Our Programs
Arts in corrections
We know that the school to prison pipeline impacts the most vulnerable members of our society, and that in the most under-resourced communities throughout our country as many as one fifth of the adult men are incarcerated at any given time. As an organization that understands the role of the arts in empowering individuals to find their voices, share their stories and create positive change for themselves, Red Ladder’s commitments to our community members don’t stop if they enter the carceral system. Indeed, we consider it our responsibility to work with individuals experiencing incarceration in an effort to restore their connection to their creativity and empower them, through their artistry, to build empathy, develop agency, and imagine a different outcome for themselves than the one(s) they were handed. We believe that creative self-expression and the skills associated with artistic practice are an integral part of the rehabilitative process and can assist individuals in their personal transformation and their preparations for a successful return to their families and communities.
To inquire about our Arts in Corrections Programs, please fill out the form to the right.
Availability
Monday – Friday
Morning, Afternoon or Evening
Arts in Corrections/Rehabilitative Programming
“The methods employed by the Red Ladder Theatre Company have had a tremendous impact on both the substance abuse program and the inmate literacy project. It is an innovative and exciting project that should be a model for other correctional programs.”
“Now I know I am somebody. Before, I had bought a terrible lie. But through these workshops I find myself standing on the rubble of a smashed barrier. Now I know anything is possible for me.”
Curriculum and In-School Programming
Red Ladder has become a leader in performing arts curriculum development. Many of the schools with whom Red Ladder works have limited or non-existent arts education programs. Red Ladder understands the power of the arts to reach students, especially those with non-traditional learning styles, and help them make sense of the world around them. The company was deemed a Demonstration Project by the California Arts Council, and has developed a broad range of activities that meet the State of California’s Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Standards and are in line with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Further, Red Ladder successfully executes curriculum based on the Studio Thinking Framework/Studio Habits of Mind with its participants.
To inquire about our Curriculum and In-School Programs, please fill out the form to the right.
Availability
Monday – Saturday
Morning, Afternoon or Evening
Curriculum and In-School Programming
“I believe utterly that the performing arts are an effective means for enhancing the academic curriculum and enabling children to grow into life-long learners. Our partnership with Red Ladder transformed the learning atmosphere at our school and improved academic achievement across the board.”
“Red Ladder played an important role in our effort to create a school culture and ethic. They enriched the curriculum and built essential skills in our students.”
Community Enrichment programs
Red Ladder is committed to providing programming to the members of our community who need it most. Whether that’s seniors in our Japantown community, youth in the foster system, neuro-atypical youth and adults, pregnant and parenting teens or Veterans and their families, we strive to deliver workshops designed to ignite the imagination, encourage the creativity, develop the problem-solving skills, promote the positive risk-taking, acknowledge the potential and build the courage of our participants. Whether it’s a finite series of workshops or an ongoing relationship, Red Ladder works to strengthen our community by amplifying the voices of those within it who often, otherwise, go unheard.
To inquire about our Community Enrichment Programs, please fill out the form to the right.
Availability
Monday – Saturday
Morning, Afternoon or Evening
Community Enrichment Programming
“When local companies combine their resources to support quality programming such as the Red Ladder Theatre Company, we can truly make a worthwhile investment in the future of this community.”
Professional development
For years, Red Ladder has provided professional development workshops for artists and educators. Hundreds of individuals have been trained through workshops that the company has led at annual conferences such as the Marion Cilker Conference for Arts Education (“The Arts Really Teach”), the Arts in Your Classroom Conference at Montalvo Arts Center, CCSESA’s Creativity at the Core Summer Institute, the One Theatre World (OTW) conference, as well as through the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s “Artspiration” initiative, the South Bay Arts Education Collaborative, the California Arts Project, the City of San Jose’s Arts Express program, as well as workshops that the company has offered directly to participants. As part of this training, the company has developed a theatre arts activities handbook for use by other practitioners.
To inquire about our Professional Development Programs, please fill out the form to the right.
Availability
Monday – Saturday
Morning, Afternoon or Evening
Professional Development Programming
“This is one of the best workshops I have ever been to! It was fun and extremely engaging, and I see immediate ways to implement this in my classroom. I hope I can take more workshops with [Red Ladder]. The only thing that would make it better is if it was longer.”
corporate training
Red Ladder Theatre Company conducts workshops with a wide range of groups within the community to assist individuals with the development of creative thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, teambuilding, and leadership skills – the very skills necessary to be effective and competitive in the corporate world. Through active, high energy workshops in the creative process, Red Ladder helps groups and organizations expand their creative horizons and re-energize their corporate team environments. Red Ladder has worked with organizations such as eBay, Cisco, KPMG, Hopkins & Carley, and others to develop trust, spontaneity, communication, creativity and outside-of-the-box thinking skills.
To inquire about our Corporate Training Programs, please fill out the form to the right.
Availability
Monday – Saturday
Morning, Afternoon or Evening
Corporate Training Programming
“Red Ladder provided an ideal and dramatic boost to our curriculum, which could only have been achieved by the unique and effective methods practiced by the Red Ladder Company.”