School Partnership Program

Sacramento Theatre Company’s School Partnership Program (SPP) provides schools across the greater Sacramento area immersive after school theatre programming, theatre arts integration classroom residencies as well as professional development for teachers on theatre arts integration. Originally created in 2011 with the goal of providing outreach to culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students with limited access to the arts, SPP has reached thousands of children in elementary, middle and high schools across the region. SPP delivers an experience unlike any other, giving students the access to high quality theatre instruction from professional theatre artists. Drama education offerings include, but are not limited to, college and career readiness, 21st century skills, Common Core ELA curricula, STEAM, parent-community involvement, youth development, social-emotional learning, healthy living, community advisories, and mentoring.

Each program is individually tailored to the educational needs of the school site. Each school is assessed and a specific program is developed led by Sacramento Theatre Company’s School Partnership Program Manager.

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The cast of 'Romeo and Juliet' at Albert Einstein Middle School (December 2017)
The cast of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Albert Einstein Middle School (December 2017)

“STC’s partnership with Einstein Middle School has been nothing short of a miracle. Over the last three years, students’ understanding of Gogol, Dickens, and Shakespeare has been deepened by studying these authors not just in class, but on the stage. This year’s productions of A Christmas Carol and Much Ado About Nothing gave fifty-plus students a spot on the stage and an extended school day, but it made these works living texts for the whole school as students saw their peers perform. The partnership also brought favorable publicity for the school when Fox 40 did a feature on our Much Ado About Nothing on their nightly newscast. The dedication of STC, providing a director in residence with additional support for costumes and lighting plots, makes them the very best of partners after school service providers.” -Michael Holt, Assistant Principal

For more information about our School Partnership Program, please email: schoolpartners@sactheatre.org

“Working with STC has changed our program for the better. We now have more students engaged after school. Everyone wants to audition next year.” – Pauline Posada, ASES Program Manager, California Middle School

Thank you to our program sponsors and underwriters!