CYS In-Schools: workshops & residencies

2020
The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts)
Scope:  A (virtual) Shakespeare monologue and audition workshop for graduating seniors
10 students (grade 12), 2 CYS teaching artists 

2019
Addison Public Library 
(Addison, IL)
Scope:  3-day Shakespeare performance workshop focused on A Midsummer Night's Dream
25 students (grades 8-12), 2 CYS teaching artists

St. Francis Xavier School (Wilmette, IL)
Multi-week Shakespeare immersion focused on Macbeth
40 students (grade 8), 1 classroom teachers, 2 CYS teaching artists

Addison Public Library 
(Addison, IL)
Scope:  4-day Shakespeare performance workshop focused on Twelfth Night
22 students (grades 8-12), 2 CYS teaching artists


2018
Roosevelt Middle School 
(River Forest, IL)
Scope: 3-day immersion focused on Twelfth Night
100 students (grade 8), 2 classroom teachers, 4 CYS teaching artists

St. Francis Xavier School
​(Wilmette, IL)
Multi-week Shakespeare immersion focused on A Midsummer Night's Dream
40 students (grade 8), 2 classroom teachers, 4 CYS teaching artists
 
Addison Public Library 
(Addison, IL)
Scope:  performance of The Tempest followed by 3-day Shakespeare performance workshop
20 students (grades 8-12), 2 CYS teaching artists

2017
St. Francis Xavier School 
(Wilmette, IL)
Scope: 1-week immersion focused on Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar
39 students (grade 8) 4 classroom teachers, 8 CYS teaching artists

LaSalle Language Academy (CPS)
(Old Town Triangle neighborhood)
Scope: 3 performance assemblies followed by 1-week immersion (school-wide)
560 students (grades K--8), 14 classroom teachers, 5 CYS teaching artists

Christian Heritage Academy
(Northfield, IL)
Scope: 4-day immersion focused on Macbeth
22 students (grade 8), 1 classroom teacher, 1 CYS teaching artist

Roosevelt Middle School 
(River Forest, IL)
Scope: 2-day immersion focused on Twelfth Night
100 students (grade 8), 2 classroom teachers, 4 CYS teaching artists

2016   
The British School of Chicago 
(South Loop campus)
Scope: 1-week immersion focused on Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet
120 students (grades 6 & 7), 8 classroom teachers, 8 CYS teaching artists

Hefferan Elementary School, (CPS) 
(West Garfield Park neighborhood)
Scope:  Performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream followed by 2-day immersion focused on poetry writing
45 students (grade 3), 2 classroom teachers, 2 CYS teaching artists
Made possible by a grant from DonorsChoose

Kelvyn Park High School (CPS )
(Hermosa neighborhood)
Scope: Performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream followed by a multi-week Shakespeare immersion (February–May) 
850 students (grades 7–12), 10 classroom teachers, 8 CYS teaching artists
Made possible by the Creative Schools Award, Ingenuity

St. Francis Xavier School  
(Wilmette, IL)
Scope: 2-day Shakespeare immersion focused on Romeo and Juliet
35 students (grade 8), 2 classroom teachers, 2 CYS teaching artists
 
Victor J. Andrews High School (Tinley Park, IL)
Scope: 2-hour Shakespeare performance workshop
35 students (grades 9--12), 2 classroom teachers, 2 CYS teaching artists

2015
The British School of Chicago
(Lincoln Park campus)
Scope: 1–week Shakespeare immersion focused on Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet
80 students (grades 6 & 7), 5 classroom teachers, 6 CYS teaching artists 
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2014
The British School of Chicago
(Lincoln Park campus)
Scope: 1–week Shakespeare immersion focused on Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet
70 students (grades 6 & 7), 5 classroom teachers, 4 CYS teaching artists

2013
Phoenix Military Academy (CPS)
​(Near West Side neighborhood) 
Scope: 3–day series of workshops focused on Macbeth
100 students (grade 10), 2 classroom teachers, 1 CYS teaching artist