SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY INC
70 KEMBLE STREET, LENOX, MA 01240 www.shakespeare.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SEE PART I LINE 1.

THE MISSION OF SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY IS TO DELIVER A SUSTAINABLE AND VITAL PROGRAM OF PERFORMANCE, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION, INTEGRATED FOR THE DEEPENED EXPERIENCE OF THE ARTISTS, THE AUDIENCE, THE COMPANY, AND THE COMMUNITY. WE EMBRACE THE CORE VALUES OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORK: COLLABORATION, COMMITMENT TO LANGUAGE, VISCERAL EXPERIENCE AND CLASSICAL IDEALS, EXPRESSED WITH PHYSICAL PROWESS AND AN EMBODIED CONTEMPORARY VOICE.

PERFORMANCE - FY20, THE COMPANY'S 42ND PERFORMANCE SEASON, CONSISTED OF NINE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTED ACROSS TWO INDOOR AND TWO OUTDOOR STAGES ON A 33-ACRE CAMPUS IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS OF MA; OVER 40,000 ATTENDEES PARTICIPATING IN 179 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES: FOUR SHAKESPEARE PLAYS, FIVE CONTEMPORARY PLAYS, AND A PLAY-READING SERIES OF FIVE PLAYS. IN ADDITION, EIGHT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOURS AND NINE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS FOR INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. ROOTED IN SHAKESPEARE'S WORK AND ELIZABETHAN IDEALS OF INQUIRY, BALANCE AND HARMONY AND COMMITTED TO NURTURING CREATIVE IMPULSES, EXPLORING THEMES OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND INFLUENCING FUTURE GENERATIONS. PRODUCTIONS DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO LANGUAGE, CLASSICAL IDEALS, PHYSICAL PROWESS AND A CONTEMPORARY VOICE.

EDUCATION - FY20 CONSISTED OF FLAGSHIP, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM "FALL FESTIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE" INVOLVING NEARLY 500 STUDENTS FROM 10 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS IN NY AND MA. EACH REHEARSING A SHAKESPEARE PLAY AND PERFORMING IT MULTIPLE TIMES PUBLICLY. WE ALSO STARTED AN INTERNATIONAL FALL FESTIVAL PROGRAM STARTING IN ISRAEL. SIX WEEK SHAKESPEARE IN THE COURTS OFFERS 17 ADOLESCENT OFFENDERS OR AT RISK YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN AN EFFECTIVE AND ACTION - ORIENTED PROGRAM AS ALTERNATE TO TRADITIONAL SENTENCING(I.E. "SENTENCED TO SHAKESPEARE"), WHICH HAS BEEN CELEBRATED AT A WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY AND HONORED AS AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM WITH A GOLD STAR AWARD FORM THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL; NORTHEAST REGIONAL TOUR OF SHAKESPEARE FURTHERS CLASSICAL LITERACY IN 75 COMMUNITIES' SCHOOLS FROM MAINE TO MARYLAND. OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE SCHOOL RESIDENCIES, YOUNG COMPANY AND RIOTOUS YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAMS.

TRAINING - FY20 CONSISTED OF RIGOROUS PROGRAMS IN VOICE, TEXT, CLOWN, STAGE FIGHT, MOVEMENT, PUBLIC SPEAKING, RHETORIC, WIT, DEVISING SHAKESPEARE AND DROPPING-IN OFFERED TO THEATER PROFESSIONALS IN NEW ENGLAND AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES: MONTH-LONG RESIDENTIAL ACTOR TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR 46 PARTICIPANTS; 4 WEEK RESIDENTIAL SUMMER TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR 40 COLLEGE-AGED ACTORS; A WEEK-LONG WORKSHOP IN NYC FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS, 15 PARTICIPANTS; A WEEK-LONG CLOWN, TEXT AND VOICE WORKSHOP OFFERED ON CAMPUS, 11 PARTICIPANTS AND 18 WEEKEND WORKSHOPS OFFERED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND ON OUR CAMPUS IN LENOX, MA.

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