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Experience
the joy of Performing Shakespeare!
Come play and learn
in The Bard’s world of ingenious silliness
and breathtaking
eloquence.
Join us on our playful and exciting journey to performing Shakespeare.
We will challenge ourselves
in all the arts of Shakespearean performance, explore and rehearse a Shakespearean masterpiece, and finally celebrate our
journey in a fantastic performance!
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The
Rehearsals
“The play’s the thing”
Using all our new skills, we dive into the play! We’ll bring our characters
to life; exploring the world of the play and discovering the relationships that make up the lives of every character. Each
class group will focus on a particular Shakespearean play in the
original Shakespearean English, edited to create a script
of reasonable length for our students.
Our recent productions have included:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream * MacBeth
Twelfth Night * As You Like It * The Tempest
Taming of the Shrew * Much Ado About Nothing
Love’s Labour’s Lost
* Hamlet * Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet * The Winter’s Tale
Merry Wives of Windsor * Henry IV Part 1
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The
Specialty Workshops
“A course of learning and ingenious studies.”
The program begins with specialty workshops
that introduce and develop skills to be used in the rehearsal process and final production. Depending on the needs of the
production, we’ll challenge ourselves in many of the following disciplines:
Elizabethan Dance and Movement
Elizabethan
Song * Acting * Improvisation
Speech/Voice * Text Analysis * Stage Combat
Physical Comedy and Clowning
Historical
Exploration of Elizabethan Life
Creative Characterization * Juggling
Stage Make-up * Prop-Making
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The
Great Rewards
“O, what learning is!”
The academic and personal benefits for the students can be profound. Familiarity
with the works of the greatest English playwright brings newfound appreciation of the English language and literary knowledge
that will serve the students throughout their educational careers.
The experiences and challenges of the Much Ado program
also spark personal growth in such areas as: self-esteem, confidence in front of groups,
creative self-expression, vocal
presence, leadership qualities, respect for others, and teamwork.
It is an exciting process to behold.
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Our
Philosophy
“What harmony is this? My good friends, hark!”
Much Ado’s mission is to create in each class a student
ensemble that explores the world of the theatre and the works of William Shakespeare in a fun and non-competitive environment.
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Although
our programs involve performance, our emphasis is on the students’ classroom experience of learning and discovery as they
encounter the world of classical theatre. Our classes favor physical movement and active learning
over traditional lectures.
We
feel that classes and rehearsals should be fun and engaging for all types of learners and therefore, do everything possible
to meet the individual needs
of each student.
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