Shakespeare Now! is a professional theater company which brings exciting, live performances of the playwright's great works to elementary, middle, and high schools in southeastern New England. The Company also leads interactive student workshops in kinesthetic experiences with the richly meaningful language of Shakespeare. Students love getting Shakespeare "off the page and onto the stage!" When is the last time you heard a student say, "Oh, now I get what Ophelia was talking about!"?

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SPRING 2009 -- BOOKING NOW! -- scroll down

Shakespeare Now! Theatre Company travels to schools with its highly acclaimed performances of Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Macbeth.

FALL 2008: Our annual full-length production

Shakespeare Now! presents ROMEO AND JULIET
Directed by David Wheeler

Dates:    November  3 -  21, 2008
Time:        Weekdays, Mondays through Fridays --10:00 a.m. student performances
Location:    Tower Theatre, Mass. College of Art, 621 Huntington Ave., Boston
Tickets:    $10/students, chaperones free

Tel:        (617) 734-3477

SPECIAL EVENING PERFORMANCE:

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $18/16. Cash only, no credit cards


SPRING 2009:    OUR TRAVELING SCHEDULE

Julius Caesar -- February 2 through June, 2009

A Midsummer Night's Dream -- February 23 through June, 2009

Macbeth -- March 16 through  June, 2009


THE FIFTH ANNUAL BOSTON SHAKESPEARE SONNET-THON

Each year, Shakespeare Now! presents the extraordinary Annual Boston Shakespeare Sonnet-thon, hosted by acclaimed Shakespearean actor/director Jonathan Epstein, at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. The Fifth Annual Shakespeare Sonnet-thon will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2007, beginning at 5:00 p.m.

The Sonnet-thon is a marathon presentation of all of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. Everyone is invited to speak, read, or otherwise perform  the sonnet of their choice! Students, teachers, actors, and people of all professions have been a part of this glorious community event which premiered in 2003.


For previous Sonnet-thon coverage  - Read all about it.

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