Skirball

Introduce your family to the magic of one of Shakespeare's most popular romantic comedies in an easy to follow adaptation made especially for children. Join the playful Puck in a moonlit forest with the Fairy King and Queen, a donkey, a traveling troupe of actors and some misplaced love potion.

Join us for a pre-show educational workshop beginning at 10:00am. All are welcome to stay after the performance for a discussion about Shakespeare and the production.
 

Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Performance length: 60 minutes

The Skirball Center's Big Red Chair Family Series is made possible in part with support from Joan Ganz Cooney, L. Jay and Mary Ellen Oliva and NYU Family Care.

NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theater has become a leader in bringing Shakespeare and his plays to schools and community organizations throughout New York City with its Shakespeare Initiative including the touring company, Shakespeare to Go. This outreach program, housed in NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre, brings 60-minute adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays into New York City public and private schools. Founded in 2004 by graduate students Brad Vincent and Zachary Moore, the traveling troupe has approximately 30 undergraduate and graduate student participants, all of whom perform Shakespeare plays throughout New York City. The troupe has toured The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, The Tempest, and Twelfth Night to approximately 25 schools per year. In many instances, the troupe follows the performance with talkbacks or interactive workshops for the audience members.

Photos by Ashleigh Hill taken at the Shakespeare to Go production of Twelfth Night, April 2009