Shakespeare in American Communities
2008-2009

In 2008-2009, 40 theater companies participated in Shakespeare in American Communities: Shakespeare for a New Generation , providing high-school and middle-school students in underserved schools and communities throughout the United States exposure to high quality, professional productions of Shakespeare's plays. Participating theater companies received matching grants to help support performances and educational activities in their communities, states, or regions for students from at least ten schools.

PARTICIPATING THEATER COMPANIES

• The Acting Company (New York, NY) performed Henry V.
• Actors' Shakespeare Project (Cambridge, MA) performed The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing.
• African-American Shakespeare (San Francisco, CA) performed Macbeth.
• Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Montgomery, AL) performed The Comedy of Errors and Othello.
• American Players Theatre (Spring Green, WI) performed Henry IV and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
• American Shakespeare Center (Staunton, VA) performed The Comedy of Errors and Hamlet.
• Aquila Theatre Company (New York, NY) performed The Comedy of Errors.
• Barter Theatre (Abingdon, VA) performed Othello.
• California Shakespeare Theater (Berkeley, CA) performed Twelfth Night.
• The Children's Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN) performed Romeo and Juliet.
• Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Cincinnati, OH) performed Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
• Classic Stage Company (New York, NY) performed Romeo and Juliet.
• The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Denver, CO) performed Richard III.
• East LA Classic Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) performed Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet.
• Georgia Shakespeare Festival (Atlanta, GA) performed Julius Caesar.
• Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Honolulu, HI) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream.
• Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Boise, ID) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream.
• Indiana Repertory Theatre (Indianapolis, IN) performed Macbeth.
• Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (Louisville, KY) performed Macbeth.
• Lantern Theater Company (Philadelphia, PA) performed Hamlet.
• Main Street Theater (Houston, TX) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream.
• Milwaukee Shakespeare (Milwaukee, WI) performed Love's Labour's Lost.
• Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (Bozeman, MT) performed Much Ado About Nothing.
• The Nashville Shakespeare Festival (Nashville, TN) performed Richard III.
• A Noise Within (Glendale, CA) performed Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew.
• Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR) performed The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Othello.
• Orlando Shakespeare Festival (Orlando, FL) performed The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing.
• The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at DeSales University (Center Valley, PA) performed King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, and Twelfth Night.
• PlayMakers Repertory Company (Chapel Hill, NC) performed Pericles.
• Portland Stage Company (Portland, ME) performed Julius Caesar.
• Seattle Shakespeare Company (Seattle, WA) performed Othello.
• Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA) performed Romeo and Juliet.
• The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane (New Orleans, LA) performed As You Like It.
• Shakespeare Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream.
• Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, DC) performed Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night.
• The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ) performed Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
• Utah Shakespearean Festival (Cedar City, UT) performed Twelfth Night.
• Walltown Children's Theatre (Durham, NC) performed Romeo and Juliet.
• Weston Playhouse Theatre Company (Weston, VT) performed As You Like It.
• Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA) performed Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.

Program History

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