Aquila Theatre Company

Aquila Theatre Company's mission is to bring innovative, challenging and high-quality, classical drama to the widest possible audience. Since 1991, Aquila has staged bold and relevant works that empower audiences to appreciate classical plays as live, visceral, and above all entertaining. Aquila invigorates the art form, educates and builds audiences, and makes Shakespeare and classical drama accessible and relevant to Americans today. They tour extensively to an average of 60 communities through the United States each year from September to April with a repertory of two plays, including education programs. Past productions have included: in 2010-2011 they presented A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Pirandello’s Six Characters In Search of an Author to 48 communities in 29 states; and in 2009-2010 they presented As You Like It and An Enemy of the People to 40 communities in 23 states; and in 2008-2009 they presented Catch-22 and Iliad: Errors and The Iliad: Book One to 56 communities in 27 states. Aquila Theatre Company's extensive national tour works closely with teachers and education directors to develop workshops that connect students directly to live theater. The company’s Shakespearean and Classical Theatre-in-Education program works closely with teacher and educational directors to develop workshops that connect student directly to live theater.

As part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, Aquila Theatre Company will present full-length student matinees of Macbeth at a venue that can accommodate area schools. Schools that cannot devote time to a full-length production will be offered a one-hour abridged version that includes the entire cast. Activities will include a post-performance discussion with the cast and in-school workshops. These workshops will be taught by established teaching artists, and they will utilize the art of theater to introduce students to reading, understanding, and performing classical plays.