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It’s Time for Theatre Artists to Talk about VR and Immersive Tech

March 31, 2023

Theatre Bay Area presents its 2023 Annual Conference: ENVISION, featuring leaders in the local and global theatre community. TBA’s first ever hybrid conference takes place on April 10 across four performing arts venues in downtown Berkeley (Freight & Salvage, Aurora Theatre, Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre, and Bay Area Children’s Theatre), with a robust virtual…

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Catch up California: Ask your reps to fund the live arts!

March 17, 2023

If you’re connected to Theatre Bay Area, you probably know that small performing arts organizations are both key to a vibrant local scene AND are closing at an alarming rate. You probably also know that arts funding is harder than ever to come by, and arts workers struggle to make ends meet while living the Bay Area. …

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Arts Advocacy

Stay up to date on local, state, and federal opportunities to increase funding and access to the arts.

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Grants & Awards

TBA’s grant program supports a diverse community of theatremakers from across the Bay Area  — learn about upcoming funding opportunities and meet recent grant awardees.

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Career Guide

It can be hard to break into a new industry or area as a theatre artist so check out these tips and tricks to get the job!

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It’s Time for Theatre Artists to Talk about VR and Immersive Tech

March 31, 2023
ENVISION: TBA Conference 2023 on a rainbow holographic background

Theatre Bay Area presents its 2023 Annual Conference: ENVISION, featuring leaders in the local and…

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Catch up California: Ask your reps to fund the live arts!

March 17, 2023

If you’re connected to Theatre Bay Area, you probably know that small performing arts organizations are…

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Introducing TBA’s Community Accountability Agreement

December 19, 2022
Theatre Bay Area Logo. Pink circle with a gradient of pink triangles inside pointing from the upper left corner to the lower right. Meant to simulate a stage light. On the right is the word Theatre in big rounded text with Bay Area written in a smaller blocky text below it.

Theatre Bay Area’s Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Working Group, a team comprised of Board…

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Announcing Fall 2022 CA$H Theatre Grantees

December 8, 2022
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Theatre Bay Area is proud to announce the Fall 2022 awardees of our flagship grant,…

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Angel Adedokun Awarded the 2022 RHE Foundation Artistic Fellowship

December 1, 2022
Angel sits smiling on a grey staircase wearing a yellow shirt and black and white striped pants. She is a black woman with waist length dark hair styled in twists.

Theatre Bay Area and the RHE Charitable Foundation are thrilled to announce Angel Adedokun as…

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Announcing the 2022-23 Arts Leadership Residency Cohort

December 1, 2022
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Theatre Bay Area’s Arts Leadership Residency removes roadblocks to arts leadership for historically marginalized groups…

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A Fireside Chat with Anne W Smith and Sean Fenton

July 26, 2022
Anne Smith in a colorful sweater smiles, looking off to the right of the camera. She is a Black woman with short white hair.

We’ve been using this space to share a peek behind the curtain on the exciting…

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Fireside Chat with Anne W. Smith: May 2022

May 11, 2022
Anne Smith in a colorful sweater smiles, looking off to the right of the camera. She is a Black woman with short white hair.

Spring Greetings, Everyone, After a busy month and a half here at TBA, it’s a…

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Fireside Chat with Anne W. Smith: March 2022

March 22, 2022
Anne Smith in a colorful sweater smiles, looking off to the right of the camera. She is a Black woman with short white hair.

DEAR MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, After participating as a Theatre Bay Area Board member for…

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FY2022 CA$H Theatre Accountability Report

March 1, 2022
Cash Grant Logo. A green circle with lower case white lettering that says tba. On the right are the words Cash Theatre where cash is spelled with $ instead of an S. Underneath that is the word Grant in smaller font.

To hold ourselves accountable in dismantling white supremacy culture and other biases in TBA, we…

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I’m Like A Utility Player: Meet TBA’s Interim Managing Director

December 21, 2021
Headshot of Ann Marie wearing an orange shirt and a silver necklace. She is a white woman with chin length short brown hair.

by Sam Hurwitt Interim managing director Ann Marie Lonsdale comes to Theatre Bay Area at…

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Taking the Temperature of Arts Audiences

December 8, 2021
Headshot of Alan Brown in a black suit, white shirt, and pink tie. He is a white man with blue eyes. He has short shaved grey hair, and a grey goatee. He is smiling showing his teeth.

by Sam Hurwitt  When COVID-19 pandemic precautions started closing venues in March of 2020, theaters…

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