Shakespeare+Summit+notes

** Plans, Projects, Proposals  ** ** October, 2008  ** __ Members: __ __ USM Faculty __ LS: Cheryl Bair, Patti Ptak, Gina Bongiorno, Renice Konik, Nicola De Torre MS: Hannah Reimer, Adam Moreno, Laurie Barth US: Kate Gay, Laura Loving, Rebecca Schwartz, Elaine Griffin, Ann Johnson, Penny Greene, Susan Zarwell __ Guests: __ Milwaukee Shakespeare Theater: Paula Suozzi, Artistic Director; Marcy Kearns, Education Director MST Board/USM Parents: Cordelia Gelly, Donna Smith Shakespeare Festival April 20th, 2009 __ Tentative times, all in US Theater: __ LS—8:30-9:15 am //A Midsummer Night’s Dream//, abridged; 8th/4th/1st grade cooperative MS—10-11 am //A Midsummer Night’s Dream//, abridged; 8th/4th/1st grade cooperative US—1-2 pm __ Tentative acts, US only: __ Original sonnet performed by AP student “To Be or Not To Be” soliloquy from //Hamlet// delivered by Senior Seminar student Stage combat scene or party scene from //Romeo and Juliet// delivered by freshmen/5th graders Witches scene from //Macbeth// by sophomores/6th graders Shakespearean Monologues delivered by 6th graders Scene from //A Midsummer Night’s Dream// by 8th, 4th, and 1st graders US Choir with Ellen Shuler, Shakespeare-Elizabethan Era song __ All day: __ Appearance by William Shakespeare Appearance by Queen Elizabeth accompanied by 1st grade attendant fairies, handing out pencils with Shakespeare quotes or cookies with Shakespeare’s face Appearance by “Jane the Phoole,” Milwaukee’s official court jester  USM: The Shakespeare School Shakespeare Buddies __ Grades: 8/4/1 collaborate on //A Midsummer Night’s Dream// __ 1st grade reads a children’s book version of MSND 1st grade designs scenery for production 4th grade designs and makes costumes for production 4th grade makes a picture book for the 1st grade of the play 8th grade performs condensed version for 4th and 1st __ Grades 5/9: //Romeo and Juliet// __ __ Grades 6/10: //Macbeth// __ __ Grades: 9/12 Sonnets __ __ Grade 12: //Hamlet// __  Task list: o  All members join Shakespeare wiki o  Firmly establish date/times of final assembly o  Look into Stratford, Ontario summer and fall workshops then reapply for CARP money o  Set January Shakespeare Summit for final plans o  Put 2010 Shakespeare Festival on School Calendar, with Shakespeare Sunday o  Submit list of workshops to Paula Suozzi and Marcy Kearns for costs o  Submit proposal to Division Heads and Ward Ghory o  Order five copies of Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary by Alexander Schmidt o  Create US-Shakespeare Allusion bulletin board o  Create and print “Caught Reading” Shakespeare posters for all divisions  USM Wish List Milwaukee Shakespeare Theater’s Performance-Based Curriculum __ALL__: o  January/February Performance of “Billy Shakespeare” in assembly, three showings, one day o  Appearance on April 20th of Queen Elizabeth, Jane the Phoole, and Will Shakespeare __ US: __ o  November, Shakespeare Character Week-long Workshop, 1 45-minute session per day, with Acting Class __ 9th grade and/or 12th grade: __ o  Stage Combat workshop, all day, 6 45-minute sessions o  Teaching Artists, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, scene i: set up the play in 6 45-minute sessions o  Teaching Artists, Romeo and Juliet party scene, 6 45-minute sessions o  Teaching Artists, Romeo and Juliet balcony scene, 6 45-minute sessions __ 10th grade: __ o  Teaching Artists, set up the witches scenes, 6 45-minute sessions __ 12th grade: __ o  Competitive sonnet writing, 3 45-minute sessions o  Actor as Hamlet, attend class meeting, 1 45-minute session o  Teaching Artist, Memorization and performance techniques for “To Be or Not To Be” soliloquy, 6 45-minute sessions o  Teaching Artist, Actor and Director process of developing a scene, closet scene, 6 45-minute sessions __MS:__ (Each item is a full-day engagement for series of 6 45-minutes classes.) o  Teaching Artists prepare 8th graders to put on show for 1st graders o  “Rude Mechanicals” workshop on performing the Pyramus and Thisbe scene o  Workshop on “making a scene come to life” – the directing/acting process o  Workshop on antithesis __ LS: __ __ 4th grade: __ o  Teaching Artists do character study of Montague/Capulet or Midsummer, 4 individual classrooms o  Costume Workshop, 4 classrooms o  “Puck” appearance to combined 4th grade meeting __ 1st/4th grade: __ o  Storytelling workshop, 4 classrooms of paired 4th and 1st grade Shakespeare Buddies  Family Day at Milwaukee Shakespeare Theater Possible dates: Thursday, February 12 for Henry V; May 6th at 6:30 for Othello Brunch, then play or theater activities (two models, one for older and one for younger students)
 * Shakespeare Summit II **