Stagebridge | Uniting the Generations Since 1978

Stagebridge, based in Oakland, California, is the nation’s oldest and most renowned theatre company of older adults. Founded in 1978 by Dr. Stuart Kandell, the company’s mission is to transform the lives of older adults and their communities through the performing arts. Stagebridge accomplishes this with award-winning Creative Aging programs that offer opportunities for lifelong learning and participation in the performing arts. Stagebridge’s unique position as a theatre company “for and of” older adults demonstrates in action the many ways in which elders enrich our culture and our communities, offering professionally-taught classes in its Performing Arts Training Institute, as well as storytelling programs in Bay Area public schools in its Storybridge program.