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Juvenile Justice Acting Classes

Delaware Shakespeare is a proud recipient of a Shakespeare in American Communities: Juvenile Justice grant. Presented by The National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Arts Midwest, Delaware Shakespeare is one of seven nonprofit organizations across the nation selected to present theatre education programs that engage youths in the juvenile justice system with the works of Shakespeare.

The program consists of six 10-session acting classes that will be offered at four juvenile justice facilities from September 2019 to July 2020.

Locations include The Ferris School, The Cleveland C. White School, New Castle County Detention Center and Stevenson House Detention Center in Milford.

Black Lives Matter

View “Anti-Racism Next Steps” Shakespeare is not a voice we naturally turn to for racial justice. There are elements of his work that are problematic for Black artists and audience members. But at his best what Shakespeare tries to do in his plays is to see every person as a full and complete human being. […]

Shakespeare, Poe & Fiends – On the River

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON SHAKESPEARE, POE & FIENDS by Gail Obenreder, Arts Journalist-in-Residence For the past nine seasons, Delaware Shakespeare has welcomed fall with a dramatic evening of dramatic readings focused on spirits, mystery, and hauntings, huddling audiences together in atmospheric and vaguely sinister sites around the region. This year there’s no huddling, […]

Race in Shakespeare Productions: A Two-Part Series

As part of Delaware Shakespeare’s journey to become an antiracist theatre company, we offer these two online discussions looking at the role race plays when casting and conceiving Shakespeare productions. Both of these events are “pay-what-you-decide.” Registration is free for the Zoom program. Immediately after the event, you’ll be sent a link inviting you to […]

Shakespeare, Poe & Fiends – at Fort Christina

Purchase Tickets Here! Shakespeare, Poe & Fiends at Fort ChristinaAn Autumnal Story StrollSunday, November 1Timed Admissions at 2pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, and 4pm(Rain date: Sunday, November 8) $20 Adults$15 Youth 18 and under Purchase Tickets HERE. While COVID-19 means it is not wise for 40 souls to sit closely inside historic buildings, we invite you to […]

The Bard’s in the Garden

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN by Gail Obenreder, Arts Journalist-in-Residence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” Of course, in Sonnet 18 Shakespeare is speaking about the eternal beauty of his love. But in September in Delaware, the days are – indeed […]

{Mostly} Virtual…Totally Festive

A look at the {Mostly} Virtual Festival by Gail Obenreder, Arts Journalist -in-Residence A festival – by nature and by definition – is a gathering often held annually and in the same place, built around a community, or a theme, or a cultural centerpiece. In England’s Elizabethan age – the time of Shakespeare – there […]

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4651 Washington Street Extension
Wilmington, DE 19809
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