Education History
2004
- April – The Shakespeare Factory sponsors a field trip for the Rude Mechanicals to visit the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia to see the American Shakespeare Center’s resident
- acting troupe perform Measure For Measure
- Spring – Shakespeare Factory Artistic Director Tom Delise teaches a five day class on The
- Merchant of Venice at the Fairhaven Retirement Community
2005
- January – Shakespeare Factory Artistic Director Tom Delise teaches a five day class on Othello
- at the Fairhaven Retirement Community
- April – The Shakespeare Factory sponsors a visit by American Shakespeare Center resident acting troupe member David Loar who works with Century High English and Drama classes on
- Shakespeare acting activities
- Spring – Three Shakespeare Factory interns spend a week teaching a Shakespeare unit in each of the following schools: Linton Springs Elementary, Piney Ridge Elementary, and Sykesville
- Middle School
- October – The Shakespeare Factory sponsors a field trip for the Rude Mechanicals to visit the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia to see the American Shakespeare Center’s resident
- acting troupe perform Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III and participate in a stage
- combat workshop run by the actors of ASC
2006
- Spring – Two Shakespeare Factory interns spend a week teaching a Shakespeare unit in each
- the following schools: Linton Springs and Piney Ridge Elementary Schools
- March, April, May – Rude Mechanicals run workshops for elementary and middle school
- students at Eldersburg Library
- Spring – Three Shakespeare Factory interns and Rude Mechanical members serve as interns for
- the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival
- June – First annual Shakespeare Performance Summer Camp held – 50 students attend
- October – The Shakespeare Factory sponsors a field trip for the Rude Mechanicals to visit the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia to see the American Shakespeare Center’s resident
- acting troupe perform As You Like It and participate in a workshop with Founding Executive
- Director, Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen.
- November – The Shakespeare Factory sponsors a visit by American Shakespeare Center resident acting troupe member David Loar who works with Century High English and Drama
- classes on Shakespeare acting activities
- Winter – Shakespeare Factory Artistic Director Tom Delise teaches a five day class on Richard
- III at the Fairhaven Retirement Community
2007
- March, April, May – Rude Mechanicals run workshops for elementary and middle school
- students at Eldersburg Library
- July – Second annual Shakespeare Performance Summer Camp held — over 50 students attend
- Fall – Shakespeare Factory Artistic Director Tom Delise teaches a five day class on The
- Taming of the Shrew at the Fairhaven Retirement Community.
- October – The Shakespeare Factory sponsors a field trip for the Rude Mechanicals to visit the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia to see the American Shakespeare Center’s resident
- acting troupe perform Romeo and Juliet.
2008
- April — Shakespeare Factory Artistic Director Tom Delise presents a lecture on the
- Shakespeare authorship controversy at the Fairhaven Retirement Community
- July – third annual Shakespeare Performance Summer Camp held — 50 students attend
- September – The Shakespeare Factory sponsors a field trip for the Rude Mechanicals to visit the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia to see the American Shakespeare Center’s
- resident acting troupe perform Twelfth Night
2009
- March – Shakespeare Factory Artistic Director Tom Delise presents a lecture on the
- “Shakespeare and Spirituality” at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Baltimore
- Shakespeare Factory intern Ame Roberts teaches classes on A Midsummer Night’s Dream to
- students from Piney Ridge Elementary and Linton Springs Elementary.
- July – fourth annual Shakespeare Performance Summer Camp held – 50 students attend
