CPS Shakespeare!
A Midsummer Night's Dream
July 18, 2013
August 17, 2014
in CST's Courtyard Theater
by William Shakespeare
adapted and directed by Kirsten Kelly
Principal Supporter of CPS SHAKESPEARE!
The Play
2014 marks the ninth annual production of CPS Shakespeare! with twenty-six students, nine teachers, and ten CPS high schools participating in this year’s ensemble. After well over one hundred hours of rehearsal with New York guest director Kirsten Kelly and Chicago-acclaimed movement and voice director Matt Hawkins, alongside members of CST’s Education team, and with assistant director and CPS English teacher Sandra Shimon, our CPS Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream ensemble will stage its unique and personal vision of Shakespeare’s story. Each performance is immediately followed by talkbacks with the cast.
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Hear from our Teachers
"I witnessed how the program changes the lives of our young people. I’ve incorporated a great deal of our work into my classroom."
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Power of the Process
The most exciting aspect of the entire process is to see someone’s choice develop into a huge theatrical moment onstage.
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From CST Director of Education
Taking on the greatest poet in the English language and making his words their own, students and teachers discover their own voices.
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Additional Sponsors
Major Program Support
Additional Perennial Support Funded by
The Malott Family Student Access Fund
The Pritzker Foundation Team Shakespeare Fund
The Segal Family Foundation Student matinee Fund