Berkeley Playhouse TeenStage
Berkeley Playhouse's audition-based youth theater training track for grades 8-12, in which students rehearse and perform in full-scale musical productions (2026 season includes Cats) alongside stagecraft and assistant-stage-manager tracks, with financial aid available.
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San Francisco Shakespeare Festival - Upstart Crows
An audition-required summer teen intensive at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival for actors ages 14-18 with prior acting experience, focused on Shakespearean text, voice, and movement work, culminating in a performance; need-based scholarships are available.
Berkeley Ballet Theater Summer Intensive
A pre-professional ballet training program with Junior/Senior Summer Intensive tracks for ages 11-18, requiring a placement class before enrollment, offered alongside youth division classes and tuition-waived boys' classes at this Berkeley dance school.
Cal Shakes Summer Shakespeare Conservatory
A multi-week teen Shakespeare training conservatory (named Best Teen Camp by Alameda Magazine) held at Saint Mary's College and partner high school campuses in Lafayette and Oakland, offering morning classes in acting, voice, movement, and stage combat that culminate in a fully-produced public Shakespeare performance.
Sara Bareilles Awards (Northern California Regional High School Musical Theatre Awards)
The Northern California regional program of the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (the Jimmy Awards), presented by BroadwaySF/ATG, recognizing outstanding high school musical theater performers from 31 counties spanning San Francisco to the North Coast and Sacramento; top student representatives advance to the Jimmy Awards in New York City.
Berkeley M.E.T. Innovation Academy
A selective residential summer program at UC Berkeley for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in technology and entrepreneurship, combining hands-on engineering projects with business and innovation training led by Berkeley's College of Engineering and Haas School of Business.
EAA Chapter 20 Young Eagles Program (San Carlos Airport)
EAA Chapter 20 hosts the national Young Eagles program at San Carlos Airport, giving youth ages 8-17 a free introductory airplane ride with a volunteer pilot to spark interest in aviation. The chapter has provided over 10,000 free flights since 1992 and supports pathways into further flight training and scholarships.