A summer youth program of Winters Friends of the Library
Now in our 24th season, Winters Shakespeare Workshop is a five-week intensive acting camp for teens ages 13-19. Actors work with a professional director, acting coaches, and musicians to rehearse and perform a comedy by Shakespeare with a live band, singing, and dancing.
Actors ages 13-19 and dancers ages 8-12 are invited to sign up for WSW 2024. Actors will meet Sunday to Thursday evenings, June 16–July 20, 6:30-9:30 p.m. in Winters Community Park. Dancers will rehearse two days per week for the first four weeks, and then jump into the full rehearsal schedule in week five, when the live band and the dancers join the actors to shape the complete production.
On July 19 and 20 at 8:00 p.m., workshop participants will present a 90-minute production of Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, with live music and dance, lights, costumes, make-up—and fun!—on the Winters Park Playground Stage. The whole community is invited to this free performance.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Winters Joint Unified School District, Winters Shakespeare Workshop will be FREE for all students in the district for 2024!
Our Story
Winters Shakespeare Workshop began more than 20 years ago when a group of parents with young teens created a program to fill those long summer evenings with music, performing, and working hard in good company. Our goal was to give local teens a chance to work intensely with experienced theatrical artists to create a performance for the Winters community on the Winters Park Playground Stage.
Eventually we became a program of Winters Friends of the Library, expanded our enrollment, wrote grants for lighting and sound equipment, and were able to hire a Director, Musical Director, acting coaches, choreographer, and costumer. Throughout our history, parents and local artists have shared their skills to complete the show, which is always performed for free, on the Park Playground Stage, with live music, in mid-July.
