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In-School Artist Residencies

Above: Students at Apopka High perform self written and directed plays in The Living Newspaper Project, January 2005.

Shakespeare Alive!

Shakespeare Alive is a workshop between students and two Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival Artists. In the first half, students are coached through an interactive plot summary of one of William Shakespeare's plays. They perform Shakespeare's words and actions in an atmosphere of positive reinforcement. In the second half of class, 4th -5th grade students are encouraged to use Shakespeare's words in an activity that encourages teamwork, public speaking skills and vocal projection.  6th -12th graders will paraphrase and perform grade-appropriate Shakespeare scenes.

Available plays include: Othello, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure For Measure, A Winter's Tale and more!

  A perfect companion experience to attending a student matinee!

Student Response:
"It was like nothing I've ever seen or experienced. 
I liked the fact that you helped us to have fun with it." - Raven
"You gave everybody confidence." - Kyle

Shakesperience - you choose the play!

Two professional actors visit one classroom for 60-90 minutes a day for 6 days. Students are introduced to the life and times of William Shakespeare and the plot, characters, and themes of one of his plays. As the week progresses, students are given a role in the play and, during rehearsals, are taught to understand the play's language. On the final day, you may invite parents and peers to be dazzled by your students' own unique Shakespeare play!

"My students have had the most incredible learning experience. 
For one week Richard Width and Suzanne O'Donnell
immersed the students in Shakespearean language and
acting techniques.  The students were completely
enthralled with our guests - even with them assigning
the students homework!"  -Blankner Elementary Teacher

On Stage

Grades:     6-12
Fee:        $4 per student (admission not included - chaperones are free)
Time:       9:45am-10:15am
Dates:      January 16, 18, 23, April 12, 13, 17, 26, 2007
Location:    The Lowndes Shakespeare Center

Imaginations Alive

Grades: pre-K - 5
Fee: $400 for the first 100 students, $75 for each additional group of 50 students
 

Take a magical journey through your own imagination! Using the Reader's Theater format, we will engage your students' hearts and minds with new and classic tales. Reader's Theater is a rehearsed performance of a play without the use of costumes and sets. The Festival's professional actors hold scripts in their hands and use their bodies to and voices to portray their characters while a narrator paints the sets with words. Choose from our selection of plays including The Princess and the Pea, Hansel & Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, and The Pied Piper, or give us a call and tell us what play you would like us to bring alive in your students' imaginations.

Interactive and entertaining, this experience is also perfect for school-wide Arts Days &  Festivals.

Shake It Out: an Extended Day Program

Maitland Montessori School

Grades:    K-8 Fee:          varies per amount & frequency of classes Classes:    typically 2-3 classes per afternoon

Extend your mind and expand your heart with our Extended Day enrichment program. In this very flexible program, two professional actors visit your Extended Day students once or twice a week for as many weeks as you choose. Students are separated into four different classes, K-1, 2-3, 4-5 and 6-8. Each class focuses on harnessing students' natural after school energy and creativity into a beautiful performance of either a classic fairy tale or a Shakespeare play.

Student Response:
"Whenever you come, our class really does become 'Magically Transformed!'" - Meghan

The Living Newspaper Project

Grades:    6-12 Fee:          $3,000 for a 12 day residency                  (consecutive days) for up to 20 students                 $4,500 for a semester long residency                 (18 visits) up to 20 students

Prepare your students for the FCAT! Using The New York Times as source material, your students will write, direct, manage and act in their own 10 minute plays. The plays can then be performed for their peers in school or scheduled for an exciting evening of theater for their families and community. Dedicated groups may be invited to perform at the Festival, side by side with other Florida schools, during the Harriett Lake Festival of New Play.

Artist in Residence Program

For more information on any of our In-School Residencies, 
call 407-447-1700 x208