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In your classroom

“Education in the arts is more important than ever. In the global economy, creativity is essential. To succeed today and in the future, America’s children will need to be inventive, resourceful, and imaginative. The best way to foster that creativity is through arts education.”—Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, Foreword to Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning America’s Future Through Creative Schools

We understand the unique challenges facing California schools today. Now, more than ever, we must work together to reinforce arts education as a community value and as an integral part of our cultural fabric. By providing access and opportunities for participation in the arts, Berkeley Rep uses theatre as a means to challenge, thrill and galvanize what is best in the human spirit.

Bring Berkeley Rep to your school

We offer a wide range of new FREE * and low-cost theatre-based workshops to Bay Area schools that cover multiple California content standards through interactive learning. Whether bringing dramatic text to life or developing students’ original work, our professional teaching artists help students to expand their creative potential by challenging them to explore complex ideas and universal themes within the curriculum.

In response to increasing budget constraints on California schools, the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre is offering one FREE * teaching hour to every public elementary, middle and high school in the Bay Area, funded by Target ®. Additionally, we are able to offer reduced rates for all of our programs, subsidized by our generous funders.

First one-hour workshop—FREE *
(one free hour per public school)
Additional one-hour workshop—$75/hour
($60/hour educator discount **)
Three-hour session—$60/hour
($55/hour educator discount **)
10-hour session—$55/hour
Title I discount—$55/hour
Non-public schools—$75/hour

* Limited to one free teaching hour per public school in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma counties. Based on availability of Berkeley Rep School of Theatre staff. Limited to 30 students per classroom. Must sign and agree to Berkeley Rep School of Theatre booking agreement.

** Must be paid by personal check or credit card for use in educator’s own classroom.

Berkeley Rep School of Theatre Workshops

Click the links above right for more information about specific workshops.

Available through May 2012
One-, three- or 10-hour sessions
Up to 30 students at a time
Workshops can integrate a topic from your curriculum
Workshops can be combined
Berkeley Rep Teaching Artists will modify curriculum based on students’ grade, level of experience and teacher feedback.

Opportunities for expansion

Our outreach programming is flexible and can be catered to your specific needs. Get the most out of our offerings for you and your students with one of the following:

Have a 10-hour Story Builders workshop in every elementary classroom, culminating in a school-wide event.
Hold workshops across one grade-level at your school.
Book an acting workshop for the cast of your school play.
Take a field trip to Berkeley Rep and participate in a workshop on-site in conjunction with a backstage tour.
Book a 10-hour Performance Lab workshop based on themes from a Berkeley Rep production, culminating in attending a student matinee (grades 6–12).
Bring a teaching artist to your next staff development day with a teacher training.