Why was Dark Screen Foundation started?

Our founder was so humbled by her first job as a Theater Operations Assistant for an Academy Film Festival. She was very fortunate though. Her family happened to live a few miles from the headquarters and could stay as a local for cheap. This was not the case for most of her other co-workers. Let alone for young adults, disabled, single moms, or others to make the leap into the film and theater industry.

When was Dark Screen Foundation Established?

Grace Pearl Shaw took her final paycheck and registered Dark Screen Foundation in California on December 2017.

What is Dark Screen Foundations main objective?

Revitalizing old theaters by curating a conducive local and national network of people within the community.

How to apply to the mentorship program?

Mentorship programs begin

January 2021- Online

June 2021- (TBA March 15, 2021)

Local Community Summer Programs

Theater Data Base Archive

A 10 year project to archive any theater in America and their current status. Create an accurate database of all theater spaces in America lost due to the Covid-19 Pandemic