National Endowment for the Arts SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES Engagement with great poetry in a dramatic setting is one of the most important learning opportunities we can provide young people in this country. These experiences develop intelligence on many levels and impact students' lives far beyond the English Literature classroom. They not only improve language skills, but also awaken empathy for others, and thus help to define the aesthetic and ethical standards of a culture. — Tina Packer, artistic director, Shakespeare & Company A great nation deserves great art. The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nations largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. D W E S T Arts Midwest connects people throughout the Midwest and the world to meaningful arts opportunities, sharing creativity, knowledge, and understanding across boundaries. One of six non-profit regional arts organizations in the United States, Arts Midwest's history spans more than 25 years. COVER: The Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of The Tempest. PHOTO BY RICHARD TERMINE CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE Since 2003 the National Endowment for the Arts has supported the largest government-sponsored theatrical program since the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA era. Shakespeare in American Communities is an initiative that helps fund theater companies to tour new productions of Shakespeare. It started modestly as the biggest tour of Shakespeare in American history — but it has grown. The NEA Shakespeare program has now involved more than 65 theater companies from more than 35 states. It has provided work for well over 1,000 actors (not counting all the directors, designers, costumers, and crew). It already has sponsored performances in more than 1,700 municipalities across all 50 states, including small towns, inner-city neighborhoods, and military bases — and the number of cities visited grows every month. Hundreds of presenters have booked the plays, many of them offering a production of serious drama for the first time. Most important, almost a million high school students have now seen a professional production of Shakespeare. For many of these kids this performance marked their first experience with professional spoken theater. The Shakespeare in American Communities program works like other NEA grant categories. Individual theater companies apply to join the program, and their applications are reviewed by an independent panel of theater professionals. The companies choose the plays they want to tour, make all the artistic decisions from the production concept to the casting, and line up schools for touring performances or to bring students into the theater. The NEA and our partner, Arts Midwest, coordinate the granting process and create collateral materials to support the companies in their activities. The NEA created free classroom materials, including films, an audio guide, a teachers guide, and more, to support teaching Shakespeare in high schools. These educational materials have been used by more than 16 million students to enhance their understanding and appreciation for the language and theatricality of Shakespeare's plays. Our goal with Shakespeare in American Communities, indeed with all of our National Initiatives, is to combine arts presentation with arts education while bringing the best in the arts to the broadest possible audience. Chairman Gioia at the Shakespeare in American Communities celebration on Capitol Hill. PHOTO BY STEVEN PURCELL C^Bw,^'' Dana Gioia Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 1 ' 1 Shakespeare is above all writers. . .the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life. )) — Samuel Johnson SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 2 ABOUT SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES How it Started It was audacious from the start. Then it just got bigger. "It" was Shakespeare in American Communities, the largest tour of Shakespeare in American history. First announcing the program on April 23, 2003 (William Shakespeare's 439th birthday), National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia revealed the agency's ambition to "revitalize the longstanding American theatrical tradition of touring — bringing the best of live theater to new audiences." An advisory board of distinguished American authors and artists known as the Players' Guild was formed. This group included such luminaries as critic Harold Bloom, director Julie Taymor, and actors Michael York and James Earl Jones. Topping that impressive roster were Mrs. Laura Bush and then-Motion Picture Association of America President and CEO, the late Jack Valenti. The latter two agreed to serve as honorary chairs for the project. Once it was launched, there was no reining this program in. Shakespeare in American Communities spread across the country, introducing a new generation of Americans to the greatest writer in the English language. Over the past four years it has brought superb live theater to more than 1,700 towns across all 50 states, reaching new audiences in communities that have little opportunity to experience live, professional theater. The NEAs Shakespeare program has brought almost one million students to a professional performance of Shakespeare, but has reached many millions more through multimedia educational toolkits available free to teachers. From inner cities to rural towns to military bases, Shakespeare in American Communities continues to support new productions by hundreds of American theater artists and represents the Arts Endowment's commitment to artistic excellence and public outreach. Reviving an American Tradition America's love affair with Shakespeare predates its establishment as a nation. Colonists often included volumes of Shakespeare among the few and treasured possessions that they carried with them on their passage to the new world — to the astonishment of European visitors like Alexis dc Tocqueville. Throughout the Nth century Shakespeare remained the most popular author in America. His plays were frequently celebrated in opulent theaters and on makeshift stages in saloons, churches, and hotels across the country Throughout most of our history the majority ol Americans from ever) social class and various ethnic backgrounds knew his most famous speeches by heart Only in the 20th century did Shakespeares relationship with the American public begin to The Acting Company's production of Richard III in Phase I of Shakespeare in American Communities. PHOTO BY RICHARD TERMINE SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of Macbeth was taken to 1 3 military installations. PHOTO BY PHIL SCARSBROOK change. His plays gradually began to be regarded as high rather than popular culture. The once universally accessible dramatist had become our most sacred dramatist — to whom most audiences were not able to relate. Although he remains the most widely produced playwright in America, many of our youth have had few opportunities to experience high- quality presentations of Shakespeare. Until now. The National Tour - Phase I The Arts Endowment didn't know it then, but its ambitious year-long tour of six companies through all 50 states eventually would come to be known as "Phase 1" because the program would continue to grow. It began in September 2003 with six companies, selected to carry out performances and educational activities in all 50 states through November 2004: • The Acting Company (New York, NY)— Richard 111 • Aquila Theatre Company (New York, NY)— Othello • Arkansas Repertory Theatre (Little Rock, AR) — Romeo and Juliet • Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR) — A Midsummer- Night's Dream • Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Chicago, 