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FALL FESTIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE 2019

CALLING ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Advice To The Players, New Hampshire’s Shakespeare Company announces a pilot program for 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 Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet over a 9 week period, Sept. 9th - Nov. 9th. (ensemble style auditions and team building are part of the program the first week, September 9th-14th)
  • 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 Romeo and Juliet 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.”