Shakespeare Troupe

The Shakespeare Adventure of a Lifetime!

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Our Shakespeare Troupe is a pre-professional summer acting conservatory, perfect as a pre-college theatre program for high school drama students

Experience a professional-level production while still in high school with this rigorous six week summer theatre conservatory program.  The Shakespeare Troupe rehearses a full-length professionally directed and designed Shakespeare play — then takes the show on the road with a performance tour to amphitheaters throughout Virginia, including professional stages!

The National Endowment for the Arts identified Shakespeare Troupe as offering challenges unlike any other pre-college theatre program in the nation.  This immersive and holistic experience allows our elite high school actors to attain a new level of artistry, confidence, leadership, and independence.

Actors are carefully guided by a trio of directors, ensuring every actor is challenged and grows — on stage and off!

By audition only. For current 9th – 12th graders.

Our daughter has absolutely blossomed under the tutelage of your programs…She is gaining confidence, not only as an actor, but as a person. And for that, you… have our deepest thanks; for everything you do and offer!

-Parent

Auditions

All auditions will be on a rolling basis. Please register online and the director will reach out to set up a date & time.

  • Early Bird Discount and Payment Plan no longer available. 
Program Dates:
  • June 25 — August 4   (6 weeks) – Only 2 Spots Left!
    • Mid-summer Vacation: July 14 (11:30 am) – July 16 (1:00 pm)
    • Tour: July 26 – August 2
Program Rates:
  • Audition Fee: $60
  • Tuition: $8950
    ($9450 after the Early Bird Discount flies away Jan 31st)

Please contact us to schedule an audition.

LIMITED AVAILABILITY: Shakespeare Troupe is strictly limited to 14 performers. We will only hold auditions if space is still available. We recommend registering for the earliest audition you can.

OUT OF THE AREA? AUDITION VIRTUALLY!: Our summer conservatories are residential, so our campers come from across the country & globe! Register for the audition and we’ll set up a date & time that works for you.

If you are coming from out of town, we will help you to find a castmate or Alumni family that you can stay with over the Mid-summer break! Traveling Players is fortunate to have a generous and interconnected community.  Just let us know that you are interested in being hosted, and we will connect you with another family in your ensemble or alumni family who will be eager to welcome you.

Need to audition from afar?  No problem!  Please see the Auditions FAQ page for details.

Watch the trailer for our 2013 Shakespeare Troupe’s Much Ado About Nothing!

300 people auditioned. 22 people were cast. My son, who was a Traveling Players student for many years, will make his Muhlenberg Mainstage debut this November in the Greek tragedy Agamemnon.  He is one of only a very few freshmen to be cast in any of the school’s Mainstage productions.

– Parent