Programs

Closed

This organization closed in 2024. It filed a final 990 indicating termination and no longer appears as active in IRS records, as it is absent from the EO Business Master File and Pub78 List.

  • Program 1 [2020]

    PROGRAMMINGOur 2020 season was slated to open with The Comedy of Errors, directed by Jessica Holt; followed by the West Coast premiere of The Oresteia, by Ellen McLaughlin, freely adapted from the Greek tragedy, directed by Eric Ting. Next up, the world premiere of 1001 Nights - A Retelling, co-conceived and co-written by Leila Buck and Evren Odcikin, directed by Evren Odcikin, with community collaboration through the Shahrazad Squad, a collective of Bay Area Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian women led by Raeshma Razvi. The Shahrazad Squad includes cast members, activists and entrepreneurs joined in their collective role as a community sounding board throughout the plays development. And closing the season with another world premiere, Romeo y Juliet, a bilingual (Continued on Schedule O)
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
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    $1.2M

  • Program 2 [2020]

    ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENTCal Shakes was awarded a two-year Doris Duke Foundation for the Islamic Arts Building Bridges grant to support the creation of three sister projects to the Shahrazad Squad, a story-sharing collective of Bay Area Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian women developed by Raeshma Razvi as part of Cal Shakes planned 2020 production of 1001 Nights - a Retelling, co-conceived and co-written by Leila Buck and Evren Odckin. The Building Bridges grant will fund the development of similar collectives in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. This project also won an award from California Humanities, and our planned production of 1001 Nights - A Retelling was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant for Arts Projects. (Continued on Schedule O)
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
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    $246.7K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    Cal Shakes Artistic Learning programs were severely curtailed by the Covid 19 pandemic. We created a virtual version of our Summer Shakespeare Conservatory program. Participation was limited by the nature of the Zoom format, but participants were enthusiastic. Our widely acclaimed Student Discovery matinee program was cancelled along with the season, and though we created video to support online theater residencies, the challenge of virtual classrooms was so great for Bay Area teachers that we were not able to engage our educational partners with it.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
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    $151.7K