Shakespearean Youth Theatre (SYT)

Ensemble Performance Programs: An intensive program for young artists. Students ages 12 - 19 work with a team of professional teaching artists to explore Shakespeare's language, develop foundational acting techniques, build an artistic ensemble, and present full productions of Shakespeare plays to their community. SYT offers the Ensemble Performance program three times each year. This year, 58 students worked with 15 professional teaching artists representing a wide range of specialties from speaking classical language and verse to stage combat for over 1000 contact hours. 1228 members of the public attended performances of KING LEAR, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, and LOVE'S LABOURS LOST in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, MN.

The Dream Project Immersive Online Shakespeare Platform: Presentations of Shakespeare radio plays, performed by actors ages 12 - 19 and presented to the public for free alongside educational materials and videos related to each play. 30 student actor participants and thousands of audience members worldwide. The Dream Project may be accessed at dream.sytmn.org

Classes, Camps, and Workshops: SYT offers a wide range of one day, one week, and multi-week workshops, camps and classes for students ages 7-19 both year round and during the summer. Scaffolded cover Shakespearean text and language, presenting and performing onstage, voice and speech, fundamentals of acting, and storytelling. Students begin as young as 7 and progress through a sequence of courses as they develop confidence and skill.