We will be performing Love's Labor's Lost at the Santa Cruz Vet's Hall on Sunday April 25, 2010 in the early afternoon. Stay tuned for further details.
What Is Shakespeare to Go?
Shakespeare to Go is a program started by Shakespeare Santa Cruz in 1988 in collaboration with the UCSC Theater Arts Department. Every year, a Theater Arts faculty member casts and directs a 50-minute version of one of the plays featured by SSC in the upcoming summer season. This year, we will be offering Love's Labor's Lost, cast and directed by past SSC Artist Director Danny Scheie.
Danny has been acting and directing all over the West Coast in the last year – at Berkeley Rep, Campo Santo and the Old Globe. Winter quarter is spent with the UCSC student actors rehearsing the play and preparing for the spring quarter when the performance tours schools in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Santa Clara Counties.
Special thanks to Toyota of Santa Cruz for the donation of the Shakespeare to Go touring van.
Ferdinand, King of Navarre, opens the play by declaring that his court will be devoted to ascetic study for three years—and, to keep the distractions to a minimum, no women will be allowed within a mile of the court. This pledge is all but shattered with the arrival of the Princess of France and her feminine entourage. And so begins Love’s Labor’s Lost, full of marvelous language and strongly drawn comic characters.
Bringing Shakespeare to Your Classroom
Educators may book a performance of Shakespeare to Go by calling SSC Administration Coordinator Jessica Bond at 831.459.5810 or email her at jkbond@ucsc.edu. You can also contact Jennifah Chard at jwchard@ucsc.edu or at 831.459.5531.
Shakespeare to Go performs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning between April 1 and June 3. A single show is $450 in Santa Cruz County and $500 everywhere else; a double show (i.e., two shows in one morning) is $650.
Each school will be provided a Curriculum Guide to LLL as part of the performance package.
In addition to performances by our touring group, you can book workshops for your students.
We are pleased to announce our collaboration with Luanne Nunes de Char, who is a freelance director, teaching artist and casting associate. She has worked for such diverse companies as: Denver Center Attractions, Berkeley Rep, ABC Television, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, California Shakespeare Theatre, The Disney Company, Denver Children’s Theatre, The Mark Taper Forum, UNC, The National Theatre Conservatory and West End Theatre. Ms. Nunes de Char has a BA from UCLA and an MFA in directing from the University of Southern California. She will be available for introductory workshops, teacher trainings, and more…..
Workshops with Luanne Nunes de Char for Shakespeare to Go 2010
Each of these workshops is one hour, with one classroom @ $50.
INTRO to SHAKESPEARE
This interactive workshop covers the basics of Shakespeare, his life and times and the stories he is so famous for writing. Students will learn about iambic pentameter, poetry, and the Elizabethan lifestyle. We’ll get on our feet and speak some of the Bard’s most famous speeches and discover the secrets that Mr. S left behind so that he could speak to us from the grave. Appropriate for ages 10 – adult. Addresses grade appropriate Content California Standards in English Language, History, Visual and Performing Arts.
MEET BILL
It’s never too early to discover great literature. Leave your desks behind and learn to move, speak and explore with the words of William Shakespeare. We’ll perform our own version of scenes and stories that have been told for 500 years. Appropriate for grades K – 5. Addresses Califormia Content Standards in English, History and Performing Arts.
SPEAKING SHAKESPEARE
Put down those books! These great stories were meant to be spoken out loud. We’ll examine scenes and speeches from various plays to see how an actor makes the words and characters of Shakespeare come alive. Love’s Labor’s Lost has some of the smartest writing and wildest jokes in Shakespeare’s cannon. We’ll create characters and scenes to help understand the language and humor in Shakespeare’s writing. Appropriate for grades 6 – 12. Addresses California Content Standards in English and Performing Arts.
LOVING LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
The play opens with a king and his three noble companions taking an oath to devote themselves to three years of study, promising not to give in to the company of women. What could go wrong with that? We’ll take a look at the jokes, the mockery, discuss story points and even, yes, do a little performing of our own using scenes Shakespeare To Go’s actual script. Appropriate for ages 12 to adult. Addresses California Content Standards in English and Performing Arts.
LuAnne is available Mondays – Fridays during your school day on the following dates:
February 1 – 11
February 16- 25
March 1- 22
March 29-31
April 26 – 30
May 3- 28
Her schedule is subject to change.
Contact Jennifah or Jessica book workshops at your school.
