Program History: 2010-2011
In 2010-2011, 40 theater companies participated in Shakespeare in American Communities: Shakespeare for a New Generation, providing 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 from at least ten schools.
2010-2011 Statistics
| States reached | 46, plus District of Columbia |
| Communities reached | 1,012 |
| Performances | 731 |
| Educational activities conducted by theater companies | 3,345 |
| Total audience reached | 208,840 |
| Total children reached | 193,564 |
| Theater companies engaged | 40 |
| Schools reached | 1,743 |
| Educational toolkits distributed | 10,000 |
Participating Theater Companies
- A Noise Within (Glendale, CA)
- The Acting Company (New York, NY)
- Actors' Shakespeare Project (Somerville, MA)
- American Players Theatre (Spring Green, WI)
- The American Shakespeare Center (Staunton, VA)
- Aquila Theatre Company (New York, NY)
- Baltimore Shakespeare Festival (Baltimore, MD)
- Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (Bloomsburg, PA)
- California Shakespeare Theater (Berkeley, CA)
- Classic Stage Company (New York, NY)
- Dallas Theater Center (Dallas, TX)
- Denver Center Theatre Company (Denver, CO)
- Epic Theatre Ensemble (New York, NY)
- Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre (Fairbanks, AK)
- Folger Theatre (Washington, DC)
- Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN)
- Hartford Stage Company (Hartford, CT)
- Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Boise, ID)
- Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (Louisville, KY)
- Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (Bozeman, MT)
- New Stage Theatre (Jackson, MS)
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR)
- Park Square Theatre Company (Saint Paul, MN)
- The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at DeSales University (Center Valley, PA)
- Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA)
- PlayMakers Repertory Company (Chapel Hill, NC)
- The Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis (Saint Louis, MO)
- Saint Louis Black Repertory Company (Saint Louis, MO)
- San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (San Francisco, CA)
- Seattle Shakespeare Company (Seattle, WA)
- Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA)
- The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
- Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, DC)
- The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ)
- The Theater at Monmouth (Monmouth, ME)
- Theatre for a New Audience (New York, NY)
- Touchstone Theatre (Bethlehem, PA)
- Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City, UT)
- The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Topanga, CA)
- Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven, CT)
