The McCallum Theatre Institute, established in September 1997, is the education division of the McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts. The Institute offers a spectrum of arts education programs for the community, including free activities for more than 37,200 schoolchildren and classroom teachers each year.

The McCallum Theatre Institute seeks to enhance the role of the arts in our lives and in our community by inspiring greater awareness of their educational, cognitive, emotional and spiritual power.

By encouraging an active and experiential study of the arts, the Institute advances the belief that all human beings are inherently creative.

The programs developed by the Institute are designed to build on that creativity by equipping individuals with the skills necessary for an enduring appreciation of the arts and their essential contribution to enlightened citizenship.

For more information contact:
Kajsa Thuresson-Frary, Director of Education
Joanna Fookes, Education Program Coordinator
Kristine Pappone: Education Program Coordinator
Kevin Walter, Education Program Coordinator

These organizations and individuals have contributed financially to the McCallum
Theatre Institute:


DONORS
  • Anonymous
    Dr. George & Jan Allebrand
    Carolyn K. Anderson
    Robert Archer & Charles Hilliar
    Bert & Donna Barber
    The Coeta & Donald Barker Foundation
    Lawrence & Isabel Barnett
    Sheldon & Babs Bay
    Col. Rudy & Joy Ames Bellan
    Becky & Jack Benaroya
    Mr. & Mrs. Russell K. Bolton
    Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Bouten
    Mr. Darinco & Mrs. Barbara Brand-Bozich
    Virginia Huschke-Brown
    Mr. & Mrs. Dean L. Buntrock
    C.O.D. Alumni Association
    Jean C. Carrus
    Citigroup Foundation
    City of Indian Wells
    City of La Quinta
    City of Palm Desert
    Mrs. Francine Cohn
    Computer Gallery
      Joseph W. Popper III
    Peggy & Donald H. Cravens
    Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Daman, Jr.
    Donald & Nancy de Laski
    The Desert Sun Publishing Co.
    Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Ditlove
    Suzanne & Larry Engman
    Dr. Julian Feingold
    Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Fraiman
    Frank & Alvera Gaeta
    Hal & Diane Gershowitz
    Olga H. Giannini
    Mrs. George Goldstein (Dorothy)
    Terry & Jacke Green
    Al & Jo Gudel
    Mrs. Marcella Halter
        In memory of Cyril Halter
    Charles & Kay Hanson
    Edward & Elizabeth Harshfield
    Ms. Jean Ann Hirschi
    Barbara & Joel Hochberg
    Mr. & Mrs. Frank Huddleston
    Mrs. Eleanor A. Hughes
    Judy Allen & James Hummer
    Mr. & Mrs. Robert Inch
    Cheryl & Lloyd Isaacs
    J.W. & Ida M. Jameson Foundation
       Fred L. Leydorf
       Les M. Huhn
       Bill B. Betz

 
  • Barbara & Jerry Keller
    Joyce F. Klein & Gerald Breslauer
    Gloria & Roy Kohn
    Mrs. Charles S. Larsen
    Jerry & Barbara Lundberg
    Ms. Francesca Luzuriaga
    Cargill & Donna MacMillan
    Patt & Dominic Mannino
    Mr. & Mrs. John L. Marion
    Mr. & Mrs. John L. Marman
    Ms. Brook Marshall & Mr. Graham Balog
    Mr. Harold Matzner
    Ms. Judy G. Mayer
    The Jeannette C. McIntyre & Frederick (Lash) McIntyre
      Charitable Foundation Trust
    Amanda Mercer-Néder
    Mr. & Mrs. Michael Merrill
    Maj. Gen. Ken & Karen Miles
    Morris & Cynthia Muscatel
    Edith & George E. Nadler
    Mr. Bruce Ostrander
    Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Palay
    Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic
    Bette & Bill Pattis
    Playwrite's Circle
    "Mike" & Bob Pollock
    Linda & Manny Rider
    Joseph J. Riegler
    Mrs. Gloria Rosen
    Mr. & Mrs. Gunther Sachs
    Dr. Raymond & Hannah H. Schneider
    Harold & Arlene Schnitzer
    Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Schnitzer
    Mr. & Mrs. Howard Schor
    Dennis & Helene Berman Seidenfeld
    J. Richard Shelley
    Mary Silver-Giatas
    Linda I. Smith Foundation
    Target Stores
    Mrs. Connie Tirschwell
    Ms. Helen E. Turner
    Ms. Kathy Wade
    Gary Wexler Design
    Chip Wickett
    Mr. John A. Wiebe
    Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yaeger
    Lynn & Robert Zimmer

AESTHETIC EDUCATION PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS

Desert Sands Unified School District

  • John Q. Adams Elementary
    James Earl Carter Elementary
    Amelia Earhart Elementary
    Gerald R. Ford Elementary
    Benjamin Franklin Elementary
    Andrew Jackson Elementary
 
  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary
    James Madison Elementary
    James Monroe Elementary
    Ronald Reagan Elementary
    Harry S. Truman Elementary
    Washington Charter Elementary
Palm Springs Unified School District
  • Agua Caliente Elementary
    Bubbling Wells Elementary
    Cahuilla Elementary
    Cathedral City Elementary
    Cielo Vista Elementary
    Julius Corsini Elementary
    Katherine Finchy Elementary
    Landau Elementary

 
  • Della S. Lindley Elementary
    Rancho Mirage Elementary
    Rio Vista Elementary
    Sunny Sands Elementary
    Two Bunch Palms Elementary
    Vista Del Monte Elementary
    Edward L. Wenzlaff Elementary
    Cabot Yerxa Elementary

Coachella Valley Unified School District
  • Las Palmitas Elementary
    Saul Martinez Elementary

 
SPECIAL PROJECT PARTNERS
  • Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley
    Desert Mirage High School
    Toro Canyon Middle School

   
   
McCallum Theatre Institute
73000 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260

McCallum Theatre Institute Contact Information
Kajsa Thuresson-Frary
Director of Education
Phone: (760) 346-6505, Ext. 140
E-mail: kajsatf@mccallum-theatre.org

Joanna Fookes
Education Program Coordinator
Phone: (760) 346-6505, Ext. 142
E-mail: jfookes@mccallum-theatre.org

Kristine Pappone
Education Program Coordinator
Phone: (760) 346-6505, Ext. 143
E-mail: kpappone@mccallum-theatre.org

Kevin Walter
Education Program Coordinator
Phone: (760) 346-6505, Ext. 141
E-mail: kwalter@mccallum-theatre.org