Shakespeare Education Experience Tour
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival brings PROFESSIONAL SHAKESPEARE directly to your school or venue!
In 1992, responding to the need for an arts-in-education program in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival developed a series of touring versions of Shakespeare’s best-known works. Since then, these abridged productions tour to middle and high schools throughout the region as well as colleges and universities, libraries, and other venues. To accompany the performance, The Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s company of professional actors and teaching artists can also provide dynamic in-classroom workshops as well as Q&A sessions that deepen students’ understanding of the text and the production.
MACBETH
Now Booking October 23-November 15, 2024
Recommended for ages 12 and up, in MACBETH, each actor takes on one of the main characters in the story of the man and his wife, who let their ambition and greed overpower their morals and consciences. The objective is to view the characters’ issues while demonstrating the clarity and power of Shakespeare’s poetry. The program includes 15 minutes of Q&A with the actors.
Content warning: Discussions of murder and death. Fake blood and scenes of violence are depicted.
Booking Details
Now booking in-school performances October 23-November 15
Package of Performance & Workshops: $12 per student (min. $1,000)
Performance Only: $10 per student per performance (min. $800)
FREE for Title I Schools (please indicate on form)
Teacher Testimonials
See the Difference with Teaching Artist Workshops
Taught by our Shakespeare Education Experience tour actors and teaching artists, classroom workshops are the best possible way to give your students a memorable experience with a theater performance and with Shakespeare!
Workshops can run from 30 to 60 minutes
Essential overview of characters/plot/production style
Get students on their feet with engaging approaches to Shakespeare's poetry with movement and rhythm exercises
Students practice speaking in verse with intention
Insight to the actors’ process and inspiration
Dedicated time with a professional theater artist for Q&A