Street Theatre Project
East Bay Conservation Corps Charter School
Visual, Musical, and Performing Arts in North Oakland

The East Bay Conservation Corps Charter School Street Theatre project was a year-long program designed to integrate the arts into a service-learning project. Twenty 4th-grade students studied hunger and homelessness in their community and then, inspired by what they learned, created a street theater production composed of fine art, music and puppets.

Throughout the school year, the 4th graders engaged in a variety of community-based activities, including working in a local soup kitchen and visiting a food bank. They also met with puppeteers who use their art form as a vehicle for social change. Drawing from these experiences, students then created an original street theater production. Under the direction of their music teacher, they wrote a script and composed lyrics and a musical score. They worked with their art teacher to design and build giant puppets to appear in their play. As the program finale, they presented their production in a "Celebration of Service" event for their peers and the larger community.

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