Shakespeare in Communities
Do you love Shakespeare and need some help producing a high quality theatrical production in your school or your town? Check out Shakespeare in American Communities.
“Shakespeare in American Communities is a theater program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Through grants to theater companies that produce Shakespeare’s works, this program supports high-quality productions and educational activities in middle schools, high schools, and juvenile justice facilities throughout the United States.
One hundred and twenty-seven theater companies and organizations across the United States have taken part in Shakespeare in American Communities since the program’s inception in 2003. Selected companies have presented 34 of Shakespeare’s 37 plays, as part of the Schools program. To date, the program has supported more than 13,100 performances and 51,000 related educational activities at more than 11,000 schools and juvenile justice facilities in 4,500 communities in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.”
How do I get started? Click here.
How do I expand this narrative arc? Think about pursuing one or more of the following:
For a less time-consuming project, Transcribe handwritten documents by Shakespeare’s contemporaries with Shakespeare’s World
Try your hand at writing for dramatic performance in the Princeton 10-minute Playwriting Competition
Spend a summer with other talented your writers at the Fir Acres Summer Writing Workshop
Take your love for poetry public with Poetry Out Loud
HOT TIP: This is a great way to unify your love for English with your love for dramatic performance. You will really stand out from the pack if you can pull this off!