Shakespeare Shenanigans!

At Shakespeare Shenanigans, we engage in a daily exploration of our human spirit and genius through the medium of theatrical storytelling, using the endlessly interpretive works of Shakespeare as our text, and the classical ideals of balance, harmony, grace and humor as guiding principles.  Basic acting skills are practiced, and fun Shakespearean stuff like Elizabethan Dance, Stage Combat and Clown are introduced. Fun costumes and props are provided!

Daily camp sessions are comprised of acting workshops, lively games, creative rest, visual arts and other activities that encourage the working of our curiosity, imagination and creative problem-solving muscles, and give us some acting chops. Each camper works on a Shakespeare speech chosen and edited just for them. Activities are scaffolded for age groups to play both separately and together to culminate in a Family & Friends Sharing Day on Friday, where the campers will put on a presentation they create that includes all their speeches. 

FULL SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN:

July 20 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Monday)

July 21 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Tuesday)

July 22 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Wednesday)

July 23 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Thursday)

July 24 – 9:30am – 12:30pm (Friday)

ABOUT A.D. NEWCOMER:

A.D. is a stage director, acting coach, and teaching artist on the North Fork of Long Island, specializing in the works of William Shakespeare. She received her professional actor training from Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA, where she was also a faculty and guest faculty in the Intensive Actor Training Dept. She has directed and acted with Northeast Stage since 2003. AD is also a youth development specialist with the Southampton Youth Bureau, program director of the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival’s Camp Shakespeare, education artist at Westhampton Performing Arts Center, and occasional guest faculty of Neo-Political Cowgirls. It’s about play…play, playhouse, players, playwright, now playing, play…The play’s the thing.

“and though she be but little she is fierce”