Press Releases
Top acting students in the Theatre Education Program of the Bay Area Children’s Theatre (BACT) leave
Thursday for Atlanta, GA, to compete in the Junior Theatre Festival (JTF), the world’s largest gathering
celebrating musical theatre for young performers.
The troupe of 31 BACT Advanced Performers have been rehearsing Saturdays since October and
intensively during the...
In the beginning, there is Kitty. Just Kitty. But then—What’s that awful smell?—Puppy arrives. And then
–Oh, no!—the Baby!
Expect hilarity and high jinks when the Bay Area Children’s Theatre (BACT) presents Bad Kitty On Stage,
a world premiere based on the wildly popular comic adventures of Bad Kitty and her quirky animal
friends—not to mention a few...
A lump of coal that talks, thinks, and wants to be an artist? Well, if you don’t believe it, you can see for yourself at Lemony Snicket’s The Lump of Coal, an original production by the Bay Area Children’s Theatre (BACT), opening Saturday, December 5, at the Theater at the Children's Creativity Museum, 221 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
Based on the hilarious holiday tale, The...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s everybody’s “fine four fendered friend” Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, coming to the Theater at the Children's Creativity Museum, 221 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, on Saturday, October 10, in a new stage version for young audiences adapted from the hit musical film about a brother, a sister, their eccentric family, and their miraculous car.
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Cast members from the new musical version of James and the Giant Peach, which the Bay Area Children’s Theatre (BACT) is presenting August 1 and 2 at the Shanghai Children’s Art Theatre (SHCAT), will fly to Seoul and Shanghai early to offer workshops in American-style musical theatre to youngsters in those cities.
All of the participating performers are also teaching artists who have...
Coloring is Duncan’s favorite thing to do—so you can imagine how he feels when his crayons announce, “We’re done, we’re through, WE QUIT.”
Red and Blue are exhausted from all those oceans, skies and fire engines, and they want a break. Black yearns to do more than mere outlines. And Yellow and Orange have stopped talking to each other, because they both claim to be the color of the sun...
Disney Awards $100,000 Grant to the Bay Area Children’s Theatre
Funding To Start Disney Musicals in School Outreach Program
Contact: Vivian Auslander, (510) 524-2941, vivian@vivianauslander.com
The Bay Area Children’s Theatre (BACT) has been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Walt Disney Company to
help bring the...
Bay Area Children’s Theatre Plans Four New Works, Two Beloved Musicals for 2015-2016
Contact: Vivian Auslander, 510/524-2941, vivian@vivianauslander.com
The Bay Area Children’s Theatre (BACT) will create four new works for young audiences and produce
two musicals based on beloved stories for its 2015-2016 season.
...
Grab Your Tiara! Fancy Nancy, the Musical, Opens April 11 in Berkeley
Contact: Vivian Auslander, (510) 524-2941, vivian@vivianauslander.com
Fans of the New York Times best-selling Fancy Nancy series will want to dress up and join in the fun when the Bay Area Children’s Theatre (BACT) presents Fancy Nancy, the Musical, weekends at...
The Bay Area Children’s Theatre to Perform in Shanghai
Contact: Vivian Auslander, (510) 524-2941, vivian@vivianauslander.com
Actors, artists and educators from the Bay Area Children’s Theatre (BACT) will travel to Shanghai this
summer to perform the new musical version of James and the Giant Peach for family audiences and...