Despite selling out shows and summer camps already fully booked, it's the final curtain call for the Bay Area Children's Theatre in Oakland after 19 years of bringing joy to families. The nonprofit says they've ran out of funding to stay open.
The Bay Area Children's Theatre in Oakland made the decision to close their doors and cancel fully booked summer camps after running out of funding.made the abrupt decision to close their doors and cancel fully booked summer camps after running out of funding.
"I was shocked yeah, all of the families that were involved here were shocked," Tom Frank, a parent said. Keltz says this is the first production her 11-year-old daughter has been a part of and for her, it's been a game changer. But despite selling out shows and summer camps already fully booked with a couple hundred kids, board president Christina Clark Bloodgood says their closure is an effect from the pandemic.
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