One new camp in 2011, more to come next year!
Ahh. Get ready to expand.
On July 18, 2011, a new Funnery is starting up in Craftsbury. We call it "Funnery Too" and it's especially for younger campers, 11 to 13 years old. Taught by the same awesome teachers, featuring the same original and time-tested techniques, "Funnery Too" will be hosted by the REACH summer program at Craftsbury Academy. For years our camp population has stayed at about 35. And that's really the most people you can squeeze into one Shakespeare performance. So, as our reputation grew, and more and more people just couldn't wait to begin, we decided to start a new program just for younger actors. You can still join up: call Julie Donaghy at Craftsbury Academy, 802-586-2541. This new camp is just one week long, and will end with a group visit to the final performance of the Chelsea Funnery!
Looking ahead to 2012--
Thanks to the Vermont Community Foundation, Peter and the Funnery received an awesome grant this year to grow in ways we maybe never thought of before! So, even as plans are rolling along for "Get Thee to the Funnery" Fourteen, and the Chelsea Funnery, and Funnery Too—we're brainstorming new ideas we'll get to work on as soon as the last applause fades away. What are some ideas so far?
•A how-to book for teaching Shakespeare to young people.
•A "teach teachers to teach" weeklong class for professional-development credit.
•A new camp, Funnery Three, in a bigger Vermont city like Barre or Burlington.
•A special camp, for kids who stutter, with--you won't believe this--a guarantee! Performing Shakespeare at the Sign of the Four will make you more fluent than you've ever been, or your tuition will be cheerfully handed back to you!
•A how-to book for teaching Shakespeare to young people.
•A "teach teachers to teach" weeklong class for professional-development credit.
•A new camp, Funnery Three, in a bigger Vermont city like Barre or Burlington.
•A special camp, for kids who stutter, with--you won't believe this--a guarantee! Performing Shakespeare at the Sign of the Four will make you more fluent than you've ever been, or your tuition will be cheerfully handed back to you!
Two Shakespeare puppets interrupt Moses's solo in last year's "Tempest"
