WEDNESDAY WALKS & FRIDAY TALKS

“Fall Fest is an experience that brings people together. We come together to channel the words of Shakespeare and the words of our own emotions.”

– Fall Festival Participant, 2018

Fall Festival of Shakespeare, Lenox High School, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2018. Photo by Eloy Garcia.

THEATER-IN-EDUCATION AT SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY

Now celebrating its 45th year, Shakespeare & Company’s Education Program has reached nearly one million elementary, middle, and high school students through its work. This season the legacy continues to grow, including the return of the Riotous Youth, our Summer Theater Program for children and teenagers ages 6-17! Designed to introduce young actors to the language, stories, characters, and ideas in Shakespeare’s plays in imaginative and meaningful ways, Riotous Youth is just one of many Shakespeare & Company’s 2022 and 2023 Education programs offer Actor Training, professional development for educators, touring productions, and much more.

Education programming is generously sponsored by

EDUCATION CONTINUES IN 2022 AND 2023…

The 34th Fall Festival of Shakespeare, November 17 – 20, brings together more than 500 high school students from across the region for a nine-week exploration and production of Shakespeare’s plays that culminate in performances at the Tina Packer Playhouse. The Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, a Company staple since 1982, sends touring productions of Shakespeare’s plays along with a variety of related workshops into middle and high schools, colleges, largescale performance venues, and community centers, reaching more than 20,000 students, teachers, and others each year.

Professional Development Workshops,

designed for teachers, directors, and Teaching Artists to help them create dynamic and engaging learning experiences in the classroom and on the stage, and to learn appropriate strategies to help students experience Shakespeare’s language in more personal ways. School Residencies, ranging from one day to 10-week programs, offering elementary, middle, and high-school students an innovative and meaningful introduction to Shakespeare, both in and out of the classroom. Summer Conservatory, designed to bring Shakespeare & Company’s methodology to young actors ages 17—20, resuming in Summer 2023. Shakespeare in the Courts, a program developed in conjunction with the Berkshire Juvenile Court System that provides adolescent offenders an opportunity to study, rehearse, and perform Shakespeare as an alternative to more punitive consequences. Spring Young Company, designed for high school students who are looking to begin or continue their actor training, allowing them to work on voice, movement, text, scene work, and more.

For more information about everything our Education Program has to offer, visit shakespeare.org/education, or contact Education Programs Manager Meg Marchione at (413) 637 1199 ext.172.