1L) — Romeo and Juliet • Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN) — Othello The six companies eventually visited 172 communities in all 50 states, reaching audiences totaling nearly 200,000. Special attention was paid to reaching small and mid-sized towns with limited access to the performing arts. From Anchorage, Alaska to Boone, North Carolina, performances brought communities together and inspired a renewed interest in the theatrical arts. The program also has received enthusiastic recognition in hundreds of publications, including articles in The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, Readers Digest, The New Criterion, and American Theatre magazine. Theater companies participating in the national tour made a special effort to visit schools, supplementing their performances with workshops, lectures, and other activities in each community. The Arts Endowment supported this goal with the creation of the Shakespeare in American Communities teacher toolkit, a multimedia educational resource distributed free to teachers nationwide. Educational efforts were also supplemented by The Sallie Mae Fund, which supported 50 free tickets for students at each performance while also underwriting other Shakespeare in American Communities activities. By the end of the first phase, the program had reached many unlikely places, including a military base in Hawaii where Artists Repertory Theatre performed a bilingual production of A Midsummer Nights Dream. That production featured actors from the Central Dramatic Company of Vietnam. Chicago Shakespeare Theater performed Romeo and Juliet in small-town Waycross, Georgia, where the community promoted it as "Shakespeare in the Swamp." NEA Meets DOD: An Historic Partnership In an unprecedented effort to make the National Endowment for the Arts truly national, the NEA decided to create the first program in its history dedicated to reaching military SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 4 personnel and their families. Needless to say, that plan turned some heads and spawned some doubters. Shakespeare was about to join the ranks of Bob Hope and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders as entertainment for the troops. And the bard more than held his own. Professional Shakespeare productions were presented at bases in 14 states for military personnel and their families. According to Chairman Gioia, "We currently have the best educated military in the history of the United States. If we are truly going to fulfill our charge of bringing art of indisputable excellence to all Americans, we have to reach into communities where we've never gone before." To the surprise of both the arts and political worlds, the NEA sought and achieved a successful partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD). In September 2004, with a $1 million appropriation from DoD, the Arts Endowment visited 18 military bases with professional, fully staged performances of Shakespeare, along with related educational activities for military families. Alabama Shakespeare Festival was selected to tour its production of Macbeth to 13 military installations (the other five bases were visited by the Aquila Theatre Company, The Acting Company, and Artists Repertory Theatre). Performances were accompanied by educational workshops for base youth whenever possible. As most bases did not have a conventional theater, performances were presented in movie theaters, auditoriums, and in one case, an airplane hangar shared with fighter jets. The tour was enthusiastically received by military audiences. Movie theater venues offered popcorn and sodas, and the crowd was vocal in its appreciation. Military personnel brought their families; young couples made it a date night. The action- packed soldiers tale of Macbeth — a story of power, scheming, and ambition — held audiences spellbound. As one military spouse at Holloman Air Force Base stated, "Tonight for the first time in many years, I have had the pure joy of being a part of a theatrical journey into another time and place, and I was able to share it with my two young daughters... . At intermission, my nine-year-old daughter said happily, 'Mommie, I get it! It's Shakespeare and I get it!' She and my five-year-old, who not only sat still for (my main concern!) but also enjoyed the performance will remember this when they are my age. Thank you all so much for bringing this fantastic production to a small community in southern New Mexico that otherwise would never be exposed to such quality. You have genuinely touched our family" Shakespeare for a New Generation - Phase II After nearly a year of touring, it became clear that there was a vast and eager audience for what Shakespeare in American Communities was providing. So why not keep going? Why not zero in even more on a new generation of theatergoers? Why not hook them on a lifelong engagement with the power of live theater, the wonders of the English language, and the masterpieces of William Shakespeare? The summer of 2004 saw the launch of the next phase of Shakespeare in American Communities: Shakespeare for a New Generation The program grew from the initial national tour ol six companies to an annual affair main tunes that original SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITII s As part of California Shakespeare Theater's Student Discovery program, students participate in a post-show discussion with the cast of As You Like It. PHOTO BY JAY YAMADA size, with some 35 companies involved each year. Selected companies receive grants of approximately $25,000 to support performances and related educational activities designed to deepen the appreciation and understanding of Shakespeare for participating students. Through the first four years, Shakespeare for a New Generation has awarded 128 competitive grants, supporting the work of more than 65 theater companies, employing more than 1,000 actors, directors, and crew, in bringing Shakespeare to life for almost one million students. Shakespeare for a New Generation has enabled theater companies to offer more performances to schools for free or for radically reduced rates. It has expanded the geographic reach of their touring programs and provided improved access to the arts for underserved schools. Models for teacher training and the design of study materials have been established or improved upon, and the artistic output among the most competitive theater companies who apply has been further enhanced. Shakespeare for a New Generation will help build future audiences by educating and inspiring students to become informed theatergoers, and perhaps even active participants within the arts and civic organizations that bring distinction to their communities. The prestige of a Shakespeare for a New Generation grant has allowed theater companies to leverage new connections with funders as well as teachers, school boards, and local arts agencies. A prime example of this success has been the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, which as a direct result of its grant now works with every high school in the city of Atlanta. According to the theater company, "The City of Atlanta's Bureau of Cultural Affairs and the Atlanta Public Schools are now citing this program as an example of what they would like to do with every grade level in the Atlanta Public Schools system. Thanks to Shakespeare for a New Generation we had the opportunity to form partnerships with the leadership, administration, and board of Atlanta Public Schools while deepening our relationship with the City of Atlanta's Bureau of Cultural Affairs." Investing in Live Theater — Companies, Actors, Audiences "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow" -Macbeth As it grows, the Shakespeare program continues to reach