YOUTH PROGRAMS
We’re committed to training the next generation of theatre arts professionals and bringing arts education to students around the Bay Area through artistic workshops, tailored curriculum, performance opportunities, and apprenticeship programs.
We partner with schools to deliver engaging assemblies, presentations, discussions, and student-centered programming. To bring our team to your school, please reach out to aidaa@sfbatco.org—we’d love to collaborate with you.
Our current partners and programs:
Young Actors Lab
Mission Academy of Performing Arts @ Brava
Ida B Wells Continuation High School
Mo’Magic
Scroll down to learn more.
FREE Young Actors Lab (Spring 2026)
The Young Actors Lab is a FREE pre-professional Acting program for students of all experience levels. The Young Actors Lab is part of the Mission Academy of the Arts at the Brava Theater Center and programming is led by SFBATCO. Our Spring 2026 Production will be She Kills Monsters, written by Qui Nguyen, directed by Nicole Apostol Bruno.
This free program serves students ages 13-18
January 21 to April 11 (Wednesdays and Thursdays) at Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St, SF
Email aidaa@sfbatco.org with any questions
IDA B WELLS CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM
Program Title: Performance and Theater-making
Over 10 weeks, three teaching artists will work alongside in-school staff to engage students at Ida B. Wells Continuation High School in devising a 30-minute performance of original scenes and monologues. As the students write and rehearse their performance project, they will learn the basics of ensemble theater work, acting scene study, and dramatic writing skills. The theme of the student's project will be 'social media and identity.' The project will serve as an opportunity for students to learn about digital privacy, technology rights, and ethical questions currently debated in the technology field.
The project theme also aligns with the core topics brought up in a full production SFBATCO is producing that will run during the program called PRIVATE. The students will be invited to attend the show as part of their curriculum and will use excerpts of the script to practice scene work in class.
MO’MAGIC PROGRAM
We’re loving our time with the students at MO’MAGIC empowering them valuable skills as a part of their performing arts class.
With the younger students, we’re learning the importance and positive impact of stillness and how to use our imaginations to transform into animals.
With our older students, we are diving into storytelling and dramaturgy, watching and analyzing recordings of live theatre performances and discussing the importance of art in our lives.