RUTLAND RECREATION and PARKS DEPARTMENT

Open Auditions - Grades 7-12 (includes graduated 6th graders and seniors)
Shakespeare's - The Taming of the Shrew
Directed by Saskia Hagen Groom
(traveling theatre troupe with shows between July 11th and 19th including the Quarry at Giorgetti Park)
June 3rd 3-6pm
June 4th 5:30-7pm
Rehearsals starting June 6th (Wednesday evenings 5:30-8pm and Saturdays 10-2pm)
Performances ala Shakespeare by visiting rural VT towns

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, and it shares many essential characteristics with his other romantic comedies. These characteristics include lighthearted and slapstick humor, disguises and deception as well as a happy ending in which most of the characters come out satisfied. The lightheartedness of this romantic comedy contrasts sharply with the darker humor and deeper characterization of Shakespeare’s later plays. It focuses on courtship and marriage. It devotes a great deal of attention to married life after the wedding.

2012 Summer Theatre Camps by Saskia Hagen Groom
Grades 3-6
July 9th-July 20th
9:-11:30am Create Your Own Play Workshop
12:30-3pm No Fear Shakespeare Workshop
(connector lunch hour 11:30-12:30pm available)
Performances last day of camp (afternoon session show in the Quarry at Giorgetti Park)
Grades K-2
July 23rd-August 3rd
9-11:30am Create Your Own Play Workshop
12:30-3pm No Fear Shakespeare Workshop
(connector lunch hour 11:30-12:30pm available)
Performances last day of camp (afternoon session show in the Quarry at Giorgetti Park)

Create your Own Play - Are you a playwright? Do you enjoy building props and sets? Do you like to design your own characters and be able to see them come to live? Then this workshop is for you! We will be writing a group story with your own favorite characters and dialogues. We will be rehearsing the play and building the sets and props. You will design your own costumes and perform it for your friends and family.

No Fear Shakespeare Workshop - You are never too young to learn all there is about William Shakespeare. You no longer need to wait until you are a teenager to be part of theatre that made great history with the Baird! We will be working with a fabulous technique to teach you how to understand his language. You will wear Shakespeare costumes and perform it in the Quarry at Giorgetti Park on the last day of the camp.