FESTIVAL YOUNG COMPANY
In this four month program, students will attend workshops with experienced theatre professionals, learning different skills specific to Shakespearean performance.
FYC members not only expand their skills in workshops, they also perform in full period costume for our audiences on the grounds of historic Agecroft Hall & Gardens during the Richmond Shakespeare Festival in June and July.
This opportunity is available to any high-school aged public, private, or home-schooled student. Students can choose from 32 performance opportunities every Thursday through Sunday evenings throughout the summer months.
You'll receive training in:
- Character Development
- Scene Study
- Monologue Work
- Improvisation
- Stage Combat
- Music
- Shakespeare's Language
- Elizabethan History
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT FYC?
- FYC is ideal for the young performer who is looking to challenge themselves with a style of theatre that is about language - its structure, its sound, and its power.
- We also concentrate on the importance of collaboration and ‘play’ in our sessions. Putting together a show is no small task. It requires discipline and attentiveness to detail. But we also firmly believe that this work should be fun!
- Not only do we give students an opportunity to perform on the Richmond Shakespeare Festival's main stage before each performance, we also offer an Acting Apprenticeship for those interested in performing in the mainstage productions in supporting roles.
- The best part is getting to perform Shakespeare at an authentic 16th century manor, Agecroft Hall & Gardens!
We're Starting on April 13th!
Apply to: Melissa@RichmondShakespeare.org
Tuition: $350
Scholarships available!
MEET OUR FESTIVAL DIRECTOR!
CLAIRE WITTMAN
CLAIRE WITTMAN is a playwright, dramaturg, and theatre educator based in Richmond, Virginia. She received her MFA in Playwriting from the Hollins Playwright’s Lab and her MLitt and MFA in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University. Previous credits with Richmond Shakes include Much Ado, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, and the King Lear, Measure for Measure, Two Gents, and Cymbeline Bootlegs. Claire loves making theatre with and for young actors, and especially delights in exploring how students can infuse their own stories and unique points of view into the works of Shakespeare! You can learn more about her work at her website: clairewittman.com.