across the whole eco-system of American theater. "It provides high-quality employment for actors," remarked Chairman Gioia, "as well as support for theater companies, superb performances for new audiences, and — best of all — a chance for students to see the play they are studying in school." For most of these students, the NEA- sponsored Shakespeare performance will be their first experience of live, professional theater, a perfect gateway to a lifetime of enjoying the performing arts. SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES TEACHER TOOLKIT The NEA has created a kit with everything a teacher might need to bring Shakespeare alive in middle- and high-school classrooms. The box set contains, among other things, an audio CD, two award-winning films, recitation contest, and posters, especially created as a coherent curriculum. These items were designed as a fresh, enlivened, relevant series of lessons — after all, you can't teach theater without a little showbiz. Free to any teacher, and with almost 45,000 copies requested to date (reaching more than 16 million students), this toolkit has proven an important part of the American high school curriculum. Highlights • An Introduction to Shakespeare (Audio-guide). This compact disc features the voices of James Earl Jones, Harold Bloom, Mel Gibson, Vaclav Havel, Michael York, Jane Alexander, and Zooey Deschanel, immersing students in Elizabethan language and theater. A highlight is a segment exploring of the possibilities of performance, in which Jones, York, and Gibson each take a turn (with very different results!) at Hamlets famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy. • Shakespeare in Our Time (VHS). This award-winning film by Hillman & Carr proves the relevance of Shakespeare today through the creative weaving of more than 50 clips from feature films, stage and television performances of Shakespeare's plays, and from such related NtflONM- movies as Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth, and JO Things I Hate About You. Hosted and narrated by two talented actors from Washington, DCs Shakespeare Theatre Company, the video fashions these clips into an exploration of Shakespeares life, Elizabethan society, theater in Shakespeares day, the stories that inspired the plays, Shakespeares characters, the beauty of his language, and the influence his work has had in the United States and around the world. Why Shakespeare? (DVD). This award-winning film by Larry Bridges is a fascinating look at how becoming involved in theater can transform kids' lives. Focusing on Shakespeare Festival/LAs program for at-risk kids in East Los Angeles, Why Shakespeare? also leatures recitations and commentarj b\ Tom Hanks. William Shatner. Martin Sheen. Bill Pullman. Julie faymor, Christina Applegate, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The film is tunny insightful, and deeply moving. Why Shakespeare? answers the title's question, showing students the best reasons to Stud) Shakespeare. "As a teacher, I have been especially grateful for the curricular materials. The posters adorn my classroom, and I have gotten great use out of the films and CD in my elective class. My students just recently memorized and presented the Recitation Contest monologues in class; what an exciting experience!" — feachei i apitolia, CA SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ■ i < i ito) its u AMERICAN PLAYERS THEATRE (SPRING GREEN, Wl) Each year, American Players Theatre brings as many as 16,000 students from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota into their Spring Green, Wisconsin, theater to experience a matinee performance of a mainstage Shakespeare production. One production also is re-mounted to tour to seven Wisconsin communities, reaching an additional 7,500 students, many of whom are from rural or urban areas. Performances are accompanied by workshops that introduce students to themes of the plays and explore various techniques used to make the story, language, characters, and themes vivid and accessible to students. It is truly rewarding to watch as even the most reluctant student becomes swept up in the language of the play, making connections between what they read in class, what they see on stage, and what they experience in life. « « — American Players Theatre American Players Theatre's production of Twelfth Night. PHOTO BY ZANE WILLIAMS than ' professional theater companies haw participated Shakespeat American Commumtu While they share a common ground u work of William Shakespeare, each has reached out to th< audiences in uniqu* iting way llowin\ amplit of the mat) AQUILA THEATRE COMPANY (NEW YORK, NY) On September 20, 2003, Aquila Theatre Company kicked off the national tour of Shakespeare in American Communities with a performance of Othello for audiences in New London, Connecticut, before moving on to another 59 cities as part of the tour. As a participant also in Shakespeare for a New Generation, Aquilas long tradition of national touring has enabled the company to bring Shakespeare in American Communities performances to thousands of students in underserved communities across the United States. COMMUNITIES Students enjoyed the Aquila Theatre's production of Othello after reading and discussing the play. It drew them back to the text for a lively discussion of character traits, motivations, and choices. } } — Teacher, Orono, ME Aquila Theatre Company's production of Othello. PHOTO BY A. VINCENT SCARANO INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) Through innovative videoconferenced workshops, Indiana Repertory Theatres educational outreach program makes excellent use of technology to expand the impact of its classroom programs to distant areas throughout Indiana and beyond. Since 2004, Shakespeare for a New Generation has supported productions of A Midsummer Nights Dream, King Lear, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet. Indiana Repertory Theatre's production of King Lear. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE HL^ ^H fc^K^SI ■■ 1 Br Y BV . ■ jK&i- ■»! ! ■ * * ^H r * f|H Jit ^A ' u How else would my rural students be exposed to great performances? The value this opportunity gave to my students is really immeasurable. •) } — feacher. Muncic. IN SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES Montana Shakespeare in the Parks production of A Midsummer Nights Dream. PHOTO BY WINSLOW STUDIO & GALLERY MONTANA SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS (BOZEMAN, MT) For more than 30 years, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks has brought performances to audiences in some of the most rural communities of Montana and northern Wyoming. The summer tour of free performances regularly achieves the unexpected: it lures audiences hundreds of miles away to a small-town Shakespeare performance. The educational program, Shakespeare in the Schools, reaches as many as 15,000 students each year with performances and educational workshops. U When you witness students in grades K-12 focus their full attention on a program such as we had yesterday, you understand and appreciate the value of what they are seeing and more important how they are adding to their bank of experiences and knowledge. } } — Superintendent, Geraldine Public Schools, Geraldine, MT OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (ASHLAND, OR) Nationally recognized for its artistic excellence, Oregon Shakespeare Festival's commitment to arts learning can be seen in the sheer quantity of youth reached every year through its many educational programs. In 2006 alone, more than 70,000 students attended productions and events at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The touring School Visit Program reached another 80,000 students in 10 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 