The Play's the Thing: Students Study Shakespeare

High school students from across the Garden State will converge on Lawrence Township to delve into the world of “The Bard,” as Rider University hosts Shakespeare: NJ.

The two-day festival – during which students will perform scenes from various plays written by William Shakespeare – will take place today, Monday, May 23, and tomorrow, May 24, in the Yvonne Theater on Rider’s main campus in Lawrence.

Dr. Kathleen Pierce, chair of Rider’s Department of Graduate Education, Leadership and Counseling, said the festival not only enables students to explore and interpret Shakespeare’s text, but it also provides students with the opportunity to meet their peers, as well as Rider faculty and staff.

Participating student groups include:

• Camden High School for the Performing Arts
• Clearview Regional High School, Mullica Hill, N.J.
• Cumberland Regional High School, Seabrook, N.J.
•  Kinnelon High School, Kinnelon, N.J.
•  The Pennington School, Pennington, N.J.;
• Robbinsville High School, Robbinsville, N.J.
• Teen ShakesPEER, Wayne, Pa.
• Willfully Yours, Cherry Hill, N.J. and Haddonfield, N.J.
• Woodglen Middle School, Califon, N.J.

Shakesperience: NJ is a partnership between The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and Rider University, with the support of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.