SHAKESPEARIENCE: Student Matinees
 
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Join us as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Shakespeare Theatre
Company and the 10th Anniversary of the SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Program!
The Shakespeare Theatre Company welcomes teachers and students to experience
the excitement of live performance through the SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee
Program. SHAKESPEARIENCE is designed to increase access to classic theatre
and the theatrical process for students and teachers in D.C., Maryland and
Virginia. The program includes subsidized reduced-price tickets, preparatory
materials and in-school workshops. Supplemental materials are provided free
of charge to all participants.
This season we are offering 16 SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinees--the most
performances we’ve offered in its 10-year history!
The SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee program for public schools includes:
- Reduced-price tickets
- A mandatory in-school pre-performance workshop with a Shakespeare Theatre
Company teaching artist to help prepare students for the performance
- A post-performance talk-back with the actors immediately following the
matinee
- An optional post-performance in-school workshop
- First Folio: Student and Teacher Resource Guide
The SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee program for independent, parochial and
home schools includes:
- Reduced-price tickets
- A post-performance talk-back with the actors immediately following the
matinee
- First Folio: Student and Teacher Resource Guide
- Optional pre- and post-performance workshops (fee-based)
The Shakespeare Theatre Company offers a third season of NT Live screenings,
broadcasting live performances from an exciting and diverse season of plays
produced by London's National Theatre. New this season, STC's student
matinee program, SHAKESPEARIENCE, will offer matinee performances
of One Man, Two Guvnors on October 4, 2011 at 11
a.m., and The Comedy of Errors on April 9, 2012 at
11 a.m.
For students in grades eight through twelve
One Man, Two Guvnors
by Richard Bean
based on The Servant of Two Masters
by Carlo Goldoni
with songs by Grant Olding
NTLive
Sidney Harman Hall
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe,
a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his
fiancee’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own
dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.
Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis
spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley
Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel.
To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.
SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Dates:
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 at 11 a.m.
The Heir Apparent
by Jean-François Regnard
adapted by David Ives
directed by Michael Kahn
Lansburgh Theatre
Celebrate STC’s 25th Anniversary with an uproarious World Premiere comedy
from the creative team behind STC’s hit production of The Liar.
Broadway playwright David Ives returns with The Heir Apparent, an
adaptation of Jean-François Regnard’s 1706 masterpiece, directed
by Artistic Director Michael Kahn. Eraste desperately wants to marry Isabelle,
but first he needs to secure an inheritance from his miserable old uncle, Geronte.
Geronte won’t make it easy for Eraste, though, as he’s bequeathed
his money to distant relatives. Can Eraste’s resourceful servant save
the day with his powers of disguise and his quick wit?
SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Dates:
Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 10 a.m.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 10 a.m.
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
directed by Ethan McSweeny
Sidney Harman Hall
Fall in love with one of the most romantic comedies ever written, Shakespeare’s Much
Ado About Nothing. Everyone can see that Benedick and Beatrice are meant
for each other except Benedick and Beatrice. Hero and Claudio, themselves newly
betrothed, conspire to trick them into announcing their feelings and falling
for each other. Meanwhile, a bitter and troublesome Don John schemes to destroy
Claudio and Hero’s engagement by besmirching Hero’s honor.
SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Dates:
Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 10 a.m. SOLD OUT
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at 10 a.m. SOLD OUT
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 at 10 a.m. SOLD
OUT
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 10 a.m. SOLD
OUT
To be added to the waiting list, please email STCcommunity@shakespearetheatre.org.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
directed by PJ Paparelli
Lansburgh Theatre
Possibly Shakespeare’s earliest romantic comedy, The Two Gentlemen
of Verona centers on Valentine and Proteus, loyal friends who are transformed
into enemies thanks to their fickle hearts. After traveling to Milan, Valentine
falls in love with the Duke’s daughter, Silvia. By chance or fate, Proteus
also falls in love with her, forsaking the woman he left behind in Verona.
A jealous Proteus betrays his friend’s plan to elope with Silvia, and
the Duke banishes Valentine. Should Valentine and Proteus sacrifice their friendship
for desire, or can they somehow find a compromise? This adventurous, romantic
story has it all—hidden identities, comedy, a gang of gentlemen outlaws—even
a double wedding.
SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Dates:
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2012 at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, February 29rd, 2012 at 10 a.m.
Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at 10 a.m.
To be added to the waiting list, please email STCcommunity@shakespearetheatre.org.
The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
NTLive
Sidney Harman Hall
Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting
for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand
scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio
who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their
distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of
wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound.
Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching
for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to death at sunset.
Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary
world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the
first time. Lenny Henry plays Antipholus of Syracuse.
SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Dates:
Monday, Apr 09, 2012 at 11 a.m.
The Servant of Two Masters
by Carlo Goldoni
adapted by Constance Congdon
directed by Christopher Bayes
Lansburgh Theatre
Identities are mistaken, engagements are broken and lovers are reunited in
Carlo Goldoni’s commedia dell’arte masterpiece. Mayhem erupts when
the wily—and chronically hungry—servant Truffaldino hatches a zany
scheme to double his wages (and his meals) by serving two masters at once. The
New York Times declared, “The laughter would be quite enough to
propel The Servant of Two Masters onto a theater lover’s must-see
list. But then there’s the magic… Now that’s theater!”
SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Dates:
Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 10 a.m.
Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 10 a.m.
For students in grades three through twelve
Petrushka
By Basil Twist
Lansburgh Theatre
Petrushka tells a tragic love story, set among three puppets at a Russian
carnival. Petrushka, the clown, falls in love with the winsome Ballerina at
first sight. The conniving and rich Moor loves the Ballerina as well, and seduces
her with beautiful things. She rejects the earnest advances of Petrushka, who,
upset and lonely, confronts the Moor. Have these puppets come to life, or are
they merely playing out a story being told? Reality and magic are woven together
with the deft hand of Basil Twist, against the backdrop of Stravinsky’s
classic and moving score.
SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Dates:
Friday, March 16, 2012 at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 10 a.m.
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 10 a.m.
TO APPLY:
You must have a group of 10 or more in order to participate in SHAKESPEARIENCE.
Click
here if you are with a public school.
Click
here if you are with an independent, parochial or home school.
Click
here if you are a participating in the Text Alive! program.
Click
here for the online archive of First Folio: Teacher Curriculum
Guides.
Read the SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee policies
Payment Policy:
All payments should be made in accordance with the payment schedule
and if not received by the due dates, will result in the cancellation
of the order. Please include a copy of the contract with your
payment and keep the original for your records. Payments can be
made by check, credit card or purchase order. All checks should
be made out to the Shakespeare Theatre Company. All checks and
correspondence should be sent to: The Shakespeare Theatre Company,
ATTENTION: Group Sales and Cultural Tourism Manager, 516 8th Street
SE, Washington, DC 20003. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES.
Adding/reducing tickets:
We realize that the number of students attending may change as the
performance date approaches. All requests to change the
order after the original contract is issued must be made in writing
and before the final payment is due. Changes are subject to the
approval of the theatre and will not be accepted, once final payment
is submitted.
Cancellation policy:
The Shakespeare Theatre Company does not refund any part of a payment
nor exchange tickets if the contracted performance is performed
as scheduled.
Chaperones:
There must be at least one chaperone for every 15 students. Everyone
attending the performance (teachers, parents, bus drivers) must
have a ticket.
“The SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Program has brought rigor and
enthusiasm for the Arts and Literature that one would never expect to see
in a high school environment…My success depends on the SHAKESPEARIENCE
Student Matinee Program…the program is about experience and learning,
establishing relationships between community members and students in life
long and unforgettable experiences…”
Kamel Igoudjil
Humanities Teacher
School Without Walls (DC Public Schools)
“The program was so well though out; from the literature you
sent for the students, to the artist visit, to the performance itself and
then the workshop the students participated in after the show-everything
was purposeful and creative. Capital City Public Charter School is
a Title 1 school and most of our students would not have been able to afford
to go to see As You Like It. I really appreciated the financial
help and the user-friendly application process. My students are still
talking about their visit. For some of them, this was the first time
they had been to a professional theatre and for all of them it was the first
time they had the opportunity to meet and question the actors after the show. I
want to thank you for the on-going communication with your office; the program
is so well organized and helpful and all my questions were always answered
so quickly. Thank you again for a wonderful experience and I hope to
have future classes participate again!
Joanna Lewton
Arts Coordinator, drama teacher
Capital City Public Charter School (DC)
“T.C. Williams High School enjoys a very diverse student body…while
some of our students may have heard of Shakespeare in their countries, few
of them have had the opportunity to read Shakespeare’s works in translation
or otherwise. The SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinee Program provides
a valuable introduction to the live performance of Shakespeare. For
some of our students this is their first experience with any kind of live
professional theatre. The “talk back” opportunity with
the actors after the performance has been particularly valuable for T.C.
Williams students…the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s educational
programs have opened up a new world for our students…”
Mark Eaton
English Department
T.C. Williams High School (Alexandria City
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