Possibilities
The question we are most often asked by teachers and administrators is: what can you do to bring Shakespeare alive for my students? Our answer is surprisingly simple: anything and everything. We enhance and augment curricula by creating performances to highlight what teachers are teaching and students are learning; that ability to design and develop unique programs, coupled with our innate flexibility, gives educators an amazingly malleable tool for creative exploration.
At Knighthorse, our guiding principle is simple: make Shakespeare “cool” again; we do that by engaging students physically, emotionally and intellectually. Mostly, we do it by making them laugh, often in spite of themselves. Our efforts are ever pointed towards building an atmosphere of fun that takes Shakespeare from the static two-dimensional world of the printed page into the charismatic and pulsating three-dimensional world of live performance.
Below is an example of a five-day residency, similar to one we have executed in the past. Although this example is for a high school curriculum, we can work with students of any age or grade level, whether they have a great deal of experience with Shakespeare or none at all.
Click on the colored boxes and numbers in the calendar below to get a better understanding of what we can do for you and your students.
Period | Time | Monday 12 |
Tuesday 12 |
Wednesday 12 |
Thursday 12 |
Friday 12 |
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1 |
7:20 - 8:00
14
|
AP LIT
Hamlet
1
|
Romeo & Juliet
Prologue
Act I, Sc. 1 1
|
Macbeth
Act I
3
6
|
Hamlet
(2 classes) RM 220 9
10
|
8 Honors
Workshop Romeo & Juliet Auditorium 2
3
|
2 |
8:05 - 8:45
14
|
Romeo & Juliet
Opening Fight
1
7
10
|
Romeo & Juliet
Romeo & Juliet
Act I, Sc. 5 Act II, Sc. 2
6
|
Macbeth
Act I, Sc.7
Act II, Sc. 1-2 3
6
|
Hamlet
9
|
|
3 |
8:50 - 9:30
14
|
Macbeth
Act V, Sc. 5
1
3
|
Elective
Poetry
4
|
Macbeth
Act III, Sc. 1-4
3
|
Elective
Film
4
|
11 Honors
Workshop Hamlet Auditorium 2
6
|
4 |
9:35 - 10:15
14
|
Elective
Speech & Debate
Antony's
Funeral Oration
from Julius
Caesar
1
4
6
7
10
|
Romeo & Juliet
Act III, Sc. 2 Act III, Sc. 5 1
|
Elective
Mythology
4
|
Lunch
11
15
|
|
5 |
10:20 - 11:00
14
|
AP LIT
Othello
1
|
Romeo & Juliet
Act IV, Sc. 3
1
|
Macbeth
Act IV, Sc. 1
3
|
Hamlet
9
|
Lunch
11
15
|
6 |
11:05 - 11:45
14
|
Lunch
11
15
|
Merchant of Venice
Act IV, Sc. 3
7
10
|
Macbeth
Act IV, Sc. 1
3
|
Hamlet
(2 classes) RM 302 9
10
|
AP LIT
Workshop Othello Auditorium 2
|
7 |
11:50 - 12:30
14
|
Elective
Drama
5
7
|
Lunch
11
15
|
Lunch
11
15
|
A Midsummer
NIGHT'S Dream
Mechanicals RM 302 7
|
|
8 |
12:35 - 1:15
14
|
8 Honors
Special
Middle School Presentation Taming of the Shrew (1:00 - 2:20) 1
13
|
ESL Romeo & Juliet
Prologue Act, I, Sc. 1 2
|
Macbeth
Witches
3
|
Hamlet
9
|
10 Honors
Workshop
Macbeth
Auditorium
2
3
|
9 |
1:20 - 2:00
14
|
Romeo & Juliet
Act III, Sc. 1
1
|
Macbeth
Banquo's Ghost
3
|
Elective
Women in
Literature
4
|
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10 |
2:00 - 2:40
14
|
Creative Writing Club
4
|
Drama Club
4
6
|
Teacher Workshop (2:00 - 4:00)
5
|
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Evening
|
Dinner Reception
11
|
Performance
Hamlet
6
8
|
Performance
Jukebox
8
|