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- EIN 13-3974836
- (212) 967-6802
- 425 Lafayette St New York NY 10003-7021 USA
- www.shakespearesociety.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Visual Arts
Mission: The shakespeare society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the enjoyment, understanding, and appreciation of william shakespeare's works through performance, commentary, and educational activities. The shakespeare society's educational, literary, and artistic mission is to bring everyone to the joy and transformative power of shakespeare's works. We are the only organization in new york exclusively devoted to shakespeare, and our programs serve the city's entire population: laymen and academics, audience members and theater professionals, students and teachers, young and old. To open the door to shakespeare to the widest possible audience, we offer: humanities programs that bring scholars into dialogue with artists in front of a general audience, our major evening events; programs that support professional theater artists and institutions eager to explore the plays, including shakespeare talks and shakespeare works; extensive educational programs that reach both adults a
Programs: 1. Major evening eventsthe shakespeare society presented five major evening events at four different venues throughout new york city. These events featured a unique blend of insights from noted scholars, writers, and directors with performances from outstanding actors and singers. Commentators and performers included scholars stephen greenblatt, richard mccoy, tanya pollard, and james shapiro; poet robert pinsky; director bartlett sher; actors john douglas thompson, michael stuhlbarg, andre holland, merritt janson, and cast members from the rsc's henriad; and singers from the metropolitan opera. 2. The hunts point childrens shakespeare ensemblethe hunts point childrens shakespeare ensemble directly served 43 students throughout the year as it developed its ninth production of shakespeare's beloved tale of magic, transformation, and love, a midsummer night's dream. Ensemble members were selected by audition from ps 48, ms 424, st. Ignatius, hyde leadership charter school, and bronx charter school for the arts in hunts point. The ensemble met twice a week for two hours on wednesdays and fridays from october through may, and for additional four-hour rehearsals on saturdays beginning in january. The play was performed two times for audiences of proud family members, teachers, friends, and supporters at ms 424 in the bronx and new york live arts in manhattan. 3. Shakespeare in schoolsshakespeare in schools provided a total of 161 in-school workshops for 1,500 middle and high school students in 58 classrooms at 13 schools in manhattan, brooklyn, the bronx, and queens. Sis professional teaching artists (tas) led the in-school workshops or "residencies" involving a series of 2 to 8 workshops per class. The residency curricula addressed common core learning standards and the nyc doe's blueprint for teaching and learning in the arts, and engaged students through performance-based approaches to shakespeares works. The tas customized each residency to meet the educational goals and needs of each classroom.