As a way of continuing to build community through the arts during these uncertain times, the Arcata Playhouse will offer a mobile art service! The Playhouse Wonder Wagon will travel to the local elementary school parking lots and community centers to deliver art packets with information about music, dance, and craft to hubs around Northern […]
Youth Programs
We host a variety of Youth Programs that take place throughout the year at the Playhouse and at local schools and include theater workshops, a teen program, artists in schools program and a family fun performance series.
2020 Family Fun Series Season
4/1/2020 UPDATE: This would have been the week that our 2020 14th annual Family Series kicked off with Teatro Milagro from Portland. We would have started today with the first of four school performances and finished on Saturday with two public performances but alas, that is not to be. In addition, we are forced to […]
Apprentice Entertainment
En Español The Playhouse teen program, also known as Apprentice Entertainment, is an afterschool program for teens that gives them experience in all aspects of mounting an event, from design and scripting to casting and stagecraft to promotion and execution of the final production. While the program’s roots are in theatre, the event could be […]
Workshops
Arcata Playhouse offers spring and summer youth workshops in creative theater-making with a variety of focuses including mask, puppetry, pageant performance, clowning and more. Our workshops range from ages 6-18 and take place in the spring and summer. En Español Pageant in the Valley July 27th – July 31st with a performance August 1st10 a.m. – […]
Artists in Schools
En Español The Artists in Schools program celebrates the importance of early exposure to all aspects of performance art – both on stage and behind the scenes – for students from kindergarten to 8th grade. It’s well documented that students who engage in artistic pursuits grow into more rounded adults, and programs like Artists in […]
