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Marin Shakespeare’s classes provide performing arts instruction throughout the year for students of all ages at the Center for Performing Arts, Education, and Social Justice at 514 Fourth Street in San Rafael. We also offer Shakespeare Summer Camps for students starting at age 5. Scholarships are available for all Marin Shakespeare Company classes; our goal is to include all students regardless of the ability to pay.
Contact Education Director Elana Kepner at 415-499-4487 / education@marinshakespeare.org with questions.
Students 8-19 will have the opportunity to perform on the stage at 514 Fourth Street under the guidance of professional theatre artists, with sets, costumes, lighting, and sound. All roles are available for performers of any gender presentation. All who audition will be cast.
FALL 2024
Youth Company (8 – 12)
Alice in Wonderland
Adapted by Andrew Biliter
Directed by Artistic Associate Cathleen Riddley
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Bored with all the structure in her life, Alice does what any of us would do: she follows a rabbit down a elevator shaft to a world where nothing makes sense. But can she hang on to her own identity as she grows and shrinks, argues with birds, swims in a sea of her own tears, and gets put on trial by a deck of playing cards? Youth Company’s performers will bring this amazing world to life!
Winter 2025
Youth Company (8 – 12)
Spooky Shakespeare
Directed by Nic Moore
Youth Company performs a compilation of supernatural scenes and monologues from Shakespeare’s plays and inspired by his work, featuring ghosts, witches, sprites, and spirits, plus some plain old villains.
Under the direction of an experienced teaching artist, young actors will explore Shakespeare’s language, movement and acting technique in this 8-week performance workshop. Great for both experienced performers and students new to theatre and Shakespeare.
Rehearsals:
January 6- 27, Mondays 4-7PM
January, 30-February 13, Mondays 4-7PM, Thursdays 4-6
No Rehearsal the week of February 17th
Technical/ Dress Rehearsals: (mandatory attendance) February 24-27, (times TBA)
Public Performance: February 28th
Teen Company (13 – 19)
Teen Touring Company Presents Macbeth
Rehearses January-February, tours and performs in March. Auditions and casting for 2025 are complete. For more info about Teen Touring Company
One-On-One Audition Coaching
for ages 12 to Adults
Work with Education Director Elana Kepner to prepare for auditions for high school, college, graduate school, summer intensives and professional productions. Tailored to the needs of the student, coaching can help build confidence and work through stage fright as well as working on the nuts and bolts of your audition including material selection, vocal production and speech, Shakespeare, dialect acquisition, presence, transitions, and fine-tuning your whole audition package. Coaching is also ideal for actors working to polish their technique or work through challenges.
Cost: $75/hour.
Email Elana Kepner at education@marinshakespeare.org to schedule coaching sessions.
Also available: coaching for public and special occasion speaking (perfect your presentation or wedding toast).
Elana Kepner is an experienced audition coach whose clients have been accepted to highly ranked BFA programs, arts high schools and summer intensives and been offered roles at regional theatres across the country, as well as network tv and feature films. Elana’s clients have also placed nationally at the English Speaking Union’s Shakespeare Competition.
SHAKESPEARE SUMMER CAMPS
Visit Summer Camps for information about camps for students ages 5 to 19.
TEEN TOURING COMPANY
Teen Touring Company is a unique opportunity for actors aged 12 – 18 to create and tour a Shakespeare play to schools, senior centers and community organizations. Students work with a professional director and dive into conservatory-style rehearsal and training in voice and text work, acting and movement. For more information, Visit Teen Touring Company.