Shakesperience Offers Acting Classes in Stratford

Shakesperience Productions, Inc. is pleased to announce Theatre Camp for students age 7-17 on the grounds of the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, CT.

This summer's Theatre Camp will be Shakespeare in Performance 301: Henry V, and will coincide with this year's Festival!Stratford. 

In all classes, students explore various acting techniques and styles using the Shakesperience Approach.  Taught by Shakesperience’s professional resident artists, each class will focus on creating action through language while developing a positive ensemble. 

Camp will run from 9 am to 3 pm, August 15-19, and will culminate in a presentation of scenes from Henry V to be shared with family, friends, and festival-goers on Sunday, August 21.

Shakesperience is returning for a third year of Festival!Stratford on the grounds of the Shakespeare Festival Theater, this time with the comedy favorite, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

The cast of the company’s most veteran professionals and special guest artists will materialize to portray Shakespeare’s tale of mistaken identity, of good intentions gone awry, of mystical forces and their effects on mortal life, and of love won and lost and won again. 

Artistic Director Emily Mattina balances this production in the mysterious territory between dreams and reality.  The production cross-fades through the confining order and structure of the Athenian court, the lawlessness of the forest, and the disconcerting randomness of the dream state. 

In true Shakesperience fashion, the audience for A Midsummer Night’s Dream is included in the magic as an essential player in our scenes.

For more information, including tuition and registration, please visit www.shakesperience.org.  In the Waterbury area, please contact Shakesperience at 203-754-2531.  For those located in or around Stratford, call 203-394-2751.

Shakesperience is a professional theater company located in Connecticut that reaches a Northeast audience of adults and students alike with School and Public Theatre Tours, Saturday and Private Acting Classes, Summer Camps, Residencies, and outdoor and in-studio performances.  To find information on these programs visit the Shakesperience web site, or find us on Facebook.