Much Ado About Shakespeare, LLC

 

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Programs

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Romeo and Juliet in Ventura 2004
 
Plays we considering for our 2010-2011 Season:
Twelfth Night * Hamlet * Julius Caesar * A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Two Gentlemen of Verona * Henry IV p 1 * Romeo and Juliet * Macbeth   

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Photo from Ventura Program 2009
 
10th Season of Ventura Shakespeare

Performs  March 11-13, 2011 at the Rubicon Theatre!

1 1/2 hour classes held on Fridays, September 24-March 18 at CPC on Poli Street in Ventura

Class schedule: 
9:30 (ages 8-15), 11am (ages 5-11), 2pm (ages 8-12), 3:30pm (ages 12-18), 5-6pm (parents & adults)
Class ages and times are approximate and will be formed according to registration.

 

Our early class and 2 afternoon classes are full and at a wait list.  We may create a additional mixed ages class in the afternoon. 

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10th Season of Simi/Conejo Shakespeare
 
October 25 - mid April
1 1/2 hour classes meet on Mondays at Platinum Gymnastics in Simi Valley
Class schedule: 9am ages 5-10, 10:30am ages 8-10, 1pm ages 10-12, 2:30pm ages 13-18.
Class ages and times are approximate and will be formed according to registration.
Performances at the Simi Cultural Arts Center (dates TBA) 

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Photo from A Midsummer Nights Dream in Ventura 2004
 

Camarillo Shakespeare 

2 hour classes held on Tuesday afternoons Sept 21-Jan 22

at Camarillo Church of the Nazarene  2280 Antonio Avenue.  Performance day/time TBA.

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Photo from Romeo and Juliet at the Link Conference in 2006
 
Foothills Shakespeare
1 1/2 hour classes held weekly in La Crescenta starting the first week of November and performing in mid May 2011.  Class location TBA. 
 
10th Season of West Valley Shakespeare
TBA 

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Scene from The Tempest
at the Shakespeare Camp at Lake Casitas 2003
 
NEW!
Shakespeare Workshop follow by Improv Program at Huckleberry Learning Center in Santa Clarita!
Shakespeare Performance Program runs second semester from Feb 2011-June 2011.
Classes will meet on Wednesdays and start just after Labor Day weekend. 

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Photo from Conejo Performances 2008
 

Westchester Shakespeare

1 1/2 hour classes held on Tuesday mornings, Sept 7-Feb 18 at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church 6700 West 83rd St 90045

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Photo from Twelfth Night in Ventura 2006
 
Improvisation Programs Learn the fundamentals of improvising and practice them in this introduction to the classic forms, games and techniques. Develop your self-confidence, creative freedom and teamwork skills as improvisation challenges you to trust yourself and others in new and exciting ways. Working together, our imaginations will take us to new places, stories and possibilities. Come and create in a positive atmosphere where we all feel free to take risks.  

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Photo from Conejo Performances 2008
 
Simi Improv
2 hour classes will meet at Platinum Gymnastics on Mondays
September 13-October 18 

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Scene from "Comedy of Errors" at Lake Casitas Shakespeare Camp 2007
 
SHAKESPEARE CAMPS SUMMER 2011!

LAKE CASITAS SHAKESPEARE CAMP June 20-25,
M-Sat 9:30am-2:30pm Saturday performance at noon.


Much Ado combines these specialty workshops in varied performance skills with a fun rehearsal process that culminates in a grand performance of Shakespeare's greatest scenes, fights and dances on the final day of camp for friends and family.
Specialty Workshops may include: Elizabethan Dance and Movement * Elizabethan Song * Acting * Improvisation * Speech/Voice * Text Analysis * Stage Combat * Physical Comedy and Clowning * Juggling * Comedia' Del Arte * Creative Characterization * Mask Making * Prop/Craft-Making * Historical Exploration of Elizabethan Life  

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Photo from Hamlet in Conejo 2007
 
Camarillo Improv June 15-July 20, 2010

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Photo from Hamlet in Conejo 2007
 
Ventura Improv 2011
TBA 

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Photo from Conejo Valley Program 2009
 
Thank you for your interest in Much Ado About Shakespeare, LLC.
We understand that each community of families, and thus each program, is unique. We strive to be flexible in tailoring a program that best fits each community’s specific needs.

Please feel free to contact us

phone/fax: (323) 275-0990
email: muchado@earthlink.net



We look forward to working with you.

Stuart Calof and Rebekah Czarnecki
Artistic Directors