Shakespeare Festivals

Shakespeare Festivals Celebrating all things Shakespeare with a specific focus on children's education. Celebrating all things Shakespeare!

Former coordinator to the DPS festival where Approximately 5,000 DPS students will performed at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. This nationally recognized festival is the only Folger Site to have received the coveted Folger Library Shakespeare Stewardship Award. It is the oldest and largest student Shakespeare Festival in the country. This day-long Festival is held in downtown Denver and provi

des the opportunity for students to perform scenes and sonnets from the works of William Shakespeare as well as demonstrate the dance, and vocal and instrumental music of Shakespeare’s time. The Festival opens with ceremonies at the Daniels and Fisher Tower, followed by a short parade down the 16th Street Mall to the DCPA stages. Performances last throughout the day on multiple stages and are open and free to the public.

This is very exciting!
04/02/2017

This is very exciting!

The tiny pad, featuring "scientific scholarly notes", is to feature on the Antiques Roadshow

To one of the greats in theater!!!
08/31/2016

To one of the greats in theater!!!

Happy first day of Summer!!!
06/20/2016

Happy first day of Summer!!!

Once again John Moore Theatre Coverage knocks it out of the park with excellent coverage and photos!!
05/01/2016

Once again John Moore Theatre Coverage knocks it out of the park with excellent coverage and photos!!

Nearly 5,000 chilly students from 80 schools in grades kindergarten through high school braved the cold to perform more than 640 short scenes.

Dear DPS students and teachers! After years of reaching out to him, we finally had the pleasure of telling Sir Ian McKel...
04/25/2016

Dear DPS students and teachers! After years of reaching out to him, we finally had the pleasure of telling Sir Ian McKellen about the festival, face-to face. He was thrilled upon hearing about it, and there was talk of him coming this year! His advice to the players..
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
So keep those words in mind and we hope you have a fantastic festival!

Did you see the Google doodle today!? Honoring the one and only Shakespeare! 400 years ago he died and his works are sti...
04/24/2016

Did you see the Google doodle today!? Honoring the one and only Shakespeare! 400 years ago he died and his works are still celebrated and studied to this day!

FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!
04/17/2016

FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!

The 2015 Denver Public Schools Shakespeare Festival drew more than 5,000 students from 70 schools in grades kindergarten through high school who performed more than 640 short scenes, dances, soliloquies and sonnets at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Check out these video highlights from DCPA Vid…

This is wonderful!!
04/07/2016

This is wonderful!!

Rare book containing 36 plays published in 1623 had been in library at Mount Stuart on Isle of Bute for more than 100 years

03/24/2016

A powerful reminder about how beneficial the arts are to all of us, and a friendly reminder that the works of Shakespeare should be made available to absolutely everyone.

Do not miss this fantastic event!! One night only and it's tonight at Boettcher Concert Hall with the Colorado Symphony!
03/11/2016

Do not miss this fantastic event!! One night only and it's tonight at Boettcher Concert Hall with the Colorado Symphony!

The Bard of Avon inspired some of the world’s greatest music for the stage and concert hall. Duain Wolfe leads the Colorado Symphony and Chorus in a musical exploration of Shakespeare’s most captivating lines and characters as portrayed in the music of Vaughan Williams, Verdi, Berlioz, and other com…

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