Golden Thread’s Fairytale Players is an ensemble touring company with a repertoire of educational theater performances based on stories from the Middle East. Inspired by popular performance traditions in the Middle East, Golden Thread’s Fairytale Players employ epic storytelling, physical theatre and circus arts techniques in creating performances. In spring 2014, Golden Thread Fairytale Players will present "21 Days that Change the Year," a celebration of Nowruz, the Persian new year.

Handful Players is a free children's musical theater program based in San Francisco's Western Addition. Professional teaching artists conduct workshops on acting, singing, dancing, storytelling, costume and set design. Handful Players commissions local playwrights to create original plays for community performances where the children are accompanied by professional musicians. We help youth develop critical life skills, improve their self-esteem, and find their creative voices via performance.