Montana Shakes!
Interactive & Original
Montana Shakes! brings interactive, original plays featuring scenes from Shakespeare to sixty elementary schools each spring. The plays are accompanied by exciting theatrical workshops which introduce Shakespeare to young people in a way that is based on engagement and not apprehension. Montana Shakes! begins with a 45-minute performance of accessible Shakespeare followed by a 10 to 15 minute question and answer to give the students an opportunity to learn more about the production. Three workshops are offered, designed to fit the age of the students and meet Montana Common Core standards.
Description:
MSIP only charges schools one-half of the actual cost of keeping the program on the road. The other half is made up through a combination of grants and individual donations. School administrations most often cover the fee, but often times parent-teacher organizations or community groups help to pay for part or all of the program.
SPRING 2023: Hamlet Sandwich
The 2023 offering from MONTANA SHAKES! is a K-6 an original interactive play called HAMLET SANDWICH, written by Matt Foss.
Montana Shakes! programming features various theatrical workshops making for a fun-filled day for students K-6 that also meets many of Montana’s Common Core Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy.
If there is a school in your community that you feel would benefit from the Montana Shakes! program, please contact:
Hannah Jacobsma at hannah.jacobsma@montana.edu for more information on how you can help bring the program in.
Show History
2008 – All The West’s A Stage
2009 – No Tour
2010 – All The West’s a Stage
2011 – AWS: A Fool’s Gold
2012 – AWS: Good Knight, Sweet Prince, Great King!
2013 – AWS: Brave New Words
2014 – AWS: What Country, Friends?
2015 – AWS: Star Crossed Stagecoach
2016 – AWS: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2017 – AWS: Good Knight, Sweet Prince, Great King!
2018 – AWS: The Tempest
2019 – As You Like It: Books in Brooks
2020 – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2022 – Bottom’s Dream
Show History
2008 – All The West’s A Stage
2009 – No Tour
2010 – All The West’s a Stage
2011 – AWS: A Fool’s Gold
2012 – AWS: Good Knight, Sweet Prince, Great King!
2013 – AWS: Brave New Words
2014 – AWS: What Country, Friends?
2015 – AWS: Star Crossed Stagecoach
2016 – AWS: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2017 – AWS: Good Knight, Sweet Prince, Great King!
2018 – AWS: The Tempest
2019 – As You Like It: Books in Brooks
2020 – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2022- Bottom’s Dream
Actors
Samual Cheeseman
Emily Hawkins
Joshua Pennington
Katherine Norman
Matt Foss
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