Twelfth Night & As You Like It
(2010 Summer Shakespeare Intensive)

The Old Globe’s third annual Summer Shakespeare Intensive for teens will conclude on Monday, August 16 at 8:00 p.m. with a bilingual (English/Spanish) performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and As You Like It. The four week program began on July 19 and is a unique opportunity for local High School actors and actresses to refine their skills as performers in a professional setting. To celebrate the Globe’s 75th anniversary, this year the students will perform 50-minute versions of the two Shakespeare plays. The original Old Globe Theatre was built in 1935 for the presentation of abridged versions of Shakespeare's plays as part of the California Pacific International Exposition. Tickets are $9 for children and $13 for adults and are available online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by calling (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Globe Box Office in Balboa Park.

Throughout the Intensive, the students have the unique opportunity to study classical theater technique, voice, movement and stage combat while observing the productions of the Globe’s Shakespeare Festival, which runs concurrently with the program. Festival company members are able to lend the students insights into the art of performing Shakespeare that they then apply to their own performances of the Bard’s work. Full scholarships are provided to all students accepted into the program. For more information about the program, please visit TheOldGlobe.org/SummerIntensive.

Please see the press release for a list of students grouped by city. Photos of this year’s students are posted below.