Mary McHugh, St.Louis Post-Dispatch
May 8, 2014
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis’ educational touring productions visited more than 90 schools and community venues, presenting some 120 activities to 18,000 students, including, for the second year in a row, schools in rural Missouri, thanks to support from the Monsanto Fund.
The adapted 50-minute productions, filled with the Bard’s advice on everything from bullying and leadership to revenge and war, are commissioned from local playwrights and performed by five professional actor/teaching artists who then present the plays at schools and free community events.
The 2014 Education Tour featured the original production Family of Kings, a condensed version of the Shakespeare Festival’s 2014 main stage productions of Henry IV and Henry V, and a 50-minute version of As You Like It, as well as two interactive student workshops. […continued]
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