Youth Classes

Marin Shakespeare's Youth Classes provide afterschool and weekend classes throughout the school year. We also provide drama classes at many local schools.

For Homeschoolers
Acting Basics for Homeschoolers (Ages 6 - 9)

Wednesdays 10:30 am to noon

FALL: September 12 - November 14, 2012
WINTER: January 9 - March 13, 2013
SPRING: April 3 - June 12, 2012 (one week off in April for Spring holidays)
LOCATION: Marin Ballet, 100 Elm St., San Rafael
TUITION: $200

This course is designed for homeschoolers and includes improvisation, projection, and performance. Students will use creative dramatics to practice concentration, ensemble, creativity and confidence. Each session culminates in a final performance based on the characters from a Shakespeare play.

Shakespeare in ACTion for Homeschoolers (Ages 10 - 15)

Wednesdays 12:15 am - 1:45 pm

FALL: September 12 - November 14, 2012
WINTER: January 9 - March 13, 2013
SPRING: April 3 - June 12, 2012 (one week off in April for Spring holidays)

LOCATION: Marin Ballet, 100 Elm St., San Rafael
TUITION: $220

This class will take an in-depth look at Shakespeare, covering the basics of scansion, text analysis, and poetic devices, and using this knowledge in performing scenes and speeches from the plays. Each session culminates in a final performance.

Bard Out Loud (ages 13+)

DATES: October 2 - November 9
TIMES: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 - 9:30 pm,
Sundays between 10 am to 4 pm, specific time TBD
LOCATION: Marin Ballet, 100 Elm St., San Rafael
TUITION: $300

Bard Out Loud is a new program for teens who wish to engage with classical texts with an eye towards progressive reads of Shakespeare’s plays. Students will embark on a two month journey to create a theater piece based on Shakespeare’s words, personal experience, and found poetry. Through the process of theater creation, students will explore issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class and consider what Shakespeare and others have to say about the views that shape our world and society. The program will explore the ways that theater arts can help us express ourselves, our experience and our needs, and empower students to use art to communicate with their peers. All levels of Shakespearean experience are welcome, but bravery and creativity are essential! Come be part of this epic new adventure and help us stretch the limits of what it means to engage old text with young minds.

Bard Out Loud will be directed by Molly Conway, a recent graduate of Bard College, who has directed several Shakespeare plays and assistant directed last year’s Teen Touring Company "Romeo and Juliet". At Bard, Molly led the Hudson Valley Gay Straight Discussion Group, high school students who taught about health, safety and sexuality and facilitated open discussions on student chosen topics. Molly believes strongly in the power of theater to empower us to discover ourselves and impact the world around us. She would be more than happy to answer your questions about Bard Out Loud and can be reached at HarlequinValentine@mac.com.

To sign up, call 415/499-4487 or click here for an Enrollment Form.

Teen Touring (ages 13+)

The Teen Touring Company gives teenagers a chance to tour a Shakespeare play to schools, senior centers, and other venues. To schedule a free performances of the Teen Touring Company at your school, please email or call us at 499-4487 in the Fall.
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To sign up, call 415/499-4487 or click here for an Enrollment Form.

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