Each semester, the American Shakespeare Center devotes a seminar to the classroom applications of plays from our repertoire. Professor Ralph Alan Cohen, the ASC's education staff, and our troupe of professional actors provide teachers with a host of materials and techniques for bringing Shakespeare to life for their students. The play-specific seminars focus on making the plots, characters, words, and drama of Shakespeare's plays relevant and exciting in the classroom. We pay special attention to ways of undoing the "Shakes-fear" that so often prevents students from enjoying the plays. We also look at the connections between the plays and standard requirements for English, theatre, and history curricula.

Winter Teacher Seminar

January 16, 2010
Blackfriars Playhouse
Staunton, VA

Seminar Fee of $50 for the day includes:

9:00am Registration and Sign-in

9:30am Welcome and "From Film to Feet" Workshop

10:45am Break for Refreshments

11:00am “Reading and Hearing Music in Twelfth Night” Workshop

12:00pm Lunch Break

1:30pm Attend pre-show and performance of Twelfth Night

4:30pm Concluding Statements

5:00pm Dinner Break (optional)

7:00pm Attend pre-show and performance of Doctor Faustus (optional)

To register for the January 16th Teacher Seminar, please fill out our online registration form. If you have any questions, please contact Christina Sayer at (540) 885-5588 x24.

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