Theatre

 The School of Outrageous Shakespeare is in depth education to enliven our everyday speech. You'll learn to speak with a quality that will have people interested in hearing what you have to say, and perhaps, to want to know more of whom you are. Each class offers a cohttps://websites.godaddy.com/classes-schedulenscious use of your vhttps://websites.godaddy.com/classes-scheduleocal instrument, working with the whole body to create an authentic personal voice. This program was created to rekindle the art of speaking well. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, it was called “elocution.” To speak well, you need to have dialogue that will stretch your vocabulary, diction, enunciation, grace, and even physical stature.  In other words, poise, charm and panache! Another important dynamic is that of being fully alive in your body. We will work with movement, pulling aspects from Comedia del arte as a discipline, integrating hand and arm gestures, skeletal alignment, walking, eye contact, and voice production. We will work a full emotional range from tragedy to comedy. For these exercises, memorization of monologues and scenes will be the major use of the Bard’s text. This vehicle is William Shakespeare’s extraordinary canon of plays, sonnets and poetry.
Here in the United States, we are fortunate that Master Shakespeare was English, and we speak his language, albeit in a less formal, and frankly, less interesting way. I believe we need to counter our electronic shorthand of emailing and texting, which sneaks into the way we speak.

The School of Outrageous Shakespeare announces acting classes for teens (age 14-18). Auditions will be held Mon, March 31 and Wed, April 2 at 4pm. Interview will be held at Rhythm Hall, 2nd Floor of Bldg. 5 at the Howe Center in Rutland, VT. Classes will start the week of April 14, 4-5:30pm (Day to be decided with students).

Every parent wants their child to walk through life with unwavering confidence. However, building self-assurance in today's competitive world presents a unique challenge for many children.

Acting class teens show remarkable transformations in their confidence levels compared to their peers. Research shows these children excel not just on stage, but in everyday situations - from classroom presentations to social interactions. Specifically, youth studying Shakespeare and other dramatic works develop enhanced communication skills, emotional awareness, and leadership abilities that serve them well beyond the theater. Here are just a few of the benefits.

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Shakespeare on Main Street of Vermont was originally established as the Poultney Theatre Co.  It is a non-profit (401C) organization, originally dedicated to bringing Shakespearean performances to Vermonters.