Shakespeare Fest: Students put spirit of youth in everything
Despite a gloomy forecast, the mild weather cooperated just long enough for 5,000 students to perform in the oldest student Shakespeare Festival in the country.
Despite a gloomy forecast, the mild weather cooperated just long enough for 5,000 students to perform in the oldest student Shakespeare Festival in the country.
DCPA staff taught students how to make ruffs out of coffee filters, doublets out of T-Shirts and shoelaces, and togas out of pillow cases.
The ‘Cult Following’ actors don’t have to awaken their inner child. They still are their inner child.
Cashelle Butler, who attended DCPA Education classes as a teenager, is home playing Tanya in the national touring production of ‘Mamma Mia.’
Jasmin Hernandez Lozano of Vista Peak High and Ryan McCormick of Fort Collins High will have their plays fully produced this summer.
The President and CEO of the DCPA makes the case that the arts are not a subsidy. They are an economic engine.
As arts funding declines, “Establishments like the Denver Center realize there is a need for arts in education to continue.”
Over two days, a team from DCPA Education exposes Colorado students to Shakespeare, and its relevance in their everyday lives.
The featured ensemble member in the national touring production of ‘An American in Paris’ visited Denver School of the Arts. Photos and video.
The annual gala netted a record $1 million for theatre education programs that serve more than 105,000 students each year.