10 Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. PHOTO BY T. CHARLES ERICKSON PERSEVERANCE THEATRE (JUNEAU, AK) • • Listening to [students'] reactions after the performances and the workshops I had a profound sense that I was participating in something that could be life changing, something that had the power to shape opinions and open up avenues for these kids. } } — Teacher, Hermiston, OR Perseverance Theatre's all- Alaska Native production of Macbeth was reprised for Washington, DC, audiences in March 2007 at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Shakespeare in Washington festival. PHOTO BY ERIC TORGERSON Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, and Washington. Performances for students are supplemented hy numerous opportunities for hands-on workshops, post-show discussions with cast members, pre-show discussions with technicians and stage managers, and in-depth explorations of stagecraft. Over the course of three weeks in 2004, cast and crew members from Perseverance Theatre toured Macbeth to six communities spread out over 2,000 miles — twice the size of Texas — moving from the seaside towns of Southeast Alaska to the Arctic Circle, from small, isolated villages to the states largest urban center. Some communities were so remote that cast, crew, and set arrived by plane or boat. Performed by a cast of 13 Alaska Native actors, Perseverance's performance of Macbeth reflected Alaska's unique character by setting the play in the context of Southeast Alaska's indigenous Tlingit culture, fusing Shakespeare's language with the drumming, dancing, and visual design of the Tlingit people. u Being involved in this initiative has given students a broader perspective of the world and their part in it. Having the parts played by Native individuals allowed students to see their future different from before. Families were brought together to enjoy this enriching experience which isn't often available in Hoonah. » » — Teacher, Hoonah, AK SHAKFSPFARF IN AMERICAN COMMUNI1I1 S 11 SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY (LENOX, MA) Shakespeare & Company's multi- faceted educational programs have long served as a model for other Shakespeare programs nationwide. One component, their New England Tour of Shakespeare, addresses the growing need for arts experiences for students in underserved areas in New England and for children at risk in inner-city and rural areas. With the support of Shakespeare in American Communities, Shakespeare & Company is able to bring these performances into schools that have not been previously exposed to the program, expanding its geographic reach and serving more than 25,000 students annually. Shakespeare & Company's production of Hamlet. PHOTO BY KEVIN SPRAQUE THE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL AT TULANE (NEW ORLEANS, LA) In April 2006, seven months after the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane overcame challenges including closed schools, absent students, bus driver shortages, reduced budgets, and actors living in FEMA trailers to offer A Midsummer Night's Dream to 750 delighted students. The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane's production of Romeo and Juliet. PHOTO BY BRAD ROBBERT As the New Orleans school district rebuilds, the active engagement of The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane plays a pivotal role in reminding the city of the importance of arts education in the curriculum A member of the Utah Shakespearean Festival conducts a workshop for students. PHOTO BY SUSAN PIERCE UTAH SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL (CEDAR CITY, UT) Founded in 1961, the Utah Shakespearean Festival is known for its expansive reach and innovative education programs. Their ambitious annual touring programs serve the festivals mission to "entertain, enrich, and educate audiences," including those who live in the many underserved communities of the Intermountain West. Each year, the Utah Shakespearean Festival brings its Shakespeare-in- the-Schools tour to more than 60 schools and communities throughout Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and Idaho. In addition to performances, the program provides interactive acting workshops taught by theater professionals, empowering rural students to both observe and participate in a live theatrical performance at their school. "*FK 1 ** •- i _L»J Wm \ A - u The Utah Shakespearean Festival gave my students a perfect opportunity to explore the world and open themselves to learning not just about Shakespeare, but also about themselves. } } — High School Principal. Logan, UT Utah Shakespearean Festival's production of The Taming of the Shrew. PHOTO BY KARL HUGH SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN CO 13 San Francisco Shakespeare Festival SHAKESPEARE Participating Theater Companies Guthrie Theater American Players Theatre # Milwaukee Shakespeare ; Chicago Shakespeare Theater Indiana Repertory Theatre The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at DeSales University Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis ik St. Louis Black Repertory Company Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Cincinnati Shakespeare Company r" Actors Theatre of Louisville Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Stage One: The LotifcyjUe-^ Children's Theatre The People's Light & Theatre Company Lantern Theater Company The Philadelphia Shakespeare , Festival American Shakes Center The Theater at Monmouth Shakespeare & Company Trinity Repertory Company Hartford Stage Company Long Wharf Theatre Yale Repertory Theatre Shakespeare^^ ^ Nashville Shakespeare Festival insas Repertory Theatre S rn±nv Walltown Ch Stage Company Jheatre The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Baltimore Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare Theatre Company The Acting Company Aquila Theatre Company Theatre for a New Audience The Warehouse Theatre Atlanta Shakespeare Company Georgia Shakespeare Festival New Stage Theatre Alabama Shakespeare Festival Contemporary Arts Center with Dog & Pony Theatre Company The Shakespeare Festival atTulane Asolo Theatre Orlando Shakespeare Theater Teatro Avante • More than 1 ,700 cities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia served to date, including military bases • More than 65 professional theater companies participating, giving 3,000 performances and 6,000 workshops to date • More than 3,000 schools reached, bringing performances to more than 800,000 students to date • More than one million people in attendance to date Toolkits reached more than 16 million students to date fe> PARTICIPATING THEATER COMPANIES Students perform a scene from Pericles as part of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Text Alive! program. PHOTO BY JOE MCCARY ALABAMA Alabama Shakespeare Festival Montgomery, AL Year 1 (Macbeth), Year 4 (Henry VI, Parts I and II, Richard III) ALASKA Alaska Theatre of Youth, Cyrano's Theatre Company (formerly Eccentric Theatre Company), and Edgeware Anchorage, AK Year 2 (A Midsummer Nights Dream), Year 5 (Othello) Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre Fairbanks, AK Year 3 (educational program: Bard- a-Thon) Perseverance Theatre Douglas, AK Year 2 (Macbeth), Year 4 (Macbeth) ARIZONA Arizona Theatre Company Tucson, AZ Year 4 (Twelfth Night) ARKANSAS Arkansas Repertory Theatre Little Rock, AR Year 1 (Romeo and Juliet), Year 3 (The Comedy of Errors) CALIFORNIA A Noise Within Glendale, CA Year 3 (Othello, The Tempest), Year 4 (As You Like It) California Shakespeare Theater Berkeley, CA Year 4 (As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor), Year 5 (King Lear) The Old Globe San Diego, CA Year 3 (The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, Richard