Casa Mañana's Community Outreach Programs
The following programs are just a few of the ways Casa Mañana benefits the North Texas community.

Children's Playhouse
Now in it its 47th season, the Casa Mañana Children’s Playhouse brings classic professional children’s theatre to Fort Worth. Each year, Playhouse performances give over 120,000 children their first live theatre experience. Morning school performances are scheduled for each Children’s Playhouse production, which brings more than 67,000 students and teachers from over 300 area schools to the theatre.

The Casa Kids
The Casa Kids, the “goodwill ambassadors” troupe of young performers, perform a song-and-dance revue throughout the local area at nursing homes, hospitals, retirement communities and events in the Fort Worth area. This elite performing outreach group is comprised of students selected from Casa Mañana’s Theatre School program.  Each fall, Casa Mañana auditions its students and selects up to 16 talented young performers to join the troupe. Once selected, these talented youngsters provide arts entertainment for a variety of audiences in North Texas and beyond.

The Casa Playaz
Made possible through a grant from the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, The Casa Playaz brings the art form of theatre to at-risk middle and high school students in the Fort Worth ISD. Casa Playaz performances display empowering messages on educational and social subjects facing youth in Fort Worth and the nation.

The Everman Project
Casa Mañana, in partnership with the Alcon Foundation, provides theatre arts education to Dan Powell Middle School in Everman ISD. Now in its third year, The Everman Project provides forty-five 5th & 6th grade students, selected through audition, the opportunity to study and perform musical theatre. The project culminates in a musical theatre production presentation to Everman ISD students, faculty and family.

Professional Development
Casa Mañana, through the HQ-ARTS (High Quality Arts Research and Teaching Standards) provides Fort Worth ISD Arts and Social Studies educators high quality professional development instruction in theatre and performance in the classroom. The program also provides continuing education structured around Casa's production of The Alamo for social studies and Texas history instructors and students.

Adopt-a-School
In conjunction with the Applied Learning Academy, the Adopt-a-School program gives middle school students opportunity to learn, work, act and entertain in the world of theatrical arts. Students participate by acting in Playhouse productions and school classes, serving as scenery apprentices, ushering and volunteering in the business office. This collaboration has been recognized with the Outstanding Partnership Award from the Fort Worth ISD on several occasions.

Vital Link
Every year, dozens of Fort Worth Independent School District middle schools are given the opportunity to participate in a week long internship at Casa Mañana, learning to apply a classroom education to a professional theatre work environment.

Score A Goal in the Classroom
Casa Mañana is a sponsor of this organization, which honors and encourages deserving students and teachers in the Fort Worth ISD. Tickets to various Casa productions are offered as incentives for students and teachers. Additionally, an annual Best Theatre Teacher award is presented at the Betty Lynn Buckley Awards.

Internships and Apprenticeships
An established internship program between Casa Mañana and area colleges and universities gives college students the opportunity to learn about the professional theatre industry, gain college credit and valuable experience, and make important contacts for the future.

For more information, email Julie M. Gale, Education & Outreach Coordinator, or call 817-321-5044.