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)
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.
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)
  - Season Productions: Comp Tickets, Special Performances for students
- Placer Repertory Theater VAPA Academy (pre-K through Grade 8)
  - A pilot program with Colfax Elementary School District
  - Email education@placerrep.org to include the VAPA Academy at your district/school (ELO – extended learning oppy)
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

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.

For questions about our program areas, CONTACT US.

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