Education & Community Engagement

Acting Workshops at the Butte County Juvenile Hall

Slow Theatre is bringing improv acting workshops to youth at the Butte County Juvenile Hall, in cooperation with the Butte County Office of Education. BCOE was recently awarded a grant from the California Arts Council to begin this work.

The Butcher Shop 
Annually on Labor Day Weekend

The Butcher Shop is a free theater festival under the stars, featuring local musical acts, fresh food from area food trucks, sculpture and tableaux by Northern California artists interspersed with an original musical by Slow Theatre including our acting company, local dancers, and the band Dave the Butcher.

Chico Speaks: A Public Discussion Series

A series of discussions, panels, and presentations on a variety of topics concerning our community and society at large. We host a People's State of the Union event every year asking local speakers to speak on the pressing issues of our time. 

Good with Faces
By Hilary Tellesen

Hilary Tellesen's Good with Faces solves the murder of an eccentric therapist, who treated his patients with heart-felt but questionable methods. 

Readings for this production began in 2015 and resulted in the world premiere of this play at the Blue Room Theatre March 16-April 1, 2017.

Writing for Donuts
With Josh Indar

Voices of Butte County's homeless youth are collected in this book (edited by Josh Indar,) now being adapted for the stage by Slow Theatre.

Along These Lines

Along These Lines is a submission-based reading series whose mission is to showcase original writing by people in our Northern California region.