Workshops for the Classroom
FOR ENGLISH CLASSES:
Shakes 101 (designed for first time Shakespeare learners)
Before you start your unit on Shakespeare, our actor/teachers come to your classroom to "Shake" it up! Students get an introduction to Shakespeare by putting his words in their mouths and in their bones. In Richmond Shakespeare's signature fast-paced and interactive style, workshop leaders draw on Elizabethan history, culture, and performance techniques to jump start students' enthusiasm for Shakespeare and to make him approachable for a first exposure.
Size Limit: 30
Length: 60 minutes (a 90-minute version can also be created)
Cost without show: $200/hour
Cost with show: $150/hour, plus show fees
Age range: Grades 5-9, and older
The Play's the Thing (designed for focus on a particular play)
Before you start your unit on one of Shakespeare’s plays, fast paced and "on your feet," this workshop prepares students for an investigation of a particular play (you choose the play) or a performance of a play (from our regular season). The actor/teachers focus on Shakespeare's use of words and sounds and familiarize students with the plot (and subplots) and the characters. In Richmond Shakespeare's signature fast-paced and interactive style, workshop leaders draw on Elizabethan history, culture, and performance techniques to jump start students' enthusiasm for a particular work of Shakespeare.
Size Limit: 30
Length: 60 minutes (a 90-minute version can also be created)
Cost without show: $200/hour
Cost with show: $150/hour, plus show fees
Age range: Grades 9-12, and older
Shake It Up (designed for the end of your unit on Shakespeare) After you finish your unit on Shakespeare, BUT BEFORE THE TEST our actor/teachers come to your classroom to "Shake" it up! In Richmond Shakespeare's signature fast-paced and interactive style, workshop leaders draw on Elizabethan history, culture, and performance techniques to rev up students' enthusiasm for Shakespeare and to imprint key ideas into their minds before the test.
Size Limit: 30
Length: 60 minutes (a 90-minute version can also be created)
Cost without show: $200/hour
Cost with show: $100/hour, plus show fees
Age range: Grades 5-9, and older
Clued In (for more advanced students)
In this workshop, students become players as they investigate the text by getting up on their feet and reading selected scenes. Our actor/teachers help them discover the clues in the text that Shakespeare used to guide his players. (He had to--there was virtually no time for rehearsal!) These clues help us understand character and emotion and that gives students the chance to delve deeper into what makes Shakespeare so great – his words. This class is best suited for advanced learners who are familiar with Shakespeare already and need to take it to the next level.
Size limit: 20
Length: 90 minutes
Cost without show: $200/hour
Cost with show: $150/hour
Age range: 9-12 and older
FOR DRAMA CLASSES:
Words, Words, Words
How do actors take the words from the page to the stage? In this workshop, students become players as they investigate the text by getting up on their feet and reading selected scenes. Our actor/teachers help them investigate the clues in the text that Shakespeare used to guide his players. (He had to--there was virtually no time for rehearsal!) These clues help us understand character and emotion in a way that gives students a greater awareness of the characters' motives. Students also compare Elizabethan staging techniques to modern ones. This class is especially appropriate for drama classes, but it's also fun and useful for non-actors.
Size limit: 20
Length: 90 minutes
Cost without show: $200/hour
Cost with show: $150/hour
Age range: 9-12 and older
All the World's a Stage
In this class, students teach the teachers. Actor/teachers perform a scene from Shakespeare and students give suggestions for how to stage it. Professional actors lend their expertise on the choices that they have or would make in a scene, demonstrating that theater, particularly Shakespearean theater, is a living, breathing medium and not merely words on a page. Students develop communication skills, experience the artistic process first hand, and learn to cooperate with others.
Class size limit: 50
Length: 60 minutes
Cost without show: $200/hour
Cost with show: $150/hour
Age range: Grades 5-12, and older
FOR ANY KIND OF CLASS (or group):
Conflict Resolution
This workshop is created to allow students to explore the issue of intolerance and violence through an "on-your-feet" artistic experience. As they perform (or "play") scenes from Romeo and Juliet, students dissect the language, examine the dramatic situation as it unfolds, and contemplate the ways in which different actions might result in different outcomes. Students learn conflict-resolution skills throughout the process.
Size limit: 30
Length: 90 minutes
Cost without show: $200/hour
Cost with show: $150/hour
Age range: Grades 5-12, and older
Boy Meets Girl - Meets Will
Combine three scenes that dramatize interactions between boys and girls (or men and women) with a classroom full of real boys and girls, and let the fun begin!
Grades 6-8: A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, and Romeo and Juliet
Grades 9-12: Macbeth, Twelfth Night, and The Taming of the Shrew
Size limit: 30
Length: 60 minutes
Cost without show: $200/hour
Cost with show: $150/hour
Age range: Grades 5-12, and older
Create Your Own Adventure
Work with us to create a class/workshop/performance package that meets the needs of your students. Have something you need, let us know. We are here to help!
For more information contact Cynde Liffick, Director of Education, at 804-232-4000 or
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