PAST PROGRAMS

Workshops, Labs, and Youth Programs

Mentorship, education, skill-sharing, community building are all pillars of the SFBATCO mission. Throughout the years, we’ve hosted workshops, labs, panels, mentor series to continue to bolster the creative community in the Bay Area and beyond. We are also dedicated to educating and inspiring the youth and provide specific educational opportunities for our young thespians!

2025
buckets (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program)
Ida B Wells Program (Spring 2025, Fall 2025)
The Day the Sky Turned Orange: A YPTMTC Workshop (collaboration with YPTMTC)
Young Actors Lab (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program)

2024
Creators Lab
Young Actors Lab (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program)
DreamWorks’ Shrek The Musical JR. (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program)
Ida B Wells Program (Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
Mo’Magic Program (Winter 2024, Summer 2024)
Young Audiences
Sign My Name to Freedom Classroom Workshops

2023
Creators Lab
Audition Workshop (co-presented with African American Shakespeare Company)
Together Again (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program and James Lick Middle School)
Young Audiences

2022
Creators Lab
Audition Workshop (co-presented with African American Shakespeare Company)
Unmasked: The Covid Chronicles (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program)

2021
Young Thespians Theatre Lab (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program)

2020
Young Thespians Theatre Lab (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program)

2019
Chatroom (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program)

2018
Head Over Heels Mentor Series feat. Ari Goover, Arica Jackson, Taylor Iman Jones
School of Rock Mentor Series feat. Melanie Evans
On Your Feet Mentor Series feat. Devon Goffman
Miss Saigon Mentor Series feat. Jamarice Daughtry
Waitress Mentor Series
A Bronx Tale Mentor Series
Young Thespians Theatre Lab (co-presented with Brava’s MAPA Youth Program)

2017
Ixchel Cueller Mentor Series

2016
Beautiful Mentor Series feat. Sidney DuPont, Josh Dawson, Rebecca E. Covington, Noah J. Ricketts
Book of Mormon Mentor Series feat. Corey Jones, Monica L. Patton, Eric Huffman
Audition Prep Workshop (co-presented with YPTMTC)
Hidden Voices Singing Competition & Mentor Series (co-presented with African American Art & Culture Complex)

2014
Rodney Earl Jackson Jr. Mentor Series