Hampshire Shakespeare Company and Williston Summer Theatre workshops

All workshops are held at the Williston Theatre in Easthampton. Lunch is included.

Hampshire Shakespeare Company has been providing exciting, fun and educational workshops for children in the valley for over twenty years. We are proud to bring our established expertise in working with children to the campus of Williston Northampton, and to team with the people at Williston Theatre to present a series of week-long summer workshops guaranteed to educate and inform.

Workshops take place from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, for groups between the ages of 6 to 8 and 9 to 13. Every Friday there is a free performance for the public at 4 pm of the performance participants have created using theatre, improvisational games, and movement.

Our summer 2019 programming is as follows:

July 8-12 Older group (9-13) regular programming
Special programming for students ages 7-12 (see below)

July 15-19 Special programming for students ages 7-12 (see below)

July 22-26 Both age groups run regular programming

July 29-August 2 Both age groups run regular programming

To register for our regular programming, please complete a registration form for each child in your family who would like to attend. Click here to download a registration form! Upon receipt of a completed registration form and full payment, Hampshire Shakespeare will hold a spot in the selected workshop. Participation is on a first come, first served basis. Confirmation will be sent to families via e-mail except by special request. Payment and mailing instructions are on the registration form. For more information, call 413-642-6707 or email slcomedy@comcast.net.

Andrew Roberts earned his B.A. in Speech and Theatre from St. Lawrence University in 1992. That summer, in his professional acting debut in West Side Story at the New London Barn Playhouse (opposite Taye Diggs), he garnered such rave reviews as, “Andrew Roberts as Indio” and “Seat cushions available.”

He has over twenty years experience as a professional actor and as a teacher/teaching artist. He taught Drama at King George (VA) High School and has directed a dozen high school plays in Virginia and New Hampshire. Since moving to the Pioneer Valley seven years ago, he has taught workshops at UMASS, the Williston Northampton School, Hampshire Shakespeare Company, and Hampshire Regional High School, as well as historical workshops on swordplay and the effects of swords on society at the Teen Think Tank (a home-school collective) and Northstar Star Self-Directed Learning for Teens. He has been the lead teacher for Hampshire Shakespeare Company’s summer theatre workshops (9-13 year old groups) for the last three years and is a collaborating member of the TheatreTruck collective.

In 2015, he earned his M.Ed. from American International College, where he can currently be found teaching Movement for the Actor. He also teaches ELA/Social Studies for the Valley Opportunity Council in Chicopee. Recent fight direction/choreography credits include Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth for Hampshire Shakespeare Company, Peter Pan at UMASS, andOur Lady of Kibeho and The Taming of the Shrew at Smith College.

Recent acting credits include the Business Man in TheatreTruck’s production of Emma Ayres’ The Water Project and Roger in Best in Class at Six By Six By Six (Part of Conway’s 250th Anniversary Celebration).