Meet the SFArtsED Players
Bringing Broadway’s best to San Francisco.
What happens when a hand-picked group of young performers, ages 9-14, collaborates with seasoned and passionate stage directors, choreographers, and vocal coaches….happily rehearsing nine-plus hours per week after school and on Saturdays?
The results of that discipline and dedication are fully realized productions of such classics as Shrek the Musical, The Little Mermaid, Bells are Ringing, On the Town, Newsies, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Annie to name a few, and revues dedicated to such luminaries as Harold Arlen and Cole Porter. Legendary for their polish and professionalism, Players’ shows are performed at the Presidio Theatre over three weekends in May.
Here come the revolting children...
It's Matilda the Musical!
Even if you’re little you can do a lot…
From the wonderfully twisted and brilliant mind of author Roald Dahl comes Matilda the Musical, the hit stage adaptation of his classic 1981 novel featuring a book by Dennis Kelly and music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. The SFArtsED Players, a troupe of performers ranging in age from 9 to 14 celebrating its 25th season, revel in the richness of Dahl’s world, from the terrifying headmistress Miss Trunchbull and the garish Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood to the tender beauty of Matilda’s fantasy world featuring The Aerialist and The Escapologist.
The SFArtsED Players are proudly celebrating their 25th season and look forward to performing once again at the beautifully restored Presidio Theatre.
Friday, May 1, 7:00pm
Saturday, May 2, 3:00 & 7:00pm
Sunday, May 3, noon followed by the Players’ 25th Anniversary Gala
The audition process.
Becoming a member of the Players begins at our Broadway Bound Summer Camps, where students who demonstrate extraordinary enthusiasm, talent, and dedication are invited by our artistic staff to join the company. The Players are open to both public- and private school students—some ten percent of whom go on to audition successfully into the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts High School.
So you want to be a producer? Here’s how!
Some of our generous donors have a particular passion for the performing arts, and seek to support the extraordinary work of our student musical theater performers. Contributions help to defray the considerable costs of mounting a production, including the artistic staff, theater rental, rehearsal space, set and costume design, musicians, performer scholarships, and much more.
We call this wonderful group of humans our Producers Circle, and we invite you to become a member today.
Through the great generosity of Sharonjean and Richard Leeds, your donations can have twice the impact! The Leeds have pledged to match gifts of $1,968 or more (in homage to the year SFArtsED was founded) with a gift to the SFArtsED Performing Arts Endowment in the amount of $1,968. As the Leeds like to say, “One gift is for the present. The other is for the future.”
