Curtain Call Performing Arts Resident Theater At Art Education Center

Curtain Call Performing Arts (CCPA) announced today that it has been named the resident theatre company of the new San Leandro Art Education Center (AEC) on the San Leandro High School (SLHS) campus.

Built with funds from the 2006 bond measure “B,” the 550-seat, state-of-the-art theater is now home to the performing arts company, which is entering its fourth season.

Andrea Gorham, CCPA’s Co-Founder, Artistic Director and an alumnus of the San Leandro Unified School District, said she looked forward to working with San Leandro High School Drama teacher, John Sheridan and AEC Theatre Facility Supervisor Dustin Brown.

"Together we hope to create more stage craft and performing experiences for students,” Gorham said.

San Leandro Unified School District Superintendent Cindy Cathey cheered the arrangement.

“I believe this is going to be a fantastic partnership," Cathey said.

The news comes as Curtain Call Performing Arts announces its 2011/2012 season, which includes an early December 2011 production of “A Broadway Christmas” featuring CCPA’s community chorus, Cantare!, with new choir director Jon Siapno, who joins CCPA straight from Broadway.

For more information and to purchase season tickets visit www.curtaincallperformingarts.org or call 510-909-9516.

CCPA is also co-sponsoring “Greased Lightning” a Benefit Classic and Hot Rod Car Show, at Bayfair Center in San Leandro on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm.

Named after the hot rod in the famed musical Grease, the event will raise funds for CCPA’s “Gift of Broadway” FREE Assembly program, and Special Spaces INC., a non-profit organization dedicated to creating breautiful bedrooms for children facing life-threatening illnesses.

The BAL Theater in San Leandro is also co-sponsoring the event.