Shakespeare In School

Shakespeare Alive! School Tour 2012

March 5 – June 1, 2012

Bring the passion, magic and poetry of the world’s greatest playwright alive, into action and straight to your door with an educational tour perfect for young minds.

Shakespeare Alive! is a fast-paced interactive introduction to Shakespeare’s plays and world.

• The performance is a fully produced and highly theatrical production with costumes, set and sound (your venue shines the lights). Perfect for most venuesform theater to cafetorium to gym.
• Professional company members bring Shakespeare’s plays and poetry to life with passion, humor and expertise.
• The performance is fast-paced and engaging, filled with the great scenes of Shakespeare, valuable information about his world and an exploration of language.
• The experience of seeing and hearing Shakespeare in performance will surprise, delight and help students to understand the attraction of Shakespeare.
• Your audience will understand every word. They will get the jokes and be moved by the stories. Shakespeare Alive! smashes the language barrier and leaves students excited by language’s power and wanting more Shakespeare.

Shakespeare Into Action! is a series of interactive workshops led by our professional actors that get students onto their feet and into the words!

• Workshops offer a special opportunity for students to incorporate their own ideas and interpretations, developing a long-lasting, personal relationship with Shakespeare’s language and stories.
• Designed to follow our Shakespeare Alive! performance, these workshops can also stand on their own or can be expanded to create a full residency and are tailored specifically for each age.

The 2012 Shakespeare Alive! School Tour.

A 45-minute journey through Shakespeare’s greatest hits, with special attention given to those plays in the Maryland Middle School Curriculum.

SHAKESPEARE ALIVE! explores how Shakespeare used words and the power of telling the truth. It is fast-paced, fun and interactive, with multiple opportunities for the audience to feel like an important and vocal part of the show.

Each performance includes a complimentary study guide to help teachers incorporate the play’s material into their lesson planning. This year’s study guide draws specific attention to the connections between the Shakespeare scenes in our performance and the six pillars of good character described by the Character Counts program. A 45-minute interactive workshop for up to 40 students per classroom, led by our professional actors, can be added to any performance of SHAKESPEARE ALIVE! for a small additional fee.

Our Shakespeare Alive! School Tour will kick off MARCH 5 and run through JUNE 1.

Prices for the 2012 Season:

$800 for a single performance

$1200 for two performances on the same day

Add 1 workshop for up to 40 students for $150, or 2 workshops for just $250

Multiple (3 or more) performances or workshop prices can be negotiated on a school-by-school basis.

Introducing Bare Bard on the Road!
An In-School Program for High Schools— The Bare Bard Experience!

• October/ November 2011— Julius Caesar
• March/April 2012— The Merchant of Venice

An eight session residency that includes a student production of Julius Caesar or The Merchant of Venice.

Shakespearean scholars generally agree that Shakespeare’s company rehearsed very little and the actors brought it all together to create a cohesive story. Maryland Shakespeare Festival’s Bare Bard is an artistic methodology that replicates low direction, low rehearsal and high ensemble and teaches the high school students the joy of Shakespeare’s art and language.

Actors/Teachers teach students how to build an ensemble and production using MSF’s Bare Bard techniques of Elizabethan stage practices. The residency culminates with students performing their own production with limited costumes, set and props.

Both offered plays are on the high school reading list and workshops can be customized to meet curriculum needs.

$1200 for the workshop series (discount for multiple class bookings).

Ask about Shakespeare in Residence too!

Contact us for more information, or to arrange for the tour to stop at your school.