About the Program

2012-2013 Season Brochure

Shakespeare-in-the-Schools is a travelling education troupe that educates and engages students and teachers with Shakespeare and other classic works through: touring shows, field-trip matinees, K-12 artist residencies, teacher workshops, talk back sessions, and study guides.  Read More >

Featured Production

Lessons from the Birds

TOURING September 2012-April 2013

Geared (but not limited) to the K-5 crowd, LESSONS FROM THE BIRDS brings its namesake’s love of ecology, science, and conservation to an audience who will literally inherit our earth.

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Featured Production

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing

Touring March-April 2013
A contemporary fairy tale about three sisters,
abandoned in the forest and forced to find their own way in the world.
One goes left, one goes right, and one stays right where she started.
Written by award-winning children’s playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer.

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Featured Production

Her Hamlet

Judith, Shakespeare's youngest daughter, is haunted by the ghosts of her
father's characters.  Accompanied by her faithful sidekick, Yorick,
Jude seeks to uncover the hidden threads connecting her to the women of
her father's work.

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Featured Production

SPECIAL EVENT: The Gammage Project

FEBRUARY 2013

Presented as a Staged Reading, Attilio Favorini’s The Gammage Project draws on trial transcripts and personal interviews to assemble the facts and put the audience in the jury box. A great addition to your Black History Month curriculum!

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Lessons from the Birds
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing
Her Hamlet
SPECIAL EVENT: The Gammage Project