The annual summer Richmond Shakespeare Festival Young Company is a boot camp for actors, ages 14-18, to learn about and perform Shakespeare.
Students are chosen through an audition process early in the year. They then train for three months with Richmond Shakespeare actor-teachers in bringing Shakespeare's works to life. Students learn and memorize various scenes and monologues; they also gradually start to inhabit Elizabethan space by learning how to speak and act Elizabethan
During the summer Richmond Shakespeare Festival, FYC members use their talents in theatre, music, and/or dance to entertain the picnickers on the glorious grounds of the festival's home at Agecroft Hall. FYC provides valuable experience for future actors, but more importantly, they gain self-confidence, learn vital public-speaking skills, and have fun at the same time!