III) San Diego Repertory Theatre San Diego, CA Year 2 (King Lear) San Francisco Shakespeare Festival San Francisco, CA Year 3 (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), Year 4 (The Comedy of Errors) Shakespeare Festival/LA Los Angeles, CA Year 1 (Shakespeare Comes to LA festival), Year 3 (educational program: youth production of As You Like It) Shakespeare Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA Year 2 (The Winter's Tale), Year 3 (As You Like It), Year 4 (The Tempest), Year 5 (Romeo and Juliet) The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Topanga, CA Year 2 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale), Year 3 (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Year 4 (Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night), Year 5 (The Tempest, A Midsummer Nights Dream) CONNECTICUT Hartford Stage Company Hartford, CT Year 2 (Othello) Long Wharf Theatre New Haven, CT Year 3 (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Yale Repertory Theatre New Haven, CT Year 2 (The Comedy of Errors), Year 3 (All's Well That Ends Well) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Shakespeare Theatre Company Washington, DC Year 2 (Macbeth, Pericles, The Tempest), Year 5 (Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, The Taming of the Shrew) FLORIDA Asolo Theatre Sarasota, FL Year 2 (A Midsummer Night's Dream) SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 16 Orlando Shakespeare Theater Orlando, FL Year 4 (King Lear, The Merry Wives oj Windsor), Year 5 (Alls Well That Ends Well, The Comedy of Errors, Cymbeline, Richard II) Teatro Avante Miami, FL Year 3 (The Tempest (Una Tempestad)) GEORGIA Atlanta Shakespeare Company Atlanta, GA Year 2 (A Midsummer Nights Dream), Year 3 (A Midsummer Nights Dream), Year 4 (A Midsummer Nights Dream, Macbeth) Georgia Shakespeare Festival Atlanta, GA Year 3 (Macbeth), Year 5 (Romeo and Juliet) IDAHO Idaho Shakespeare Festival Boise, ID Year 2 (The Taming oj the Shrew), Year 3 (The Tempest), Year 4 (Much Ado About Nothing), Year 5 (Hamlet) ILLINOIS Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago, IL Year 1 (Romeo and Juliet) INDIANA Indiana Repertory Theatre Indianapolis, IN Year 2 (A Midsummer Nights Dream), Year 3 (King Lear), Year 4 (Twelfth Night), Year 5 {Hamlet) KENTUCKY Actors Theatre of Louisville Louisville, KY Year 3 (Twelfth Night) Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Louisville, KY Year 5 (Julius Caesar) Stage One: The Louisville Children's Theatre Louisville, KY Year 4 (A Midsummer Nights Dream) LOUISIANA Contemporary Arts Center with Dog & Pony Theatre Company New Orleans, LA Year 5 (The Taming oj the Shrew) The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane New Orleans, LA Year 2 (Macbeth), Year 3 (A Midsummer Nights Dream), Year 4 (Romeo and Juliet), Year 5 (Hamlet or The Taming oj the Shrew) MAINE The Theater at Monmouth Monmouth, ME Year 2 (The Merry Wives oj Windsor), Year 3 (Henry V), Year 4 (Romeo and Juliet), Year 5 (Macbeth) MARYLAND Baltimore Shakespeare Festival Baltimore, MD Year 5 (The Winter's Tale) MASSACHUSETTS Shakespeare & Company Lenox, MA Year 2 (Julius Caesar), Year 3 (Hamlet), Year 4 (Macbeth), Year 5 (A Midsummer Nights Dream) MINNESOTA Guthrie Theater Minneapolis, MN Year 1 (Othello). Year 3 (Hamlet), Year 4 (The Merchant oj Venice) "Students have returned to The Shakespeare Theatre to enjoy productions with their families and, most importantly, are eager to learn more about classical theatre in the classroom. Theatre is an invaluable tool in education as it draws people into the world of the characters and, in so doing, engages all the faculties and the senses. The students live through the experience." — Teacher. Washington, DC Shakespeare I estiva] of St. I onis 200(-> touring production of Soothsayin' A Stylin' Julius ( aesar, PHOTO BY J. DAVID LEVY Shakespeare Santa Cruz's production of As You Like It. PHOTO BY STEVE DIBARTOLOMEO MISSISSIPPI New Stage Theatre Jackson, MS Year 5 (A Midsummer Nights Dream) MISSOURI Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis Saint Louis, MO Year 3 (Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet), Year 4 (Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing) St. Louis Black Repertory Company St. Louis, MO Year 5 (Othello) MONTANA Montana Shakespeare in the Parks Bozeman, MT Year 2 (Romeo and Juliet), Year 3 (The Merchant of Venice), Year 4 (The Comedy of Errors), Year 5 (Othello) NEBRASKA Nebraska Shakespeare Festival Omaha, NE Year 4 (The Taming of the Shrew), Year 5 (Romeo and Juliet) NEVADA Nevada Shakespeare Company Reno, NV Year 3 (Richard III, Hamlet) NEW JERSEY The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Madison, NJ Year 2 (Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Macbeth, Hemy V), Year 3 (Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Nights Dream), Year 4 (Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Nights Dream), Year 5 (Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Nights Dream) NEW YORK The Acting Company New York, NY Year 1 (Richard III), Year 3 (Macbeth), Year 5 (The Tempest) Aquila Theatre Company New York, NY Year 1 (Othello), Year 3 (Hamlet), Year 4 (Romeo and Juliet), Year 5 (Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing) Theatre for a New Audience New York, NY Year 4 (The Merchant of Venice), Year 5 (Antony and Cleopatra) NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina Stage Company Asheville, NC Year 4 (A Midsummer Nights Dream) Walltown Children's Theatre Durham, NC Year 5 (Romeo and Juliet) OHIO Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Cincinnati, OH Year 2 (Twelfth Night) Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Cincinnati, OH Year 4 (Macbeth, Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights Dream, As You Like It, The Tempest), Year 5 (The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar) OREGON Artists Repertory Theatre Portland, OR Year 1 (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Oregon Shakespeare Festival Ashland, OR Year 3 (Richard III, Twelfth Night, Low's Labor's Lost, The Winter's Tale), Year 4 (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, King John, The Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It), Year 5 (Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello) PENNSYLVANIA Lantern Theater Company Philadelphia, PA Year 5 (Othello) SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 18 The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at DeSales University Center Valley, PA Year 3 (Romeo and Juliet), Year 5 (The Winters Tale, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth) The People's Light & Theatre Company Malvern, PA Year 2 (A Midsummer Nights Dream), Year 4 (Twelfth Night) The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival Philadelphia, PA Year 4 (Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet) RHODE ISLAND Trinity Repertory Company Providence, RI Year 3 (Hamlet), Year 5 (Richard 111) SOUTH CAROLINA The Warehouse Theatre Greenville, SC Year 3 (The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth), Year 4 (Julius Caesar), Year 5 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo andjuliet) TENNESSEE Nashville Shakespeare Festival Nashville, TN Year 4 (Macbeth) TEXAS Dallas Theater Center Dallas, TX Year 4 (The Taming of the Shrew) Main Street Theater Houston, TX Year 4 (The Taming of the Shrew), Year 5 (The Merchant of Venice) Shakespeare Festival of Dallas Dallas, TX Year 3 (Twelfth Night) UTAH Utah Shakespearean Festival Cedar City, UT Year 2 (The Taming of the Shrew), Year 3 (Macbeth), Year 4 (A Midsummer Nights Dream), Year 5 (Romeo andjuliet) VIRGINIA American Shakespeare Center Staunton, VA Year 3 (Much Ado About Nothing), Year 5 (The Taming of the