The San Diego Actors Theatre is a non-profit professional theatre organization committed to presenting high quality and exciting Contemporary American Theatre.

We at SDAT are also committed to excellence in Arts Education and have demonstrated that to the community with the following eight culturally rich programs that were created and developed over the last twenty years.

We invite you to participate in our Theatre Outreach programs. We know that you'll see it enrich and enliven the educational experience of your students.

BEST OF THE BARD
Professional actors from the Actors Theatre will perform and discuss the most famous scenes from Shakespeare's plays.  Scenes included will be Kate and Petruchio, Taming of the Shrew; Hamlet and Ophelia, Hamlet; Helena and Demetrius, Midsummer Night's Dream; and Macbeth and Lady Macbeth from the Scottish Play.

          Eligibility:    grades 8-12; maximum of 75 students
             Cost:            $250.00   Effective 12/01/08
             Time:            one class period
             Arrangements:  small theatre or large classroom with   
                                      performing space is required.     

SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN OR SHAKESPEARE'S MEN
Patricia Elmore Costa, Artistic Director of the San Diego Actors Theatre and Special Guest Artist will perform a selection of dramatic and comedic speeches and scenes of Shakespeare's most memorable and exciting female and male characters.  Discussion of character & play and their comparison to contemporary women and men will follow.

Shakespeare's women will include Kate, Lady Macbeth, Rosalind and Celia, Viola and Olivia, Emilia and Desdemona.  Shakespeare's men will include Sir Capulet, Friar Lawrence (Romeo & Juliet), Cassius, Brutus, Antony (Julius Caesar), and Dogberry (Much Ado About Nothing). Student participation included in this beloved program.

             Eligibility:    grades 9-12; maximum of 70 students
             Cost:            $250.00   Effective 12/01/08
             Time:            one class period
             

PULITZER PRIZE WOMEN POETS
Professional Actresses with the San Diego Actors Theatre Outreach Program will give an interpreted reading/performance from the selected poetry of Pulitzer Prize-winning women poets of the last 25 years.
The poetry of Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Jorie Graham and Lisel Mueller will be featured.  Discussions will follow.

             Eligibility:    grades 10-12
             Cost:            $250.00     Effective 12/01/08
             Time:            one class period