Shakespeare in American Communities Phase Two (2004-2005)

Phase Two (2004-2005) began in June 2004 and continued through May 2005. This phase of the initiative brought live theater of the highest caliber to small and mid-sized communities. From Rome, Georgia to Moscow, Idaho; Avon, Connecticut to Belgrade, Montana; Florence, Kentucky to Edinburgh, Indiana; Monaco, Pennsylvania to Armenia, New York; Orleans, Massachusetts to Cuba City, Wisconsin, the Arts Endowment helped to reinvigorate theater presentations and strengthen the arts in communities across the country.

Shakespeare in American Communities: Shakespeare for a New Generation gives high-school and middle-school students in underserved schools and communities throughout the United States exposure to high quality, professional productions of Shakespeare's plays. Participating theater companies received matching grants to help support performances and educational activities in their communities, states, or regions for students form at least ten schools.

PARTICIPATING THEATER COMPANIES

• Alaska Theatre of Youth, Eccentric Theatre Company, & Edgeware (Anchorage, AK) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream
• American Players Theatre (Spring Green, WI) performed Twelfth Night and Othello
• Asolo Theatre, Inc. (Sarasota, FL) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Atlanta Shakespeare Company (Atlanta, GA) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (Cincinnati, OH) performed Twelfth Night
• Hartford Stage Company (Hartford, CT) performed Othello
• Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Boise, ID) performed The Taming of the Shrew
• Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (Bozeman, MT) performed Romeo and Juliet
• The People's Light & Theatre Company (Malvern, PA) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Perseverance Theatre (Douglas, AK) performed Macbeth
• San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego, CA) performed King Lear
• Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA) performed Julius Caesar
• The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane (New Orleans, LA) performed Macbeth
• Shakespeare Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA) performed The Winter's Tale
• The Shakespeare Theatre (Washington, DC) performed Macbeth, Pericles, and The Tempest
• The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ) performed Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, and Henry V
• The Theater at Monmouth (Monmouth, ME) performed The Merry Wives of Windsor
• Utah Shakespearean Festival (Cedar City, UT) performed The Taming of the Shrew
• Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA) performed A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Winter's Tale
• Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven, CT) performed The Comedy of Errors

Program History

Overview

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008