The Groundlings
Learning with Theatre from the Ground
All of our Programs are centered around active listening, participation, and performing. Our focus is always on learning how to read Shakespeare to be spoken and performed. In our workshops, students learn how they can approach the text to learn it quickly, while understanding the words and context of the characters in the play.
Flexible, Interactive Programming Examples
Single Class Period
We will present and walk through a single speech or scene from a play to give the students a better understanding of the specific material they are working on and of Shakespeare’s plays in general.
One Day Workshop
From having never read or performed Shakespeare to understanding the story of an entire play, this workshop focuses on leading the students through a single play and teaching them one or more of the primary speeches or scenes from that play.
Remote / Virtual Workshops
In this time of remote learning and social distancing, reading and understanding Shakespeare can be even more difficult through the flat screen of the computer. We can help.
We have techniques for engaging students in the speaking and understanding of Shakespeare that can help to cross the digital divide.
Contact us and we can work together to build the workshop that works for you and your group.
From little to no exposure to the bard outside of the English classroom to acting the words of Shakespeare, these amazing teens attacked the stage with several well know scenes and monologues from Shakespeare's canon after only a few Saturdays of class time.
Midsummer Night's Dream - Oberon - II.i. - All
Midsummer Night's Dream - Bottom - IV.i. - Josh
Midsummer Night's Dream - Puck - III.ii - All
Midsummer Night's Dream - Helena - III.ii - Julianna
Midsummer Night's Dream - Hippolyta and Theseus - I.i. - Jake and Julianna
Twelfth Night - Viola and Olivia - I.v. - Abby and Jake
As You Like It - Jacques - II.vii. - Jake
Midsummer Night's Dream - Puck - V.i. - Josh