Support DSDT
Let's be direct about what's happening.
Our goal is to raise $30,000 by the end of the year - Can we count on you to help us achieve it?
Individual donors are no longer a supplement to institutional support, you have become the foundation holding us up.
We deeply believe in what we do and we want to fight for DSDT/Studio 210’s future.
For 46 years DSDT/Studio 210 has been an integral part of San Francisco’s vibrant dance and theater community, providing affordable space to artists, creating and presenting innovative artistic work, and mentoring and supporting artists in our community. In 2026, we remain one of the few intimate spaces for artists to create and present work, experiment and explore, and bring their communities together. We are here today in no small part because of you, our supporters, and we cannot thank you enough for helping sustain us over the years.
Increased expenses and dwindling public and private grant funds are hitting us hard - really hard. Foundation grants to the performing arts declined by 37% in 2024 and government funding dropped by 26% (source: SMU DataArts), with $5 million slashed from the California Arts Council budget alone. Our state funding has decreased by 70% since 2023, significantly affecting our ability to operate and forcing us to pause the Studio 210 Residency this summer.
We are currently working very hard to raise enough money to bring the Residency back in 2027, one of the reasons we are reaching out to you today.
Despite our financial challenges, we are incredibly excited to continue sharing space with the hundreds of artists that call Studio 210 home, are thrilled to have re-staged DSDT’s SHOUT IN DARK: A Guide to Hope & Good Grief over four sold out shows at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley last month, and are so proud of a successful Winter 2026 Studio 210 Residency with residents Erin Yen & Babatunji Johnson and Guest Mentor KT Nelson.
HOW TO Support DSDT/Studio 210
To make a monetary donation, click the DONATE button below or mail a check to
Deborah Slater Dance Theater / Studio 210
3435 Cesar Chavez, #210
San Francisco, CA 94110
Questions? Contact our Managing Director, Jessica Judd at jessica@deborahslater.org
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION! Your investment in DSDT/Studio 210 is tax-deductible allows us to continue to:
- Offer Studio 210 at low-cost to our community;
- Provide financial, artistic, and professional support to Studio 210 resident artists;
Produce high-quality, hybrid (in-person and livestreamed) Residency and DSDT performances at Studio 210; - Fairly pay artists and administrative and technical personnel for the important work they do!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
DSDT is actively seeking community leaders to join our board of directors. We are looking for individuals with diverse perspectives and backgrounds who have a deep interest in the arts and supporting the mission of DSDT. Specifically, DSDT is seeking those with expertise in: business, finance, technology, law/risk/compliance, human resources, project management or donor cultivation/development.
Reach out to info@deborahslater.org for more information.
DSDT IS FUNDED BY
Deborah Slater Dance Theater and its programs are generously supported by San Francisco Grants for the Arts, California Arts Council, Zellerbach Family Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, Kenneth Rainin Foundation -- and individual donors. THANK YOU!!
SHOUT Photo by Dianne Jones
Pictured: Colin Frederick, Deborah Slater, Anna Greenberg Gold, Nol Simonse, Emma Andre, William Brewton Fowler Jr
