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Shakespeare Awards & News
The Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival has been busy, creating programs, making new partnerships, and winning awards.
Check out what we’ve been up to.
* California Arts Council Local Impact Grant leads to new project with Valley Oasis at AVC
* City Arts Grant helps Scrooge come back to town
* Interns, Apprentice, Volunteers, and Shakespeare Catch up now ~
There’s even MORE news brewing…
Lend a Hand to Shakespeare
Cast yourself as part of our company! It takes MANY hands to create, support, and present our programs. WE NEED YOUR HELP. Join the Shakespeare Festival as a Volunteer: Ushers, fundraisers, stitchers, and events staff.
 FESTIVAL INTERN for a COLLEGE STUDENT
SCSF is once again part of the LA County Arts Commission Summer Arts Internship program. Open to college students in LA County, the program offers full-time paid internships at nearly 230 arts organizations across the county. Interested in interning with the summer festival. CLICK HERE for more information.
Special thanks to Supervisor Michael Antonovich and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for their support for this wonderful program.
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 Scrooge is Coming to Town
Scrooge’s Long Night is back! This poplar program returns to elementary local schools this November. An original adaptation from Charles Dickens’ classic tale, Scrooge’s Long Night focuses on the universality of Scrooge’s journey to rekindle the goodness in his heart. Four actors create more than 12 characters using theatrical magic, costume changes, puppetry, music, special effects, and guided participation from the audience. Touring local schools in Novemeber. Special assistance for Title 1 schools is made possible with an Arts Grant from the City of Santa Clarita and contributors to the Shakespeare Festival. All performances are scheduled exclusively through the partnership with Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center K-12 program. This is a LIMITED ENGAGEMENT. For More Information, CLICK HERE
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CREZCA Teatro, a community engagement project of the Shakespeare Festival, received a Local Impact Grant from the California Arts Council. The grant targets projects that make an impact on underserved communities in Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley.CREZCA, and the Valley Oasis Chapter at Antelope Valley College are working together to create a theatrical piece focusing on healthy relationships, in the hopes of reducing the risk of domestic violence among students in high school and entering college.
The project is funded in part byCalifornia Department of Public Health. |
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 LA SummerFEST 2016 Season
Coming Soon!We are busy finalizing plans for our 7th annual summer cultural festival, the LA SummerFEST. And if you haven’t been to Towsley Canyon…THE HORSE STALLS ARE GONE….Some GREAT changes coming to the festival this year….Concerts, Shakespeare, Vendors, Beer Festival.
Watch for our season announcement coming soon! |
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Last Two Words….. Apprentice & a hint
High School Students, spend the summer with the Shakespeare Festival as part of the SUMMER APPRENTICE PROGRAM, learning and working besides the company members. The program is free for all local high school students….and a Hint: Want to know what the summer Shakespeare production will be? Here is the hint: “Oh Lord, What fools these mortals be!”Support the Free Shakespeare in the Park DONATE NOW
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Friday, May 3, 2024
Experience the Butterfly Encounter at Gilchrist Farm open now on weekends thorugh Sunday, June 18. Walk through a tent of beautiful flowers hosting live butterflies that fly freely throughout the tent.
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2024
The Vasquez Rocks Natural Area invites you to an evening around the campfire at the Vasquez Rocks Interpretive Center. Live music, sing-alongs, animal meet and greets, storytelling, crafts, activities, show + tell tables, s'mores and more.
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2024
Santa Clarita’s opera company, Mission Opera has been selected to present ‘The Merry Widow: Madonna’ as part of the OPERA America National Conference and World Opera Forum, being held in Los Angeles in early June.
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2024
California State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo will host an upcoming Youth and Family Festival, a day packed with fun, learning and community engagement. This event is free to all and will bel held on Saturday, May 4 from noon to 4 p.m. at the College of the Canyons
Monday, Apr 29, 2024
Join the Santa Clarita Artists Association at Barnes and Noble Valencia May 20, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., for its SCAA monthly meeting, featuring Rex Kochel.
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