Production Language English
Country of Origin United States
Description Ages 11-14. From Hamlet to Mercutio, Juliet to Lady Macbeth, they played them all. Now, your child can discover what it took to be an actor in Shakespeare’s day. Participants develop versatile theater skills—from clowning to stage combat to theater design—learning from some of New York’s most exiting theater artists through individual workshops. This two-week program culminates in a final performance of an abbreviated Shakespeare play, created entirely by the students and performed for friends and family.
Students will:
• Develop language and critical-thinking skills
• Increase coordination and body awareness
• Build self-confidence
About the Instructor:
Melissa Brown is a performer, writer, director, storyteller, and teacher. She has performed all over the country and in England, and has taught in Washington State, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and New York. Favorite roles include: Hermione and Mopsa in The Winter's Tale, Rosalind in As You Like It, Sister James in Doubt, Laura in The Glass Menagerie and Eve in her one-woman show, EvE. Films include Sundance and SXSW pick The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, and The Medicine Wheel. She is the Program Director for Blueprint Summer Programs at Haverford Colllege, a pre-college program for high school students. Brown also helped create and currently works as an instructor for the new education program at The Moth: True Stories Told Live.
Identifier 2014s.SE.00041
