Shakespeare-a-thon

a 36-hour whirlwind of Shakespeare

BEGINS: 7am April 25, 2023, ENDS: 7pm April 26, 2023
Shakesperience Studio

FREE

Yes, 36 hours of programming, completely free. The doors are open and the coffee is on. Come, go, perform, read, talk, exercise, donate! It's all part of Give Local, 2023

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2023 Shakespeare-a-thon Menu

Tuesday April 25, 2023

7am-8am: Breakfast Hour: Kick off Shakespeare-a-thon with light breakfast

8am-9am: Parts Making A Whole: Watch a montage of staff and actors, past and present, sharing stories and text

9am-10am: The Play’s the Thing: Answer Shakespeare Trivia Questions!

10am-12pm: Painting with Rebecca! Education Manager Rebecca Shaw blends visual art and Shakespeare’s text for a unique experience

12pm-1pm: Past and Present Make a Future: Examples of our most recent programing

1pm-2pm: Neighborhoods of Now Workshop: Experience our new workshop focusing on how to talk about expressing one's feelings

2pm-3pm: Folklore Workshop: Present Resident Artists perform AND educate during this interactive workshop

3pm-4pm: After School Program: Students perform their favorite scenes from workshops we bring to schools!

4pm-5pm: Magitricity: Cyril the Sorcerer performs an enviromagic show about energy, climate change, and the power we all have to protect our planet

5pm-7pm: Becoming A Cultural Worker, presented by Bridge to Success: Part autobiographical, the workshop begins the process of sustaining the ability to think creatively and bring artistic solutions to real world problems

7pm-8pm: Shakespeare Interactive Workshops: Join us for the participatory workshop that has taken CT by storm since 1996

8pm-9pm:: Clio Janis and her band: Join us and dance the night away

9pm-10pm: Clio Janis: Continue the party as Clio keeps us dancing

10pm-11pm: Improvisation class: Play some improv theatre games.

11pm-12am: We’re All In This Together: A montage of our Neighborhoods program; a community collaboration since 2013

Wednesday April 26, 2023

12am-4am: Shakespeare sonnets with Jessica: Read.Every.Single.One.

4am-5am: How to write a sonnet: Learn sonnet-writing from poet Peter Mulholland!

5am-6am:Lear & Prospero: Dr. David Richman: Professor, Actor,

Director, Author, joins us from his home. Were you in a production

with David at Shakesperience? Please tell your story in a post!

6am-7am: Yoga: want a great way to start off your morning? Join us as we use Yoga to ease your stress away

7am-8am: Breakfast Hour: Stop in for a quick bite and stay for our exciting events still to come!

8am-10am: Board of Directors Hour: Join the Board of Directors live in our studio to talk about our Neighborhoods Project

10am-12pm: SitLH Hour: Join the Friends of Shakespeare in the Litchfield Hills live in studio to discuss exciting new and upcoming events in the Litchfield Hills!

12pm-1pm: “Dia De Los Reyes” Table Read: Join us as we read our current work in progress

1pm-2pm: Mythology Workshop: Resident Artists perform AND educate during this interactive workshop

2pm-3pm: Tricks at the Table: CJ May, Resourcerer offers a close-up magical experience. A small group of participants joins in the fun, sitting right at the table with CJ to behold his wizardly wonders

3pm-5pm: Neighborhoods Class (PAL): Celebrate stories of the Neighborhoods of Waterbury via theater, music, dance & visual art

5pm-6pm: Acting Class: Students of our Saturday Acting Intensives present a new work “Folklore Del Barrio”

6pm-7pm: Final countdown party: Everyone is welcome to join in the final countdown of Give Local 2023