Shrew) WASHINGTON Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle, WA Year 3 (Romeo andjuliet, Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing), Year 4 (Macbeth), Year 5 (Macbeth) WISCONSIN American Players Theatre Spring Green, WI Year 2 (Twelfth Night, Othello), Year 3 (Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor), Year 4 (Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar Measure for Measure), Year 5 (The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing) Milwaukee Shakespeare Milwaukee, WI Year 4 (Much Ado About Nothing. Macbeth, Henry IV, Part 1). Year 5 (Henry IV, Part 11, Hamlet) Plays Performed A Midsummer Night's Dream All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II Henry V Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part II Julius Caesar King John King Lear Love's Labor's Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo and Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter's Tale \ NoiSC Wiilnn*. production of the Tempest PHOTO BY CRAIG SCHWARTZ SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 19 CITIES SERVED BY NEA'S SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES More than 65 professional theater companies have brought Shakespeare's plays to all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching more than 3,000 schools in more than 1,700 cities. In addition to the performances, the companies also held educational workshops for middle and high schools, enhancing the experience of the play for participating students. ALABAMA Daphne Florence Greensboro Irvington Maxwell AFB Montgomery Selma Summerdale Tuskegee Union Springs ALASKA Anchor Point Anchorage Barrow Bethel Chugiak Cordova Eagle River Fairbanks Fort Richardson Fritz Creek Healy Homer Hoonah Juneau Ketchikan Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath Nenana Nome Palmer Seldovia Sitka St. Paul Takotna Tok Unalaska Yaldez Wasilla ARIZONA Bapchule Casa Grande Chinle Cottonwood Douglas Elgin Flagstaff Fort Defiance Kayenta Lake Havasu City Mesa Nogales Parker Peoria Phoenix Queen Creek San Simon Scottsdale Sells St. David Teec Nos Pos Tuba City Tucson Willcox Winslow Yuma ARKANSAS Alma Blytheville Brinkley Cherry Valley DeWitt Dumas Fayetteville Forrest City Harrisburg Helena Jonesboro Lake Village Monticello Russellville CALIFORNIA Alamo Anderson Antioch Aptos Arbuckle Areata Atwater Baldwin Park Bay Point Benicia Berkeley Beverly Hills Bolinas Brentwood Burbank Burney Byron Calexico Calistoga Calpella Canby Capitola Carlsbad Carmel Carmichael Carson Castro Valley Castroville Cerritos Chatsworth Chico Chula Vista Citrus Heights Claremont Clayton Cloverdale Clovis Colusa Compton Concord Coronado Corralitos Cottonwood Crescent City Cupertino Danville Davis Denver Dublin Dunsmuir Durham Edwards AFB El Cajon El Cerrito El Dorado El Sobrante Elk Grove Emeryville Encinitas Escalon Escondido Etna Eureka Fair Oaks Fairfax Fairfield Fallbrook Felton Forestville Fortuna Freedom Fremont Fresno Gait Gig Harbor Glendale Goleta Granada Hills Grass Valley Greenfield Greenville Groveland Hacienda Heights Happy Camp Hawthorne Hayfork Hayward Hemet Hillsborough Homewood Hornbrook Idyllwild Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Julian Junction City Kingsburg Lajolla La Mesa Lafayette Lakeside Lancaster Larkspur Lennox Leucadia Lewiston Lincoln Livermore Lodi Loomis Los Angeles Los Gatos Lower Lake Manteca Martinez Marysville McArthur McKinleyville Meadow Vista Menifee Middletown Mill Valley Millville ' Modesto Montague Monterey Moorpark Moraga Moss Landing Mount Shasta Mountain View Napa National City Nevada City North Hills North Hollywood Northridge Novato Oakland SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 20 Oceanside Orange Orinda Oroville Pacific Grove Pacific Palisades Pacoima Palo Alto Palo Cedro Paradise Pasadena Petaluma Petrolia Pinole Pittsburg Placerville Pleasanton Point Richmond Pomona Portola Poway Quincy Red Bluff Redding Redmond Redondo Beach Richmond Rio Vista Riverside Roseville Sacramento Saint Helena Salinas San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Juan Capistrano San Leandro San Lorenzo San Mateo San Rafael San Ramon Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Clarita Santa Cruz Santa Monica Santa Rosa Santa Ysabcl Saratoga Sausalito Scotts Valley Seaside Sebastopol Shingletown Sierra City Simi Valley Somes Bar Sonoma Soquel South Lake Tahoe Spring Valley Stanford Stockton Susanville Sylmar Tahoe City Tarzana Tehachapi Temecula Templeton Thousand Oaks Tiburon Tollhouse Torrance Trinidad Truckee Tujunga Turlock Ukiah Vacaville Valencia Valley Center Van Nuys Visalia Vista Walnut Creek Watsonville Weaverville Weed Wheatland Whitethorn Willow Creek Windsor Winnetka Woodland Hills Yreka COLORADO Aspen Avon Colorado Springs Denver Durango Greeley Peterson AFB Pueblo CONNECTICUT Avon Berlin Bloomfield Bolton - v - Branford Bridgeport Bristol Brookfield Brooklyn Burlington Cheshire Cornwall Coventry Cromwell Danbury Darien Derby Durham East Granby East Hampton East Hartford East Haven East Lyme Ellington Enfield Fairfield Farmington Granby Greens Farms Guilford 1 [amden Hartford Higganum Kensington Kent 1 edyard Litchfield Madison Manchester Meriden Middletown Milford Monroe New Britain New Haven New London New Milford New Preston Newington Norwalk Old Lyme Old Saybrook Plainfield Redding Ridgefield Rockvillc Rocky Hill Roxburv Seymour Simsbur) South Windsor Stamford Storrs Stratlord Suffield renyville Torrington Trumbull Wallingford Washington Depot Waterbury Waterford Watertow n West Hart lord West ! [aven West Suffield Westbrook Westerfield Weston Oakland, CA, high school student letter to California Shakespeare Theater thanking them for their performance of As You Like It. "I took the entire football team! My students came away from the play liking William Shakespeare and wanting to attend another play!" — Teacher. Oakland, i \ SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNR! I S 21 "I saw your performance of Macbeth at Scott Air Force Base last evening. With a minimal amount of costuming, scenery and special effects, the ASF created a vivid, exciting, and yes, even frightening ambience for Shakespeare's drama. I was totally caught up in the performance and I believe that says a lot about the quality of the production. Thank you for bringing this wonderful performance to Scott Air Force Base — I really appreciated it! " — Librarian, Scott Air Force Base Westport Windham Windsor Winsted Woodbridge Woodstock DELAWARE Dover Newark Wilmington DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington FLORIDA Arcadia Avon Park Bardenton Boca Raton Bushnell Clermont Crystal River Davenport Delray Beach Deltona Fort Pierce Gainesville Jacksonville Kissimmee Lake Park Lakeland Orlando Oviedo Palmetto Pensacola Rockledge Sanford Sarasota St. Cloud Tampa Umatilla Webster West Palm Beach Wildwood GEORGIA Atlanta Blackshear Brunswick Canton Dalton Fayetteville Kings Bay Submarine Base Ludowici Mableton Nahunta Peachtree City Rome Savannah Social Circle Statesboro Stone Mountain Tifton Tyrone HAWAII Hickam AFB Honolulu Kahului Kamuela Naval Station Pearl Harbor Schofield Barracks IDAHO Ashton Blackfoot Boise Bonners Ferry Bruneau Buhl Burley Caldwell Cambridge Cascade Clark Fork Coeur dAlene Cottonwood Council Declo Driggs Dubois Eagle Emmett Fruitland Garden City Genesee Gooding Grangeville Hailey Hansen Homedale Horseshoe Bend Idaho City Jerome Kellogg Kimberly Kuna Lewiston Marsing McCall Menan Meridian Middleton Montpelier Moscow Mountain Home Nampa Nezperce Orofino Pocatello Post Falls Preston Priest River Rigby Sandpoint Shoshone Spirit Lake St. Maries Sugar City Sun Valley Terreton Twin Falls Wallace Weiser Wilder ILLINOIS Alton Anderson Atlanta Avon Batavia Belleville Bluford Cahokia Chicago Durand East Dubuque