Shakespeare & Company Inc

THE MISSION OF SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY IS TO DELIVER A SUSTAINABLE AND VITAL PROGRAM OF PERFORMANCE, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION, INTEGRATED FOR THE DEEPENED EXPERIENCE OF THE ARTISTS, THE AUDIENCE, THE COMPANY, AND THE COMMUNITY. WE EMBRACE THE CORE VALUES OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORK: COLLABORATION, COMMITMENT TO LANGUAGE, VISCERAL EXPERIENCE AND CLASSICAL IDEALS, EXPRESSED WITH PHYSICAL PROWESS AND AN EMBODIED CONTEMPORARY VOICE.

PERFORMANCE -- THE COMPANY PRODUCES LIVE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES THAT INCLUDE THE BUILDING OF COSTUMES AND SETS FROM ORGANIC RAW MATERIALS AND DESIGNS; ORIGINAL LIGHTING AND SOUND DESIGN AND MUSICAL SCORES. IN FY 2022, MOST LIVE PERFORMANCES WERE PERFORMED OUTDOORS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, INDOORS IN THE FALL. COVID-19 VIRUS AND ASSOCIATED UNION RESTRICTIONS ON BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CONTINUED. WINTER STAGED READINGS AND PRODUCTION AND LECTURES WERE DEVISED AS WELL. SEATING CAPACITY PER PERFORMANCE VARIED FROM 150 TO 400. ATTENDANCE WAS BELOW PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

EDUCATION -- FY22 CONSISTED OF A REENGAGING OF MANY OF OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED DUE TO COVID. MAY '22 WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST FULLY IN-PERSON RESIDENCY AT THE HAYGROUND SCHOOL IN LONG ISLAND WORKING WITH 90+ STUDENTS AGED 3-13 YEARS; JUNE - AUGUST WE WELCOMED 200+ STUDENTS BACK TO SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY PROPERTY WITH OUR RIOTOUS YOUTH SUMMER THEATER PROGRAM FOR AGES 6-17; SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER WE REIGNITED OUR FLAGSHIP, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM, THE "FALL FESTIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE", WHICH INVOLVED 400+ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 10 HIGH SCHOOLS IN NY AND MA, PERFORMING 70-90 MINUTE FULLY PRODUCED SHAKESPEARE PLAYS, THIS YEAR CULMINATING IN A LIVE-STREAMED FESTIVAL FROM THE TINA PACKER PLAYHOUSE; NORTHEAST REGIONAL TOUR OF SHAKEPEARE FURTHERS CLASSICAL LITERACY IN 75 COMMUNITIES' SCHOOLS FROM MAINE TO MARYLAND, THIS YEAR REMAINED DIGITAL AND INCLUDED BOTH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS FOR OUT SCHOOL COMMUNITIES; OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE 5 ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL RESIDENCIES, REACHING OVER 500 STUDENTS AND OUR SPRING YOUNG COMPANY PROGRAM INVOLVING 15 AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO FURTHER THEIR ACTOR TRAINING. OUR SHAKESPEARE IN THE COURTS PROGRAM WAS SHIFTED TO BEGIN IN JULY OF '22, AS WERE OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS. OUT SUMMER CONSERVATORY PROGRAM IS ON HIATUS DUE TO COVID.

TRAINING -- THE CENTER FOR ACTOR TRAINING RETURNED TO IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING WHILE CONTINUING VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING (WITH COVID PROTOCOLS IN PLACE), AND FY22 CONSISTED OF A MIXTURE OF THESE WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES IN LINKLATER VOICE, THE FELDENKREIS TECHNIQUE, TINA PACKER'S WOMEN OF WILL, CONNECTING WITH SHAKESPEARE'S TEXT, MOVEMENT, DANCE AND STRUCTURE OF THE VERSE OFFERED TO THEATER PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE RETURNED TO OFFER WEEKEND INTENSIVES IN DECEMBER 2021 WITH ONE IN NYC AND ANOTHER IN RALEIGH NC IN JANUARY 2022. THE 2021 SUMMER INTENSIVE WAS CANCELLED AND TWO WEEK-LONG VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS AND ONE WEEK-LONG IN-PERSON WORKSHOP WERE HELD IN ITS' PLACE. THE JANUARY 2022 MONTH-LONG INTENSIVE WAS CANCELLED AND NO PROGRAMMING WAS HELD IN ITS' PLACE. A TOTAL OF 9 VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS/CLASSES AND 6 IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS WERE OFFERED FROM MAY 2021 TO MARCH 2022, SERVING A TOTAL OF 152 PARTICIPANTS.