Hunts Point Children’s Shakespeare Ensemble

Now completing its eleventh year, the Hunts Point Children’s Shakespeare Ensemble is the product of an extraordinary collaborative effort between the Public Shakespeare Initiative and our community partner, the Hunts Point Alliance for Children. Through the program, fourth, fifth and sixth graders from local schools in Hunts Point spend an entire academic year learning about, rehearsing, and ultimately performing a Shakespeare play. In May, the Ensemble’s teamwork, creativity, and commitment come together in a full production, complete with professionally designed sets, lights, costumes, props, a chorus, and live musicians. In 2018, the Ensemble will perform Shakespeare’s popular pastoral comedy, As You Like It. Previous productions have included The Tempest, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo & Juliet, The Hamlet Project, and Twelfth Night.