ESU Kentucky - Student Shakespeare Competition

2008 Student Shakespeare Competition

Important Dates, Forms, and Documentation

Saturday, March 1, 2008 - Student/Teacher Workshops
Sunday, March 2, 2008 - Shakespeare Competition

WHO MAY PARTICIPATE?

Senior Division (10th,11th,12th grade)
Student participants present a monologue and a sonnet by Shakespeare. A winner from each school attends the competition in Louisville. The Branch winner is awarded an all- expense paid trip to New York City to represent Kentucky in the ESU National Competition at Lincoln Center. The national winner in NYC receives a three-week summer program at British American Drama Academy (BADA) in Great Britain. Attached is information and entry forms which can be downloaded and returned to the Kentucky Branch ESU in order to enroll your school in this exciting event.

Junior Division (7th, 8th, 9th grade)
This competition is designed to reward and encourage younger students understanding of Shakespeare and his universality. Students are offered an opportunity to bring Shakespeare to life in their own way and to express his words with feeling, understanding and clarity.

HOW DO I APPLY?

School Participation Form

School Winner Form

Winner information

WHAT ARE THE RULES?

Memo To the Schools

Instructions for the School Competition

Student Guidelines for the School Competition

What The Judges Look For

MONOLOGUES

PUBLICITY

School Flyer for The 2008 National Shakespeare Competition (for Seniors)

School Flyer for The 2008 Junior Shakespeare Competition

HISTORY

ESU Mission Statement and Brief History of the Competition

Revised: November 14, 2007
Webmaster: Catherine Lithgow