• Arts
  • Arts Education

Gritty City Repertory is an intensive theater program for Oakland youth who would otherwise lack access to this type of arts training. Program participants — 95% of whom are low-income — study theater and rehearse for six hours a week throughout the academic school year. Gritty City Rep maintains its commitment to quality by remaining deliberately small, with only 15 to 18 students in the ensemble at any one time. They produce performances of challenging works that resonate with the youth they serve.