A summer youth program of Winters Friends of the Library
Winters Shakespeare Workshop for 2022 is a five-week intensive acting camp for teens ages 13-19. Actors work with a professional director, acting coaches, and musicians for five weeks, Sunday-Thursday evenings, 6:30-9:30 PM, June 12-July 14.
On July 15 and 16 at 8 PM, actors will present a complete production of Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST, 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.
Camp fee for actors is $250* for all 5 weeks (What a deal!)
* Don’t hesitate because of cost. Scholarships are available. We want you!
Ready to jump in?
Not a teen yet? We would like you on our Tempest Dance Team! Ages 10-12 can sign up for dancing in The TEMPEST. Meet Mondays and Wednesdays, 5-6 PM, June 12-July 6 and Sunday-Thursday during dress rehearsal week, July 10-14. Dancing! Costumes! Fun!
Dance Team Fee: $100 for all 5 weeks
Scholarships are available. We want you!
Some History
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! 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.
We hired an amazing director, Sarah Cohen, and we were off! Teens worked with Sarah five evenings per week. Parents worked together to find lights, make music, create sets, sew costumes, create props, and fill small acting roles as needed. We had our first show!
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.
