4 Program Areas & their programming
All of our four program areas…
- Talent Development
- Professional Growth
- Community & Economic Enrichment
- Placer Rep Access for All (PRAA)
…champion inclusion and equity. It is a Placer Rep priority to seek new voices and meaningfully include underrepresented and underserved populations.
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Bridging the gap from pre-professional training to professional opportunities
- Performing Arts Preparatory Education (adults)
- Lectures, seminars, workshops, classes, courses, individualized instruction and showcases
- Interactive & Immersive Programs
- ColLABoration:
- An incubator program for cultural development, for individuals and groups, featuring support & collaboration of the humanities & the arts
- Seek, find and support underrepresented voices in our community
- Rifts in Time: Interactive Adventure Theater (on hiatus)
- professional playwright/Game Master guides professional actors as they role play and improv their way through a night of adventure
- includes a variety of opportunities for audience members to participate (on hiatus for 2023 – seeking new home venue, program sponsor)
- ColLABoration:
- New Works Showcase
- New Program as of 2024! Professional local actors perform stage readings of new works by area writers. Audience, actors and theater professionals provide an opportunity for feedback and workshopping.
- New Works Development Collaborative (planning)
- This program includes a course that teaches individuals and groups to develop and produce new works
- New Works Festival (planning)
- Concentrated presentation and celebration of new works developed under the Placer Rep umbrella
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
Continuing opportunities for professionals
- Performing Arts Continuing Education for Professionals (adults)
- Lectures, seminars, workshops, classes, courses, individualized instruction and performance/design/writing/directing opportunities
- Studium-Practicum – Continuing Education for Placer Rep Company Members
- Proposed: Professional Growth for Educators. Future provision of professional growth education for credentialed educators
- Internship, Mentorship & Employment programs
- Opportunities for professionals, educators and career-minded students to exercise their talents and grow their craft
- The Writers’ Workshop (Masterclass #680 syllabus) for professional writers, actors, directors. Currently on hiatus as we seek a home venue.
- Opportunities for professionals, educators and career-minded students to exercise their talents and grow their craft
- Placer Repertory Theater Presents: Events & Productions
- Theatrical & Digital productions and events (live & recorded). Opportunities for individual, organizational and community growth through experience.
- Touring Programs: Locally developed works & artists tour regionally & nationally to attract out-of-county visitors while providing professional growth opportunities
- Proposed (future): Equity Membership Candidate program. Future participation in Actors Equity Association’s candidate program, employing nonequity actors and stage managers for mentorship toward full AEA status.
COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC ENRICHMENT
Community Outreach, Education Outreach and programs that act as an economic engine for Placer County
- Educational Outreach Program (K-12, college, adults)
- Artists in the classrooms (or via Zoom)
- Visiting Artist/Educator
- Artists-in-Residence
- Artists educate student audiences:
- School Tours Program (K-12 and adult, K-12 is based in CA recommended reading list)
- Theatrical Productions (designed for grades 4 through adult, audience size: 50-2000)
- Includes post-show Q&As, free study guides, optional Workshops & Master Classes
- Storytellers Theater (designed for k-3 classrooms/combined classes, audience size: 10-70 students)
- Theatrical Productions (designed for grades 4 through adult, audience size: 50-2000)
- Season Productions: Comp Tickets, Special Performances for students
- School Tours Program (K-12 and adult, K-12 is based in CA recommended reading list)
- VAPA Academy (pre-K through Grade 8)
- An afterschool educational program in a classroom conceived and funded by Colfax Elementary School District from State education funds.
- Email education@placerrep.org to include the VAPA Academy at your district/school (ELO – extended learning oppy)
- Artists in the classrooms (or via Zoom)
- Outreach & Inclusivity
- New voices / Equity (artists, technicians, administrators)
- Community development
- Audience development
- Community Partnership
- Partnership with Placer County business, nonprofit, government and education entities
- Sponsorship from local to national business, education, government and nonprofit entities, and individual donors, which allows Placer Rep to operate for the benefit of Placer County
- Productions in Partnership: Partnerships with other entities to not only support arts & culture, but to grow audience & demand in Placer County and beyond
- Lending Programs
- Artist Lending Program
- Resource Lending Program
- Economic Enrichment
- Concessions
Feature local makers: beers, bakeries, bean roasters, etc. - Merchandising
Sell locally sourced souvenirs and gifts - Local Patronage
Placer Rep patronage of local companies for goods and services we need - Employ Locally
Placer Rep seeks to develop and utilize a predominantly local talent pool, so money earned in Placer County is spent in Placer County. - Touring Program
Locally developed works & artists tour regionally & nationally to attract out-of-county visitors back to Placer County
- Concessions
PLACER REP ACCESS FOR ALL
Theater for all. Geographically or economically challenged, or differently enabled? Contact us!
- Performance Fund
- Donations earmarked for PRAA allow Placer Rep to perform for communities or groups that do not have the financial means to host our productions
- Scholarship Fund
- Donations earmarked for PRAA allow Placer Rep to provide educational programming to groups or individuals who do not have the financial means to host or participate in our educational programs.
- Playwrights Welcome program
- One free ticket to Dramatist Guild of America members to any production.
- Free Admittance
- Each Placer Rep production offers one or more free admittance performances during the run of a production for economically challenged groups and individuals. Contact us for more information or complete and submit the form.
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