Facility Rental Opportunities
In 2026, the Center will re-open after a two year expansion and renovation project. In addition to a 7,000 sq. ft. flexible performance space and audio/video production soundstage, the new Shakespeare Center will make available for rental use three multipurpose spaces; a conference room and classroom/workshop space; three administrative offices; and a media arts lab and podcast studio. The facility will also include a concessions area and coffee bar available for catering use.
For more information:
213-481-2273
info@shakespearecenter.org
Centrally Located and Accessible to All Regions of Los Angeles!
Supporting Youth, Veterans, Teachers and Families
Since 1986, the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) has been a vibrant hub for award-winning, contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare’s plays and other great works while serving our community through programs designed to engage and enrich people from all walks of life.
When you choose to partner with the Shakespeare Center, your rental fees help support our year-round community empowerment programs. Our Will Power After-School program serves youth aged 14-24 who are hired as full-time, paid employees to study, create, produce, and perform adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays. Veterans in Art (ViA) offers short-term paid vocational training in technical theater arts and life-skills development for high-need, chronically underemployed, honorably discharged U.S. military veterans. Will Power to Schools offers teachers at Title 1 schools from LAUSD with in-person professional development seminars, arts integration training projects, and free innovative curriculum materials. And our newest program, Shakespeare’s Penny University, will provide free weekly arts enrichment activities for our surrounding neighborhood such as film screenings, poetry readings, curated art exhibits, community gatherings, annual professional development seminars for in-service teachers, and much more. Interested youth and veterans can also be trained to develop barista skills and prepare for employment in the growing coffee and retail food service industry.