Middle School Shakespeare Program

Performances
Middle school students study one Shakespeare play a year and participate with LCT teaching artists in an interactive performance of that play at Lincoln Center in May.

Teacher Professional Development
During the spring semester, teachers attend workshops at LCT to learn age-appropriate, hands-on techniques for teaching Shakespeare to middle school students. Teachers develop creative lesson plans that build on the students' experience of seeing a Shakespeare play in performance.

In-Class Workshops with Teaching Artists
Teaching artists conduct a series of interactive workshops to deepen students' knowledge of the play and its characters and to promote their understanding of Shakespeare's language.

Scripts
Each participating student receives a copy of the play to keep. Students read and discuss the play in their classrooms.

"Now, when I read Shakespeare I won't just think of it as words -- I'll see it as a play in my head."
Student, I.S. 383