The Fall Festival of Shakespeare
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 06:15pm
The Fall Festival of Shakespeare
Tina Packer Playhouse Shakespeare and Company
70 Kemble Street
Nationally replicated and locally treasured, the annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare brings more than 500 high school students together each year for a nine-week, non-competitive exploration of multiple Shakespeare plays. The flagship of Shakespeare & Company's Education Program, the annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare is a residency at 10 high schools in Massachusetts and New York. Shakespeare & Company directing teams lead students at each school through a language-based exploration of different Shakespeare plays, culminating in full-scale productions at their schools and on the main stage at our own Tina Packer Playhouse. When high-energy teenagers are turned loose through the power of Shakespeare's language, the thrill is palpable, and the houses are packed.
The Fall Festival deeply engages students through personally meaningful, educationally rigorous and dramatically compelling experiences of Shakespeare's classical dramas. The Festival is truly a celebration, never a competition. Students from multiple schools work collaboratively, exploring Shakespeare's words, unpacking the humor and the heartbreak, the intensity and humanity of these unparalleled plays.
Schedule of Events:
6:15 pm Berkshire Waldorf High School's Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Directed by JoJo McDonald & Lydia Duff
Scenic Design: Monica Tran Costume Design: Aimee Green
8:30 pm Pittsfield High School's The Tempest
Directed by: Naire Poole & Darius Journigan
Scenic Design: Marcus Kearns
Costume Design: Caleb Stoloski