The Tenderloin has the highest density of children in San Francisco and Cutting Ball is dedicated to enriching the lives of these neighborhood youth. Through partnerships with neighbor organizations like Larkin Street Youth Services, San Francisco Boys and Girls Club - Tenderloin Clubhouse, and De Marillac Academy, Cutting Ball reaches youth in the Tenderloin with live performances, tuition-free classes, and paid internships.

What values guide Cutting Ball's curriculum?

Cutting Ball's program is designed to hone communication, critical thinking, and co-working skills to provide youth a toolkit for expression that will serve them into adulthood. Students learn collaboration, cultivate vocabularies for introspection, stretch their imaginative capacities, exercise their generative voices, and gain confidence through performance.