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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley

Education in and through the Arts can inspire an individual, electrify a school, and invigorate a community. Through our programs we strive to nurture the roots of creativity and encourage the instinct for art that lives in every corner of our community. Inquire! Discover! Master! Jump in and join our exceptional teaching artists for a journey sure to awaken the artist within. With a reputation for artistic excellence, innovation, diversity, and integrity, TheatreWorks is Silicon Valley’s leading professional nonprofit theatre company. TheatreWorks presents a year-round season of musicals, comedies, and dramas in the state-of-the-art Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and at the graceful California Mission-style Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto. Founded by Artistic Director Robert Kelley in 1970, TheatreWorks is dedicated to the discovery and development of new voices in the American theatre. It regularly stages new works — many developed in the company’s own New Works Initiative program. It frequently produces regional and West Coast premieres of important modern and contemporary works from Broadway, off-Broadway, and beyond. It also stages distinctive re-imaginings of the classics.

Traveling Lantern Theatre Company

Traveling Lantern is a year-round company that brings six shows each year to your area. All of our shows are interactive theatre performances that involve the audience directly in the story. We have been performing during the school year for elementary schools and in the summer for library branches in thirteen states for over two decades, and our company has been in business since 1985. We perform regularly for New York Public Library and New York Public Schools, Brooklyn and Queens Schools and Libraries, and for the National Theatre in Washington, DC. We wrote and performed the children’s show at Yosemite for the National Park Service. We wrote and produced two bilingual educational programs for the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Our mission is to bring great stories to children, to draw them into an active theater experience, to excite their minds and to tickle their imaginations. We are deeply committed to providing high quality, low cost arts programming to schools and libraries. We have over 30 shows in repertoire and build new ones yearly. Please explore more at our website: www.travelinglantern.com

Triton Museum of Art

The Triton Museum of Art collects and exhibits contemporary and historical works with an emphasis on artists of the Bay Area and California. It exists both to expand and embrace the lives ofÂ the local communityÂ through a program of art, education and community involvement. The Museum offers a learning environment in which curiosity, experimentation, and spirited dialogue are encouraged. Its aim is for each visitor, regardless of age, background or ability, to experience the Museum with enthusiasm and success, empowered by new perspectives and ideas. It is committed to providing exceptional programs in the creation and understanding of art for individuals and families of all ages.

Venus Jones - Poet and Professor

Venus Jones is more than an author, actress, professor, and poet. She’s a social change agent waging peace through poetry. She writes and speaks about empowerment, diversity, and being true to yourself. As a writing coach and performer, she inspires individuals to rise to their highest potential. She has been compared to Maya Angelou and praised by Whoopi Goldberg and poet Nikki Giovanni. The Langston Hughes Family Museum even referred to Venus as, “Langston Hughes in the form of a black girl.” With an MFA in English and Creative Writing from Mills College, she’s a MALI Fellow and serves as a board member for Poetry Center San Jose. This former MTV intern and accomplished actress also opened for Def Poetry on Broadway. Her play “Race and War: An Awkward Conversation” was featured at the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival, and “Poetic Soldier” was awarded “Most Inspiring Solo Performance” at the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival. She is the author of four spoken word albums and two books: “She Rose” and “Lyrics for Langston.” Her favorite quote is by Alice Walker: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Visit venusjones.com.

Young Audiences of Northern California

Young Audiences of Northern California delivers arts education to schools and community centers through four Signature Core Programs: assembly performances, long-term residencies, hands-on workshops, and teacher professional development. All of our programs are delivered by practicing professional artists who are also experts at reaching young people through their art. We work in all four arts disciplines: visual art, music, theater, and dance. Our 54 teaching artists represent the traditions of 20 distinct world cultures. We have been serving the Bay Area for over 55 years. We are part of the Young Audiences Inc. national network. With 30 affiliates around the country, Young Audiences Inc., is the largest provider of arts education in the country.

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