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Take A Minute to Think A Minute, new program

Shake-It-Up

Shake-It-Up provides life-long learning and creativity while simultaneously building and strengthening reading and comprehension skills.

The Shake-It-Up program teaches literacy skills to students using theater games and drama techniques. This program addresses the educational needs of students in fun and creative ways, helping students develop a positive relationship with complex reading materials.
Additional programming for the Shake-It-Up Series include:

ACTive Engagement Series
A 20 minute free engagement series

Take a Minute to Think A Minute
A new program in conjunction with the Xtigone Project. A program designed to enhance the experience of at-risk youth involved with street violence.

Master Classes (coming soon)
Aconsortium of renowned artists and arts organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area to assist in nurturing the next generation of performing artists by having some of the masters in their field to cultivate, nurture, and support in the development of potential/professional careers of minority artists in the community.

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African-American Shakespeare Company is funded in part by Fleishhacker Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, Zellerbach Family Fund, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Grants for the Arts/SF Hotel Tax Fund, San Francisco Foundation, the California Arts Council, a state agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national pogram of the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts MidWest; and special school matinee performance sponsored by Macy’s.