Teachers

For 26 years, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has shed new and creative light on the works of William Shakespeare, allowing audiences and artists to take a fresh look at the essential elements within.

Through acting and directing techniques, HVSF artists help teachers and early professional artists gain a more comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare's language, meaning and imagery.

Teacher's Resource

A master class on presenting Shakespeare in the classroom.

This interactive one-day master class offers teachers techniques to help explore one of Shakespeare's plays in the classroom. These workshops focus on demystifying the text by approaching the play from actor’s and director's perspectives.

Through language, character and theme-driven ensemble exercises, teachers will explore the issues that students find when first “meeting” Shakespeare in the classroom.

This class empowers teachers, and helps to remove the “fear” of teaching Shakespeare. Teachers learn innovative ways to teach Shakespeare, and will take away new concepts and exercises that will help bring Shakespeare’s language to life in the classroom.

You can view and print details on the Teacher's Resource Program, here.

Teacher's Shakespeare Institutes

Workshops geared toward educators in any field who wish to learn vital skills that will enable students to meet and exceed the College and Career Readiness Standards. Our interactive and hands-on approach will give you the ability to build a new, creative and engaging curriculum; enrich your students’ learning experience and help shape them into motivated, confident and knowledgeable members of your school’s community. The program is divided into two institutes offered in the winter and summer and is intended to be taken as a whole; you may enroll for the institutes individually.

The Winter Institute: Engaging & Exercising the Drama
Friday, January 18 – Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Summer Institute: Exploring and Experiencing the Drama
Tuesday, July 16 – Wednesday, July 17, 2013

For more information on any of our Education programs, please email Nora Rosoff, Education Programs Manager, or contact her at the HVSF office at 845-809-5750.