City: Kilgore

TSF’s HOPE Academy Partnership brings a fall and spring 10-week Devised Theatre programs to residents at the Smith County Juvenile Detention Center with Shakespeare's text as the starting point. Residents participate in two sessions each week, led by a full-time TSF staff member and company members from the TSF Roadshow’s Educational Touring program.

The TSF Roadshow brings abridged productions of Shakespeare into schools and rural communities throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. For the 2023-24 school year, the TSF Roadshow will be producing Hamlet for an anticipated 7,000 students.

The 2022 Roadshow will be producing Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Each production is 70 minutes long and includes a post-performance discussion with the acting company to discuss relevant...