These businesses were voted the Best Theater Classes in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2026 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Village Music School. In addition to music lessons, it offers musical summer camps where students perform in a show. Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek. villagemusicschool.org.
Peninsula
Gold: Hillbarn Theatre & Conservatory. Hillbarn’s conservatory offers a theater education taught by Broadway and regional theater professionals, featuring classes, camps and a teen company. Foster City. hillbarntheatre.org.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: American Conservatory Theater. Its young conservatory offers summer classes, a summer musical theater institute, workshops, performance opportunities and more. San Francisco. act-sf.org.
Silver: PLAY Theatre Company. Mill Valley. playtheatreco.org.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Children’s Musical Theater San Jose. This children’s theater has been offering musical and theatrical training to students ages 4 to 20 for more than 50 years. San Jose. cmtsj.org.
Silver: Starting Arts. San Jose. startingarts.com.
