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 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 Irving Berlin. Legendary for their polish and professionalism, Players’ shows are performed at the Presidio Theatre over three weekends in April.
Ogres & donkeys & dragons, oh my!
It's Shrek the Musical!
Once upon a time, there was a little green ogre named Shrek…
And so begins the heroic quest of everyone’s favorite green guy, and now his adventures with Donkey, Princess Fiona, Lord Farquaad, and Dragon are all-singing and all-dancing. The beloved DreamWorks animated film (inspired by William Steig’s book) is now one of the most popular musicals around and features an irresistible score by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Join the SFArtsED Players in the Kingdom of Duloc along with the Gingerbread Man, Cinderella, Pinocchio and all the fairytale creatures as they let their freak flags fly!
Performing once again at the beautifully restored Presidio Theatre.
Friday, April 25, 7:00pm
Saturday, April 26, 3:00 & 7:00pm
Sunday, April 27, noon followed by closing-day 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.”
