Education

Educational Outreach

The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival is dedicated to educating future generations about the importance of including theatre, music and art in their everyday lives.

The D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program

Young Shakespeare Logo (Transparent BG)This year marks the 7th season of this program and the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival is proud to offer fourteen FREE matinee performances throughout the Reno-Tahoe-Truckee region. Produced in collaboration with The Nevada Shakespeare Company, these fun and interactive plays offer a great introduction for children to the mastery of William Shakespeare and the wonders of outdoor theatre.  

InterACT Workshops

InterACT Logo (Transparent BG)Working together with The Nevada Shakespeare Company, we continue our most recent edition to our educational outreach program, with our InterACT workshop series. Offered to schools and community groups in Nevada and California from February to September, these workshops are highly interactive and feature activities to help students understand the many timeless themes of Shakespeare's works, as well as the world of theatre as a whole.

Midsummer's Camp

2008 marks the start of our new week long summer theatre camp program - A Midsummer's Camp. A Midsummer's Camp will offer camp goers the chance to transition from being an informed audience participant, to Shakespeare scholar and finally, to actor. These week-long theatre camps are designed specifically for children and young adults to "get into the act". Lead camp instructors are both seasoned theatre professionals and theatre educators, trained to enrich your child's summer expereince. The camp will run daily from 9:00am to 3:00pm, in Incline Village, with a culminating performance on our beautiful Sand Harbor stage. Enrollment fee includes a free camp t-shirt and one complimentary ticket to an evening performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

August 4th-8th Ages 8-13

August 11th-15th Ages 14-17

Fee $395

Download PDF Camp Registration Forms

Download PDF Camp Scholarship Application

For questions regading A Midsummer's Camp, please email jennie@tahoebard.com or call (775) 298-0158.