Evanston Evansville Galena Golconda Hanover Havard Highland Hutsonville Ingleside Lake Villa Machesney Park Marengo McLeansboro Millstadt Mt. Carmel Oak Park O'Fallon Orangeville Palos Hills Park Forest Rock Island Rockford Scales Mound Scott AFB Sherrard Springfield Sterling Stillman Valley Waterloo Winthrop Harbor Woodstock INDIANA Alexandria Anderson Atlanta Attica Aurora Avon Bloomington Boonville Brazil Brookville Brownsburg Carmel Centerville Clayton Clinton Cloverdale Columbus Connersville Converse Crawfordsville Dalevillc Edinburgh Elwood Evansville Fishers Flora Fort Wayne Fortville Frankfort Frankton Fremont Gaston Goshen Greencastle Greensburg Greenwood Hagerstown Hope Indianapolis Jeffersonville Knightstown Kokomo SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 22 Lafayette LaG range Lapel Lawrenceburg Lincoln City Linton Lizton Logansport Marengo Marion Marshall Martinsville Medora Middletown Mishawaka Mitchell Modoc Monrovia Mooresville Morristown Muncie Nappanee Nashville New Albany New Carlisle New Castle New Palestine Newburgh Noblesville North Manchester Orleans Paoli Plainfield Poseyville Rensselaer Richmond Roachdale Robinson Rockvillc Royal Center Selma Seymour Shelbyville Sheridan Shoals South Bend Spencer St. Leon Straughn Sullivan Terre Haute Thorntown Tipton Trafalgar Union City Vi nee nnes Waldron Washington West Lafayette West Terre Haute Westfield Winchester Yorktown Zionsville IOWA Ames Andrew Bettendorf Council Bluffs Dubuque Epworth Iowa City Peosta Storm Lake Waukon KANSAS Fort Leavenworth Army Base Fort Riley Army Base Lawrence Manhattan Pittsburg KENTUCKY Buckner Cloverport Covington Edgewood Fairdale Florence Fort Mitchell Greenup Hazard Hebron Independence Latonia Lebanon Leitchfield Lexington Louisville Morganfield Mt. Washington Pad ucah Pewee Valley Philpot Radcliff ShepherdsN ilk- Taylor Mill l.i\ lorsville Union Villa Hills LOUISIANA Amite Baton Rouge Covington Delcambre Gueydan Hammond Harahan Independence Lafayette Madisonville Mandeville Metairie New Iberia New Orleans Opelousas Pine Prairie St. Martinville Tangipahoa Parish MAINE Bangor Belfast Bethel c aribou Dixfield Dover-] oxcrofl 1 llsworth Fairfield Gorham Hallowell I lebron Lewiston Monmouth North Haven Island Oakland Orono Portland Readfield Rumford Stonington Temple Topsham Waldoboro Waterville Winthrop MARYLAND Annapolis Baltimore Bel Air Beltsville Bethesda ( apital Heights I orestA ille Frederick Frostburg Glen Burnie Huntington Lusb) Odenton Oxon Hill Pasadena Riverdale Rockvillc Silver Spring Springdale \ ppei Marlboro Seattle Shakespeare Company's production of Mitch Ado About Nothing. PHOTO BY JOHN ULMAN "The students can SEE the plays and truly learn them. This is an AMAZING program. Students were actually excited about Shakespeare." - readier. Atlanta, G \ SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNE! II S 23 Teachers and students in Middleton, ID, take part in an Idaho Shakespeare Festival "Shakespearience" movement workshop. PHOTO BY TROY MABEN MASSACHUSETTS Acton Adams Amherst Andover Arlington Ashburnham Ashland Attleboro Barnstable Barre Billerica Boston Bourne Bradford Braintree Brighton Brockton Brookline Burlington Cambridge Charlestown Charlton Chatham Cheshire Clarksburg Concord Dalton Danvers Dartmouth Dedham Deerfield Dighton Dorchester Douglas Duxbury East Boston Easthampton Everett Fairhaven Fall River Fiskdale Fitchburg Florence Florida Forestdale Gardner Great Barrington Greenfield Groton Harwich Holden Holliston Huntington Hyannis Latham Lawrence Lee Lenox Lexington Littleton Longmeadow Ludlow Lynn Maiden Manchester Marblehead Marion Mashpee Mattapan Melrose Methuen Millis Natick Newton Newton Center North Adams North Andover North Dartmouth North Eastham Northborough Norwell Oak Bluffs Orleans Osterville Peabody Pittsfield Plymouth Randolph Raynham Revere Richmond Rockland Roxbury Sandwich Seekonk Sheffield South Deerfield Southampton Springfield Stoneham Topsfield Townsend Wakefield Walpole Warren Wellesley West Barnstable West Roxbury Westfield Weston Whitman Wilbraham Williamstown Woods Hole Worcester MICHIGAN Ann Arbor Big Rapids Dearborn Flint Fremont Mount Clemens Selfridge Air National Guard Base Shelby Township MINNESOTA Baldwin Champlin Eden Prairie Edina Glencoe Golden Valley Minneapolis Moorhead Plymouth Prior Lake Red Wing Rogers St. Joseph St. Paul Victoria Winona MISSISSIPPI Clarksdale Cleveland Columbus Flowood Gautier Jackson Meridian Moss Point Ocean Springs Pascagoula Ridgeland Rolling Fork Starkville Winona MISSOURI Afton Ball win Berkeley Chesterfield Clayton Creve Coeur Ellisville Fenton Florissant Imperial Kirkwood Lebanon Manchester Maplewood Maryland Heights Richmond Heights Rolla Shrewsbury St. Alban St. Charles St. Louis Sullivan Troy University City Webster Groves Wentzville Wildwood MONTANA Absarokee Baker Belgrade Big Sky Big Timber Billings Box Elder Bozeman Broadus Clyde Park Colstrip Columbus Corvallis Culbertson Ennis SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 24 Forsyth Incline Village Orange Locust Valley Fort Benton Indian Springs Phillipsburg Long Island City Gallatin Las Vegas Piscataway Loudonville Gardiner McDermitt Plainfield Manhattan Geraldine Mesquite Pomona New Lebanon Great Falls Minden Princeton North Greenbush Hamilton Nixon Roselle Olean Hardin North Las Vegas Roselle Park Pine Plains Helena Overton Somerset Portville Heron Pahrump South Plainfield Purchase Hobson Pleasant Valley Springfield Queens Jordan Pyramid Lake Union City Rensselaer Kalispell Reno Vineland Rochester Livingston Schurz Wall Rye Manhattan Smith Valley Washington Saratoga Springs Missoula Spanish Springs Wayne Schenectady Noxon Tonopah West New York Scotia Plains Virginia City West Orange Spencertown Poison Washoe Valley Westfield Staten Island Roundup Winnemucca Williamstown Stillwater Shepherd Yerington Woodbury Heights Stony Brook St. Ignatius Troy Sunburst NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW MEXICO Uniondalc Townsend Barrington Alamogordo Valatie Victor Hanover Albuquerque Voorheesville White Sulphur Keene Cannon AFB Watervliet Springs Manchester Clovis Westbury Whitefish Salem Holloman AFB Windham Wolf Point NEW JERSEY Socorro Woodsidc NEBRASKA Academy NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA Albion Atlantic City Albany Arden Bellevue Bloomfield Amenia Asheville Cozad Burlington Astoria Bakcrs\ ilk- David City Camden Auburn Black Mountain Gretna Cape May Averill Park Boone Kearney Chatham Bedford Bryson City Lincoln Edison Berne Burke Macy Elizabeth Briarcliff Manor Burnsville Millard Remington Broadalbin Camp l.ejeune Minden Freehold Brooklyn Marine Base Norfolk Frenchtown Bronx Candler Omaha Gloucester Canaan Canton Papillion Hackensack Canajoharie Columbus West Point Highland Park Cast let on Cullow bee Wisner Hobo ken Chatham Durham Irvington Corinth Fletcher NEVADA Iselin Craryvillc Franklin Boulder City Jersey City Del Mar 1 tendersonville Carson City Lawrenceville East Greenbush [acksom ille Elko Matawan Fort Edward Marshall Ely Middlesex Galway Murph) Fallon Millville Garden City Raleigh Gerlach Moorestown Gheni Rohhin-A ille Hadley New Brunswick Guilderland Rosman Hawthorne Newark 1 linsdale Swannanoa Henderson Old Bridge Hudson Falls [ryon "Your educator's guide and the materials provided by trie National Endowment for the Arts are incredibly professional and useful in the classroom, preparing the students well for what they will see on stage." — High school Humanities Curriculum Coordinator, Holden. MA SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 25 Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2006 production of King John. PHOTO BY JENNY GRAHAM Waynesville Weaverville Weldon NORTH DAKOTA Jamestown OHIO Ada Athens Batavia Cadiz Centerville Cincinnati Colerain Fairfield