Shakespeare Theatre Company Development Site| SHAKESPEAREAN SCRIPT ANALYSIS - Shakespeare Theatre Company Development Site

Tuesdays, November 2 through December 14 (no class Thanksgiving Week)
In Person: 516 8^th Street SE, 3^rd Floor

Instructor: Colleen Kennedy
Prior Experience: Not required.

Focusing on Shakespeare’s works, we will concentrate on the formal aspects of the script. Participants will learn the basics of script analysis for directors, actors, designers, dramaturgs, and spectators of Shakespearean performance through in-depth analysis of monologues, partner-based exercises, and editing exercises. We will attend to both the micro concerns of a play text (meter, rhyme, syntax, etc.) and the macro issues (construction, and theme/meaning).

Colleen Kennedy, STC Associate Director of Communications
Training: Ph.D. in English and Theatre from Ohio State University, studied under Royal Shakespeare Company’s Stand-Up for Shakespeare program, former freelance dramaturg
From the Syllabus:
Course Objectives: Participants will…

Learn about Renaissance stage conventions and how they impact analyzing Shakespearean plays
Read Shakespeare’s plays closely and methodically
Explore monologues and scenes to understand Shakespeare’s plays

What Students Say: “Colleen was very knowledgeable and her expertise is greatly appreciated. She created a fun and positive learning environment. She made learning Shakespeare exciting and I now see scripts in a different way.”

HEALTH AND SAFETY for In Person Classes

All students must provide proof that they are fully vaccinated in order to attend in-person classes at Shakespeare Theatre Company. Students who need a reasonable accommodation for medical reasons or due to a sincerely held religious belief, and children under the age of 12, will require proof of a negative COVID-19 test (each week classes are held) in order to be allowed entrance.

Shakespeare Theatre Company accepts the following methods for proving vaccination, which must be presented along with a photo ID:

Physical vaccination card, or a photo of your vaccination card
CLEAR app Health Pass – https://www.clearme.com/support/healthpass
Digital vaccination cards through your home Health Department (check with your state/county’s Health Department if not listed below)
- D.C. Residents – https://dchealth.dc.gov/page/dc-myir
- Virginia Residents – https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/viis
- Maryland Residents – https://md.myir.net/rorl?next=/

Students who need a reasonable accommodation for medical reasons or due to a sincerely held religious belief, must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test, which must be presented along with a photo ID.

Students with one of the above accommodations who are required to provide a negative COVID-19 test result must have proof of a PCR test taken within 48 hours of the class start time or an antigen test taken the same day of the class. At home tests will not be accepted. Proof will be accepted in the following forms:

Physical negative test result
Email from a test provider
App verifying negative test

Children under 12 must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test (once weekly for classes held two days per week) and a parent or legal guardian to confirm their identity.

Masks are required for all in-person classes students, regardless of vaccination status. Masks must be worn at all times, except when actively eating or drinking in designated areas.

HEALTH AND SAFETY for In Person Classes

SHAKESPEAREAN SCRIPT ANALYSIS

Nov 2–Dec 14