Mission, Values, and EDI
Learn more about A.C.T's mission, values, and EDI strategic plan.
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American Conservatory Theater is an essential gathering place that brings artists and communities together to inspire and provoke.
Under the leadership of Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness. A.C.T. values inclusion, transformational learning, participation and rigorous fun. A.C.T. is a Tony Award-winning nonprofit theater serving almost 200,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area annually through theater, training, education and community programs.
See our Annual Report for ways that A.C.T. impacted the community in the 2022/23 Season.
A.C.T. is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the nonprofit professional theater. A.C.T. operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theaters and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
A.C.T. is a member of the League of Resident Theaters, Theatre Bay Area, Union Square Association, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The directors employed by A.C.T. at the American Conservatory Theater are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
Learn more about A.C.T's mission, values, and EDI strategic plan.
As part of our committed effort to offer Bold Access to A.C.T.’s programs, we are offering free and heavily subsidized tickets and scholarships to 80,000 individuals.
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Explore our highlights dating back to 1965 when A.C.T was founded.
Browse our listing of A.C.T.’s mainstage productions.
A.C.T.’s online resource for journalists.
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