Fayetteville Franklin Kettering Kings Mills Loveland Mariemont Marion Mason Milford Monroe New Richmond Newark Seaman Springfield Troy Upper Arlington West Chester Williamsburg Wyoming OKLAHOMA Ada Stillwater Weatherford OREGON Aloha Ashland Astoria Aurora Bandon Banks Beaverton Bend Blachly Burns Canby Canyonville Cave Junction Clackamas Coos Bay Coquille Corbett Corvallis Cove Creswell Days Creek Dayville Enterprise Estacada Eugene Fossil Glendale Junction Grants Pass Gresham Hermiston Hillsboro Hines Jacksonville Jefferson John Day Joseph Junction City Klamath Falls La Grande La Pine Lake Oswego Manzanita Medford Merrill Mill City Mitchell Monmouth Monroe Moro Newberg Newport North Bend North Powder Pacific City Phoenix Pleasant Hill Portland Prineville Rainier Redmond Richmond Rogue River Roseburg Saint Benedict Salem Sandy Seaside Sheridan Silver Lake Silverton South Beach Springfield Stayton Terrebonne Troutdale Tualatin Vale Vernonia Wilsonville Winston Woodburn Yoncalla PENNSYLVANIA Allentown Atglen Berwyn Bethlehem Bradford Brodheadsville Bryn Mawr Catasauqua Chester Coatesville Downingtown East Fallowfield Fort Washington Gettysburg Harrisburg Hellertown Holland Horsham Johnstown Kennett Square Kintnersville Kutztown Lancaster Landenberg Langhome Malvern Monaca Nazareth Norristown Oxford Paoli Philadelphia Pittsburgh Port Allegany Pottstown Pottsville Prospect Park Selinsgrove Seltersville Strafford Unionville University Park West Chester West Grove White Haven Wilkes-Barre Wyomissing RHODE ISLAND Barrington Central Falls Esmond Middletown Portsmouth Providence Riverside SOUTH CAROLINA Berea Charleston Charleston Naval Weapons Station Clemson Gaffney Greenville Greer Mauldin Piedmont Seneca Taylors Travelers Rest Williamston SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls TENNESSEE Alamo Atwood Buchanan Clarksburg Cowan Dresden Dyer Henry Huntingdon Huntland Martin Medina Millington Naval Support Activity Mid-South Paris Pikeville Puryear Reagan Sewanee Union City Winchester SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 26 TEXAS Alvin Arlington Austin Blum College Station Como Daisetta Dallas DeSoto Farmers Branch Fort Worth Frisco Galveston Garland Greenville Heath Houston Irving Lone Oak Manvel Nacogdoches Orange Piano Red Oak Richardson Sachse San Marcos Sulphur Springs Texarkana Waco Wimberley UTAH Altamont Beaver Brigham City Blanding Cedar City Delta Eskdalc Eureka Fillmore Garland Green River Heber City Holladay Kanab K earns Lehi Logan Monticello Morgan Muri.n Ogden Plain City Pleasant i rrove Provo Richfield Roosevelt Roy Salt Lake City Sandy Smithfield South Jordan Syracuse Vernal Washington Wendover West Jordan West Point West Valley VERMONT Barre Burlington Lincoln Middlebury North Clarendon Richmond Rutland St. Johnsonbury Townshend Tunbridge Wells River Wilmington VIRGINIA Alexandria Arlington Ashburn Chantilly Charlottesville Fairfax Falls Church Fredericksburg Goochland Hampton Hot Springs Leesburg Martinsville McLean Norfolk Purcellville Quantico Marine Base Reston Staunton Sweet Briai Warrenton WASHINGTON Aberdeen Adn.i Amanda Park Anacortes Arlington Auburn Bainbridge Battle Ground Bellevue Bellingham Bothell Bremerton Chelan Eatonville Elma Everett Gig Harbor Hoquiam Issaquah Kingston Kirkland Lakewood Langley Longview Lynden Mattawa Mercer Island Montesano Mukilteo North Bonneville Oakville Ocean Shores Olympia Pomerov Poulsbo Puyallup Redmond Renton Richland Sammamish Seattle Sequim Spokane Stanwood Stevenson Sunnyside Tacoma loppenish Lrout Lake University Place Vancouvei Vashon Wapato Washougal Wesl Richland Westporl Yakima Yelm A staff member at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs promotes Alabama Shakespeare Festival's performance. PHOTO COURTESY OF PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE "An initiative like Shakespeare for a New Generation can make a difference. It provides us with resources to serve schools regardless of their ability to pay the fee. It also allows us to expand our work, produce theater that is more sophisticated, and serve schools in a variety of communities from the inner-city to rural counties." — Cin< innati Playhouse in the Park SHAKFSPEARE N AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 27 "Through Shakespeare for a New Generation this season, Milwaukee Shakespeare has been able to tap an entirely new population of community students by expanding its subsidies for student matinee tickets and transportation. " — Milwaukee Shakespeare WEST VIRGINIA Charleston Lewisburg Parkersburg Shepherdstown WISCONSIN Abbotsford Adams Albany Amherst Antigo Appleton Argyle Ashwaubenon Baraboo Barneveld Beaver Dam Belleville Belmont Beloit Benton Blair Bloomington Bluemounds Bonduel Boscobel Brookfield Burlington Cambria Cambridge Campbellsport Cashton Cassville Cazenovia Chilton Colby Columbus Crandon Cross Plains Cuba City Darlington Deerfield DeForest Delafield Delavan DePere Dodgeville Eagle Eagle River East Troy Eau Claire Edgerton Elcho Elkhart Lake Elroy Evansville Milton Two Rivers Fennimore Milwaukee Verona Fond Du Lac Mineral Point Viola Fontana Minocqua Viroqua Fort Atkinson Monona Wales Franklin Monroe Washington Island Freedom Montello Waterloo Friendship Mount Horeb Watertown Galena Mukwonago Waukesha Galesville Muscoda Waukon Germantown Muskego Waunakee Gilman Necedah Waupaca Glendale Neenah Waupun Grafton Nekoosa Wausau Green Bay New Berlin Wauwatosa Greendale New London West Allis Greenfield Oconomowoc West Bend Greenwood Oregon West Salem Hammond Orfordville Westfield Hartland Oshkosh Weston Hazel Green Palmyra White Lake Helenville Park Falls Whitefish Bay Highland Patch Grove Whitehall Hilbert Pewaukee Wilmot Hillsboro Pittsville Wisconsin Dells Horicon Plain Wisconsin Rapids Hortonville Plainfield Iola Platteville WYOMING Jackson Plymouth Big Horn Janesville Port Edwards Buffalo Jefferson Portage Cody Johnson Creek Potosi Diamondville Kaukauna Poynette Gillette Kenosha Prairie du Sac Meeteetse Kewaskum Presque Isle Powell Kimberly Pulaski Rock Springs La Crosse Racine Sheridan LaFarge Randolph Ten Sleep Lake Geneva Reedsburg Lake Mills Richland Center Lancaster Ripon Laona Rosholt Little Chute Sauk City Livingston Seneca Lodi Sharon Lomira Shiocton Madison Shorewood Manitowoc Slinger Marshall Soldiers Grove Marshfield South Wayne Mauston Sparta Mazomanie Spring Green McFarland Stevens Point Menasha Stoughton Mequon Sun Prairie Merrill Sussex Middlcton Tomah SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 28 Stratford-Upon-Main Street: Shakespeare to tour, thanks to NEA — New York Times, April 2003 It's not the sort of thing that happens in Waycross. Not in this hardscrabble rural community in southeast Georgia, snuggled against the Okefenokee Swamp. But last October, in the auditorium at Ware Middle School, the curtain rose on a world-class performance of Romeo and Juliet. Onstage were actors from one of America's premier artistic companies, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Almost no one in the audience had ever seen live professional theater or expected to have the chance, and to Dana Gioia, that was the beauty of it all. It is a mammoth undertaking and the most ambitious in NEA history. . . the project gives grants to companies around the country to take Shakespeare productions into communities that otherwise wouldn't be able to afford such an enterprise. It offers children artistic experiences that are both emotionally stirring and intellectually stimulating. A Great Nation Deserves Great Art. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES National Endowment for the Arts 1 100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20506-0001 (202) 682-5400 www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org Not for sale — Available for free at www.arts.gcn