Prescott Circus Theatre

Address

3864 Brown Avenue

Oakland, CA 94619

Telephone: 510 482 1674 Fax: 510 336 0379

Website: www.prescottcircus.org

Email: aileen@prescottcircus.org

Contacts

CEO: Aileen Moffitt

Other contacts: Fiscal sponsor is Marcus A Foster Educational Institute 1203 Preservation Park Way Suite 303 Oakland, CA 94612 510 835 0391

Year Incorporated: 1978

Category:

Service Provider

Mission Statement:

Our mission is to provide a culturally conscious educational program promoting leadership, performing arts education, skill training, academic progress, and life experience opportunities for youngsters in a context that allows them to fully explore their talents and enriches self-esteem. Additionally, we seek to provide professional-level entertainment by children of color for audiences of all ages while representing Oakland youth in a proud and positive manner.

History/Goals/Objectives:

The Prescott Circus Theatre is an exciting and innovative after school performing arts education program for Oakland youth. 4th and 5th graders work closely with resident and specialty artists to develop circus skills such as juggling, acrobatics, improvisation, balancing, unicycling, stilting, hip hop dance, hambone body percussion, and clowning. Students learn creative expression, stage presence, and performance production. They receive additional exposure to the arts by attending related performances and performing in the community. Our participants and parents are surveyed and consistently report benefits such as increased confidence, ability to learn new things, teamwork, leadership, and school success.

Target Populations:

Elementary

Staff Capacity: 1.5 FTE

Each site is served by one or two Resident Artists and one or two Site Directors. Wherever possible, Site Directors are classroom teachers from the site who are interested in taking this after school project on.

Language Capacity (other than English):

Organizational Operating Budget: $200,001 - $500,000

Geographic Areas Served (current):

District 1 (North Oakland- Rockridge, Temescal, Claremont)

District 3 (West Oakland/Downtown - West Oakland, Jack London)

District 4 (East Oakland - Dimond, Laurel, Montclair, Joaquin Miller)

District 5 (East Oakland - Fruitvale)

District 6 (East Oakland - Millsmont, Hillcrest, Leona Quarry)

Geographic Areas for Expanded Service:

Citywide

We will consider sites that: 1) WANT our program enough to make it work; 2) Can provide adequate space such as auditorium as well as storage space for equipment; 3) Can accomodate classes 2x per week for 2 hours per class, right after school. 4) Prefer Tuesday/Thursday classes so that classroom teacher(s) can work as Site Director(s).