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THE NH FALL FESTIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE

Advice To The Players, New Hampshire’s Shakespeare Company newest program of language arts and peer cooperation!

Students will work with teams of theatre professionals in a residency format to develop a full-scale production of Romeo & Juliet which will then brought to Plymouth State University for a rousing performance!
Based on a nationally acclaimed* model developed by Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA.

How does it work?

  • A directing team leads students through a language-based exploration of a Shakespeare play over a 9 week period, 
  • All students with an interest in acting or the technical aspects of theater are welcome! Everyone who wishes to participate will be given a part!
  • Three different options of after-school sessions (designed to honor the individual student’s schedule) culminate in a full-scale production of a Shakespeare play at the Silver Center for the Arts at Plymouth University, including student-designed sets, costumes, and lighting.
  • The directing team is comprised of ATTP teaching artists; later a technical team brings access to the theater resources and professionals of PSU and ATTP so that all aspects of theatre are available to students.
  • Master classes are taught in Clowning, Stage Combat, Movement, Performance, Technical Theater, and more.
  • There are no student fees to participate in this program.
SOME COMMENTS ON THE SUCCESS OF THE FALL FESTIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE IN LENOX, MA.
"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.”

We want to be at your school!

Interested in having your school participate in Fall Festival of NH?
​Email Jessie at jessie@advicetotheplayers.org to get involved!