36-hour Shakespeare-a-thon!

7am-8am: Breakfast Hour: Kick off Shakespeare-a-thon with light breakfast provided by Viola Lapham of the Shakesperience family.

8am-10am: WAMS: Students from Waterbury Arts Magnet School tour the studio and play theatre games.

10am-12pm: Hamlet Design: Talk concept and look at our summer production with us. Read through the script as we play the soundtrack.

12pm-1pm: Shakespeare Interactive Workshop: Its 30th anniversary!

1pm-2pm: Harriet Tubman: Janette D. Scott will engage the audience in an enthralling play reading that captures the essence of Tubman's incredible journey, her unwavering determination, and her relentless fight for freedom.

2pm-4pm: Shakespeare Board Games: There are three Shakespeare-themed board games in our studio. Let’s play!

4pm-5pm:Cyril the Sorcerer: Earth Hero Magic, an enviromagic show in which the audience learns and do the magic they can use to save the world!

5pm-6pm: Sword in the Stone (dress rehearsal): Students’ final rehearsal before their performance

6pm-7pmSword in the Stone (performance): Our grade 2-5 Saturday class performance 

7pm-9pm: Find Your Voice in Verse with Joe the Poet: Using Write to Me Poetically, discuss various styles of poetry and create your own.

9pm-10pm: MayaRose: Guest artist MayaRose SpokenWord leads a writing and improv workshop for you to write your own name rap

10pm-12am: Playwriting: Draw a prompt from a hat and write using objects in the studio for inspiration

 12am-4am: William Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Read.Every.Single.One. 

4am-5am: Parts Making a Whole: Video montage of staff and actors, past and present, sharing stories and text.

5am-6am: Past and Present Make a Future: Video montage of our most recent educational programming.

6am-7am: We’re All in This Together: Video montage of our Neighborhoods program; a community collaboration since 2013 

7am-8am: Board of Directors Hour: Our “thank you” to our Board of Directors for all the time and commitment to the mission

8am-10am: Scenery Painting: Learn about our summer production and help paint the set.

10am-12pm: CREATE Academy: Residency class from the Hartford school

12pm-1pm: Perspectives!: Can you build a representation of the same picture with Legos or Play-Doh? in different sizes or angles.

1pm-2pm: Cyril the Sorcerer: Earth Hero Magic, an enviromagic show in which the audience learns and do the magic they can use to save the world!

2pm-3pm: My Town, My Story: Joint project with the Silas Bronson Library to preserve memories, pictures, and video

3pm-4pm: Scene Reprisals: Students talk about their favorite classes with us and read scenes from those plays. 

4pm-5pm:Student Hamlet (dress rehearsal): Students have a final rehearsal before their performance

5pm-6pm: Student Hamlet (student performance): Our grade 6-12 Saturday class performance

6pm-7pm: Final Countdown Party: pizza and…the final countdown of Give Local 2026