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Shakespeare to Go is a program started by Shakespeare Santa Cruz in 1988 in collaboration with the UCSC Theater Arts Department. Every year, a Theater Arts faculty member casts and directs a 50-minute version of one of the plays featured by SSC in the upcoming summer season. This year, we will be offering Romeo & Juliet, cast and directed by UCSC lecturer and SSC company regular Mike Ryan (2007 Season roles were Shawn Keogh in The Playboy of the Western World, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing and Chester in The Princess & The Pea). Winter quarter is spent with the UCSC student actors rehearsing the play and preparing for the spring quarter when the performance tours schools in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Santa Clara Counties.
Local & National Funding Make It Happen
Shakespeare to Go's productions are part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national theatre initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest. Continued funding from the NEA has enabled us to raise our production values as well as provide Dagger and Rapier Certification to the 2008 student company by professional fight choreographer, Dave Meier.
Funding from the NEA/Arts Midwest, as well as the Monterey Peninsula Foundation Youth Fund and Granite Construction, enables us to keep the artistic quality of the productions high as well as the cost of bringing the production to the schools affordable.
Bringing Shakespeare to Your Classroom
Educators may book a performance of Shakespeare to Go by calling SSC Administration and Education Coordinator Sara Wilbourne at 831.459.5810. Each school will be provided curriculum materials as part of the performance package.
The Shakespeare to Go touring schedule is often fully booked well in advance. If you are unable to book a performance this season, you can still bring Shakespeare into your classroom. Educational materials, which include a CD and video as well as a Curriculum Guide on the Elizabethan theater and the life of William Shakespeare, are offered free by the NEA. Simply go to www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org and explore the options!
Upon request, SSC is happy to provide you with a Curriculum Guide designed specifically for 2008's Romeo & Juliet.
Contact Sara Wilbourne at 831.459.5810 or at srwilbou@ucsc.edu.
Shakespeare to Go's
2008 FREE Public Performances
In celebration of William Shakespeare’s birthday...
Sunday, April 27, 2008 • 2:00 PM • Veterans’ Memorial Building • 846 Front Street, Downtown Santa Cruz, CA
Saturday, May 17, 2008 • 2:00 PM • Boulder Creek Library • 13390 West Park Avenue, Boulder Creek, CA
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