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Shakespeare & Company Celebrates its Winter Residencies
Posted by Gail M. Burns - January 2012
Shakespeare & Company Celebrates its Winter Residencies starting THIS WEEK!
Henry V and Julius Caesar
January 20, 26 and February 9-11
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers”—William Shakespeare, Henry V
(Lenox, MA) — Shakespeare & Company’s Director of Education Kevin G. Coleman announces the winter session of its in-school residencies, which will culminate in three exciting productions starting at the end of this week. Lenox Middle School will perform Henry V on Friday, January 20th at 7:00pm. The Academy at Charlemont will perform Julius Caesar on Thursday, February 9th – Saturday, February 11th at 7pm and 1pm on Saturday. The Hayground School in Bridgehampton, NY will perform Henry V on Thursday, January 26th at 1pm and 6pm. For more information on the Company’s Winter and Spring Residency programs and other Education Programs, contact Associate Director of Education Jenna Ware at (413) 637-1199 ext. 172 or education@shakespeare.org.
The Residencies are led by Shakespeare & Company Education Artists, many of whom have previously taught in the Company’s well-known Fall Festival of Shakespeare program. Company actors Brittany Morgan and Ryan Winkles, both of whom will be featured in The Learned Ladies at Shakespeare & Company this winter, are directing Lenox Middle School’s production of Henry V. Kelly Galvin, who will also appear in The Learned Ladies, and Carmen-Maria Mandley are leading The Academy at Charlemont with their production of Julius Caesar. Cecilia Turner, Conor Moroney, and Lezlie Lee are leading the Hayground School with Henry V.
This year’s winter residency productions will feature two of Shakespeare’s most admired plays about significant historical figures. Lenox Middle School and the Hayground School will both perform Henry V, Shakespeare’s timeless history about the courageous English ruler who led his troops to a miraculous victory at the Battle of Agincourt. The Academy at Charlemont will perform Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s profound tragedy about the balance of duty and honor in ancient Rome.
Performance & Ticket Information (please call the individual schools for confirmation and further information)
Henry V: Lenox Middle School’s sixth, seventh and eighth grade classes will perform Friday, January 20th at 7:00pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Please note that if Lenox Middle School cancels school due to weather any day this week, their performance of Henry V will occur on Saturday, January 21st at 7:00pm. Please call the school to order tickets (413-637-5560), or pay at the door.
Henry V: The Hayground School’s (Bridgehampton, NY) production will include all of its students, over 60 children ages 4 to 14, on Thursday, January 26th at 1pm and 6pm at the Bay Street Theater on Long Island. The school’s phone number is 631-537-7068. (over)
Julius Caesar: Grades 7 through 12 at The Academy at Charlemont (Middle & High School) will perform Thursday, February 9th at 7:00pm; Friday, February 10th at 7:00pm and Saturday, February 13 at 1:00pm & 7:00pm in the Recital Hall in Charlemont, MA. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Call the school at 413-339-4912 for more information.
The final performance for each Residency is a celebration of the students’ hard work and creativity, with leading roles shared by several students. In the weeks leading up to the final performances, Education Artists have worked with students after school, helping them develop theatrical skills and foster a sense of play. Residencies are an integral arm of S&Co.’s wide-reaching and nationally acclaimed Education Program, with Residencies at the Lenox Memorial Middle and High School occurring for almost the entirety of the Company’s 35-year history.
The Company’s award-winning Education Program is one of the most extensive theatre-in-education programs in the Northeast, and has reached over a million students since 1978 with innovative performances, workshops, and residencies including The New England Tour of Shakespeare, the Fall Festival of Shakespeare, Shakespeare & Young Company, Riotous Youth, Shakespeare in the Courts (with the Berkshire Juvenile Court), Shakespeare in our Schools: Workshops for Teachers and Actors, and the National Institute on Teaching Shakespeare, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Guided by Education Director Kevin G. Coleman and Associate Director of Education Jenna Ware, the Education Program received the prestigious Coming Up Taller Award in 2006, given by the Presidents Committee for Arts and Humanities, and in 2005 it received the Commonwealth Award, the highest award for excellence in the arts, sciences, and humanities given by the state of Massachusetts. It was also the subject of an in-depth, two-year study by Harvard University’s Project Zero, which recommended national replication. The Education Program has been identified by the Arts Education Partnership and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities as a Champion of Change.
Shakespeare & Company’s Residency program resumes this spring when Education Artists will work with Morris Elementary School in Lenox, MA, Richmond Consolidated School in Richmond, MA, and Williamstown Elementary School in Williamstown, MA.
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