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
During the pandemic, the Family Fun Series has gone online with Zoom Around the World ! Schools, households, and families welcome guests from all over the world through the Playhouse Youtube Channel. Video links coming soon…
Apprentice Entertainment
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 anything from […]
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
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 Schools can […]
