An innovative arts education program offered by NorCal School of the Arts employs theater, social and emotional learning, and, most recently, violence prevention.
With five minutes to spare before showtime, the audience for a performance of William Shakespeare’s “Pericles: Prince of Tyre” chats idly. But, in true pandemic fashion, they do so in a chat window to the side of the welcome marquee on laptop screens. The Performing Arts Corps of the Sacramento-based Northern California School of the Arts performs the play on Zoom in early December. It’s not quite a film, and it’s not quite theater. The performance is streamed live, but the actors are weaving cinematic elements into the experience using camera tricks. Zoom theater is an emerging