization: Shakespeare-San Francisco
Mission: San Francisco Shakespeare's mission is to make the words and themes of Shakespeare accessible to everyone, regardless of age, ethnicity, financial status, or level of education.
Activities: Free Shakespeare in the Park: Professional productions of Shakespeares works presented at no cost in neighborhood parks. The program served over 30,000 people through twenty-nine performances in San Francisco, Cupertino, Redwood City and Pleasanton. In 2017, the production was, Hamlet.
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 served over three hundred children in twenty-eight two-week summer sessions at community centers, schools, and houses of worship throughout the Bay Area. The Organization offers full and partial scholarships for eligible campers.
Shakespeare on Tour: A program that brings a five-actor, fifty-five minute version of a Shakespeare play to over 150 schools, and community sites statewide serving approximately 45,000 each season.
NTEE category: Arts, Culture & Humanities
Secondary category: Education