These are the youths that thunder at a playhouse

Henry VIII

Act V, Scene 4

Details

• Held in April at the Washington School in Deer Park.
• Open to students in middle school and high school. 
• Each group of students performs a scene from Shakespeare.
• The scene will be preceded by a spoken introduction.
• There are also Shakespeare-related activities for students.
• Each group receives feedback on its performance.
• This is a celebration, not a competition.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

As You Like It

Act II, Scene 7

Goals and Objectives

• To acquaint students and teachers with the performance of Elizabethan/Jacobean texts.
• For students and teachers to realize that Shakespeare’s plays were meant to be performed.
• To engage students in the interpretation of complicated texts.
• To help satisfy the terms of the Common Core Standards.
• To have students learn about the conventions of acting and stagecraft.
• To have fun.

Bid the players make haste.

Hamlet

Act III, Scene 2

Procedures

1. Announcements are sent out in the fall via BOCES, NYSCAME, NYSTEA, etc., and e mail.
2. Teachers/schools register and process payments.
3. In January, teachers indicate what they will be performing.
4. By March, program information is due.

A play there is my lord...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Act V, Scene 1

For further information, or to request an application, contact:

Dr. Jeff S. Dailey

(631) 274-4112/4105

Dailey.j@deerparkschools.org

Directions to schools in Deer Park

http://www.sectionxi.org/map/DP.asp