Shakesperience Productions Inc

Summer season: shakespeare in the litchfield hills is an immersive community event culminating in five free family-friendly outdoor "shakespeare in the park" presentations of "romeo & juliet (august 2024)", produced by shakesperience productions, inc. And featuring professional equity actors together with other professionals, students, and amateur performers. Admission is free for this economic-driving and community-building program. The ensemble includes a volunteer steering committee, publicity team, education interns, backstage crew, ushers, wardrobe crew, scenic painters & carpenters, host families, and more. The event is anticipated and publicized by associated programs leading up to the final performances, including lectures, discussions, and fundraisers. 1300 people of all ages joined our audience for free performances they called it "incredibly special," "delightful," "fast paced,- and "world class" 190 households donated before the first performance 14 businesses sponsored in the program book

School performances and interactive workshops: in-school performances and interactive workshops are shakesperience's signature series of in-class programs, designed with several versions for various age and experience levels. Two actors demonstrate a honed teaching style to lead the class through curricular lessons relevant to shakespeare,poetry, acting, folklore, mythology, el barrio and social and emotional learning. They empower the students with tools to understand and appreciate classic texts or shakespeare's language as they perform with professional actors right in their classrooms. Together they find the characters and themes relatable to their own lives, fostering a sense of community between educators, students, and teaching artists. Shakesperience also performed dia de los reyes, an original three kings day musical, in many connecticut schools. This year, shakesperience performed more than 257 interactive workshops and performances for more than 11,000 teachers and students. .

Other program service accomplishments include acting classes and the fall festival holiday performances.