Spring Spectacle of Shakespeare
Director Amy Hayes
Initially funded by a Ball Venture Grant, the Spring Spectacle of Shakespeare is based on a nationally recognized and awarded program started by Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. It brings Shakespeare into the lives of teenagers, enabling them to experience the height and breadth of Shakespeare’s emotion, characters and stories through physical and tangible performance, while empowering them with Shakespeare’s language.
DePauw students are trained to work with high school and middle school students, teaching the material in a trusting and energetic environment by going into the schools every week and shepherding the students on their own turf. The younger students learn to use and trust their bodies and their voices to these demanding and rewarding plays. The program culminates in a festival of Shakespeare performances at the end of the semester in Moore Theatre in the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts.
Workshop for high school teachers with Kevin Coleman
"Teaching High School Shakespeare; The Rest of the Story"