Downtown High School: After The War

A.C.T.’s Education and Community Programs Department and Downtown High School’s Acting for Critical Transformations Project present an original piece of theater written and performed by the students. This performance brings students’ learning, research, personal journeys, and perspectives to life at A.C.T.'s Strand Theater.

American Conservatory Theater and Downtown High School present: After The War

There is so much happening in the world right now that our news cycle drowns out. It's easy to miss critical news about the Congo, Sudan, Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan, El Salvador and so many more countries, and mainstream media does not mention America's relationship to conflict in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

This semester students in the Acting for Critical Transformations Project at Downtown High School examined the United States' role in creating and perpetuating humanitarian crises around the globe. Their show, After the War, features monologues, dances, scenes, and plays written by the students that remind us of the roots of these crises and America’s role; that offer us ways to work in solidarity with the people in resistance; and that inspire us to take action. Come be part of the change!

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Written and performed by students in Downtown High School's Acting for Critical Transformations Project

Directors: Sierra Gonzalez, Robert Coverdell, and Sabeena Shah

Co-Producers: Natalie Greene and Rebecca Ennals

Production Manager: Mike Anderburg

Stage Manager: Mika Rubinfeld

Costume Design: Anelisa Armijo Montoya

Additional support: Andre Douglass, Vivian Sming, Lucy Gosline-Ratliff, Tony Manalo, 826 Valencia tutors and volunteers, Megan McClintock and former A.C.T. Education & Community Programs team member Lauren Tannous.

Performances: Friday May 17th, 1:30pm & Saturday May 18th, 1:30pm

Location: The Rembe at A.C.T.'s Strand Theatre, 1127 Market Street, SF

Limited audience capacity. RSVP now to reserve your seats!

826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students from under-resourced communities in San Francisco with their creative and expository writing skills. Learn more about 826 Valencia at 826valencia.org.

Education & Community Programs support generously provided by Amazon, Bank of America, The Bernard Osher Foundation, Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, California Arts Council, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Hearst Foundations, Laird Norton Family Foundation, The Kimball Foundation, Koret Foundation, Rawley T. Farnsworth Fellowship Fund, San Francisco Department of Children, Youth & Their Families, The Sato Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Martin Tannenbaum/Gerald B. Rosenstein Estate, and U.S. Bank.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

A.C.T.'s Strand Theatre, 1127 Market Street, San Francisco, United States