Program/Grant: Shakespeare in American Communities: Juvenile Justice

“Shakesprov” is a series of weekly educational workshops held in a short-term juvenile detention center in Flint, MI. Led by 2 experienced teaching artists, “Shakesprov” explores themes and illuminates Shakespeare’s texts in a modern context through improvisation, theatre exercises, and storytelling. Youth learn acting skills, gain confidence, and develop an appreciation for theatre and the arts.

Supporting theatre and Shakespeare instruction including performances by (and for) juveniles. Southwest Shakespeare is partnering with "Rite of Passage," (ROP), a nationwide non-governmental organization (NGO) with four facilities across Arizona.

Shake on the Block at Brentwood Residential Center provides Shakespeare workshops to teenagers (13-17) who have been placed into the U.S. prison system. Students adapt original Shakespeare text into a performance featuring a blend of street slang and modern English. Guest artists provide workshops on their field of expertise to help students craft their unique vision.

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.

In “Shakespeare with Henry within the Prison Pipeline,” incarcerated youth learn and perform excerpts from Shakespeare's work Macbeth alongside Junior Players teaching artists, with a final production and post-program internships. The goal is to connect participants with universal themes in Shakespeare’s works, linking past experiences, present situations, and future possibilities.

"Shakespeare: In Appalachia & Beyond" will engage youth with status offenses housed at Gateway Children's Services, a residential court-appointed treatment and foster care center, in the works of the Bard in both local and global contexts. Through weekly classes tying his work to modern rural Appalachian dialects & scenarios, the program will culminate in a performance at Shakespeare in the Park.

Drama Club will bring Shakespeare's text to life in ELA classes in 2 District 79 schools for adjudicated youth in NYC. Students will explore the language and themes of Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest, or Julius Caesar through improvisation as they build a culminating performance demonstrating their grasp of the material and its relevance to their lives.

This project is the continuation of our Shakespeare program at Alameda Juvenile Hall. We use Drama Therapy-inspired theatre exercises, and work with youth to study and perform Shakespeare monologues and...

Shakesprov is a series of weekly workshops in which Shakespeare's plays serve as catalysts from which detained youth in Flint MI explore universal themes through theatre exercises, Improv, and storytelling....

TSC will provide 80 program sessions for incarcerated youth ages 13-17 held at Memphis Jail East and Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center. In two, 90-minute sessions per week per facility,...