The Fulton's education and outreach programs for people of all ages are designed to foster thought and sensitivity; evoke wonder and delight; ignite an imaginative spark; and, above all, celebrate the human spirit. These programs include:
- Accessibility Services - The Fulton provides the following services at Pay-What-You-Want matinees: ASL interpreted performances, open captioning, audio description, and simultaneous Spanish language translation.
- Behind the Scenes at Fulton Theatre - Our Asides pre-show program are 20-minute presentations featuring scholars from various fields of study who share insights about the mainstage production. Similarly, Exploring the Family Series provides young people in first through fifth grade the opportunity to go behind the scenes and explore the production, prior to each Family production.
- Theatre Arts Training - We offer training in the theatre arts for students of all ages, backgrounds and experiences. The Academy of Theatre brings year-round theatre arts classes to pre-K to adult at all levels of experience. View our current semester classes. And Fulton Theatre's award winning Youtheatre is an ensemble of teens from all walks of life that creates and performs original dramatic works based on social justice themes.
- For Schools and Educators - Fulton Theatre brings the theatre arts to students through productions and artists-in-the-classroom workshops and residencies. Fulton presents special School Day Matinees during school hours. We provide study guides and post-show discussions as requested, as well as pre- and post-show workshops. Neighborhood Bridges is a comprehensive program of storytelling and creative drama designed to help children develop their critical literacy skills and transform them into storytellers of their own lives. Building Bridges employs interactive storytelling techniques, and hands-on activities, and directly impacts the five development domains of an early childhood education (social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional), including emergent literacy skills. The Pennsylvania High School Drama Festival is a day of 30-minute high-school performances on the historic Fulton Theatre stage with adjudication and pre-festival workshops by Fulton teaching artists at participating schools.
- Professional Training Programs - Year-long technical apprentices for emerging professionals, summer internships for high school and college students, and Act 48 credits for educator's in-service training.
