CPS Shakespeare!
Macbeth
November 6 - 7, 2015
in CST's Courtyard Theater
by William Shakespeare
adapted and directed by Matt Hawkins
Principal Supporter of CPS SHAKESPEARE!
The Play
2015 marks the tenth annual production of CPS Shakespeare! with seventeen students, six teachers, and seven CPS high schools participating in this year’s ensemble. After well over one hundred hours of rehearsal with guest director Matt Hawkins, alongside members of CST’s Education team, and with assistant director and CPS English teacher Sandra Shimon, our CPS Shakespeare! Macbeth ensemble will stage its unique and personal vision of Shakespeare’s story. Each performance is immediately followed by talkbacks with the cast.
WATCH & LISTEN
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Hear from Our Students
Students share about building an ensemble, connecting to Shakespeare’s story and finding their own voice.
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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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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
Lead Program Support
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