The New Hampshire
Fall Festival of Shakespeare
Fall Festival is an education program where students work with a directing team of teaching artists who lead the teens through a language-based exploration of Shakespeare. At the end of 10 weeks, the groups come together to showcase their work.
What to Expect from the Program:
- Flexible scheduling: teens choose how many days a week they'd like to participate and which days, as well as if they'd like to be face to face or online (all outside of school hours)
- A directing team of teaching artists leads teens through a language-based exploration of Shakespeare.
- All teens (ages 13-19) with an interest in acting or the technical aspects of theater are welcome! Everyone who wishes to participate will be given a part!
- Master classes are taught in Clowning, Stage Combat, Movement, Performance, Technical Theater, and more.
- There are no student fees to participate in this program.
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Interested in having your school participate in Fall Festival of NH?
Email Jessie at jessie@advicetotheplayers.org to get involved! |
2021 Fall Festival of Shakespeare
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In 2021, we had two groups of students participating- Newfound Regional High School and the Sandwich Cobble.
Both groups have been participating since 2019. Below is their journey through the process!
Both groups have been participating since 2019. Below is their journey through the process!
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Final Performance Photos!
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Newfound FFS students created the Harpy costume for Sandwich Cobble!
The Sandwich Cobble is diving headlong into rehearsals for the Tempest! This photo's from this weekend! And the performance date is set!
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NRHS had their set build this Saturday! This is the day the whole team comes together and builds their set. They also Tie Dye their T-Shirts during this time.
To the right, we see our teens and their contract. These are the rules and guidelines they choose and set for how they want their festival to run. This program runs on teen agency- they make decisions the entire process! |
SOME COMMENTS ON THE SUCCESS OF THE FALL FESTIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE IN LENOX, MA.
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"This has been a life-changing experience!. It has made me stronger and more confident.”
-Taconic Hills H.S. Student. |
"Through the process of rehearsing and performing the plays of William Shakespeare for themselves, students inhabit a Renaissance world of beautiful language, profound thought, and passionate feelings that articulate and celebrate the full spectrum of human experience.”
– Kevin G. Coleman, Director of Education, Shakespeare & Company |
“Fall Festival showed me an inner strength that I was never aware of. It taught me to appreciate the beauty and complexity of the human being, and to believe in myself.”
- Fall Festival Alum |
*A 2-year study of the Program by students from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education (Project Zero) “recommended replication and adaptation in every high school in the nation.”
