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APPLAUSE SERIES SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: SHAKE IT UP
GRADES 6-12 • CAPACITY 299
TEMPLE THEATER (Located in the Temple for the Performing Arts, 1011 Locust Street)
Performance length: 60 minutes
Brush up on your "thee's" and "thou's" and get ready for an hour of off-the-cuff comedy guaranteed to deepen students' understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's texts. Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written), the Improvised Shakespeare Company creates a fully improvised play in Elizabethan style using the language and themes of William Shakespeare. Any performance could be filled with power struggles, star-crossed lovers, sprites, kings and queens, swordplay, rhyming couplets, asides, insults, persons in disguise and all that we've come to expect from the Great Bard. Nothing is planned-out, rehearsed, or written. Each play is completely improvised, so each play is entirely new!
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Literacy
21st Century Skills
Theater
Character Development
CHARACTER COUNTS
Trustworthiness
Respect
Responsibility
Fairness
Caring
+ BECOME THE BARD: MAKE IT UP
Beyond the Performance:
Improvisation Workshops
Members of the ensemble may be available to lead workshops at your school. Through comedy and improvisation, students will create scenes using Shakespearean language and archtypes to develop deeper understanding of Shakespeare's texts. $20 per session. Tickets to the Applause Series performance required. To request, contact Michelle at 515-246-2355 or mmcdonald@civiccenter.org.
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Please note: all guests, regardless of age, must be included in the group reservation to be permitted into the theater. Because Applause Series programs are intended for school-age audiences, children under 3 will not be permitted in the theater.
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