SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC ON THE FESTIVAL STAGE
The Winter's Tale
The Festival is raising additional funds to bring LIVE MUSIC to our 2014 production of The Winter's Tale. Festival Composer, Greg Mackender, has been writing music for our productions since the first season and this summer will be his 22nd year of creating an emotional soundscape to help our artists tell the epic stories of Shakespeare.
Read about Greg, hear samples and meet the musicians. All donations appreciated!
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Adult Acting Classes - Shakespeare intensive
Professional and Non-Professional
The Festival is offering Adult Acting classes for theatre professionals focused on TEXT, VOICE and MOVEMENT; improv and audition techniques, monologue work and scene study to aid in comprehension and delivery of Shakespeare's texts for professional acting work. Classes for non-professionals will provide insight into walking and talking the text and the beauty and power of the language. Both series of classes will be offered for an eight week session led by the Festival's Executive Artistic Director, Sidonie Garrett and Education Director, Matt Rapport. Classes will be held at the Shakespeare Studio, 3619 Broadway, Suite 2, Kansas City, MO 64111.
ADULT ACTING CLASS FOR PROFESSIONALS - Winter/Spring 2014
8 weeks on Mondays evenings for $80
Mondays 7:00 -9:00 p.m., February 24, 2014 to April 14, 2014
• Improvisation – 1 session
• Business Navigation – headshots, resumes, contacts, contracts
• Stage Combat and Movement – 1 session
• Auditions – 3 sessions
(2 Shakespeare monologues, 1 modern text audition, OR 3 Shakespeare monologues)
• Scene Study - 2 sessions - (1 Shakespeare, 1 modern OR 2 Shakespeare)
Registration form, click here. 
Adult Prof Registration
Complete and return via e-mail to mrapport@kcshakes.org, or mail to 3619
Broadway, Suite 2, Kansas City, MO 64111.
ADULT ACTING CLASS FOR NON-PROFESSIONALS - Winter/ Spring 2014
8 weeks on Saturday mornings
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., February 15, 2014 to April 5, 2014
• Improvisation – 1 session
• Monologue – 3 sessions
• Scene Study – 3 sessions
• Stage Combat and Movement – 1 session
Registration form, click here. Adult Non-Pro Registration
Complete and return via e-mail to mrapport@kcshakes.org, or mail to 3619
Broadway, Suite 2, Kansas City, MO 64111.
Become a Festival Insider
FANS or GOOD WILL SOCIETY membership
If you enjoy the Festival, want to see high quality classical theatre and care about the cultural life of our community, please consider membership as a FAN or as a member of our newly formed GOOD WILL SOCIETY. Your membership keeps the Festival open to all and gives YOU some special insider access to our artists and to our pre-show VIP tent with up-front seats that guarantee you the best experience of the summer! As a member, your contribution will directly assist us in transforming a city park into a theater, and bringing the world of Shakespeare to life for tens of thousands of people. With your membership you will receive a host of benefits depending on the amount of your contribution. Most importantly, you will know that because of you, FREE Shakespeare in the park is possible.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN TODAY!
With your tax-deductible contribution to the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival you will receive:
FAN membership:
$150 2 Reserved Seats 1 Parking Pass
GOOD WILL SOCIETY membership:
$250 4 Reserved Seats 2 Parking Passes + VIP TENT access for 4
$500 8 Reserved Seats 4 Parking Passes + VIP Tent access for 8 w/two drink tickets per + 8 invitations to Behind-the-Scenes event
$1000 12 Reserved Seats 6 Parking Passes + VIP TENT access for 12 w/two drink tickets per + 12 invitations to Behind-the-Scenes event + Free Adult Acting Tuition for 1 person + Thank You from stage
All Up-Front Reserved Seats; One-time use throughout the run of the Festival.
22nd Season Production Announced
Tragicomedy or Late Romance?
The Festival will produce The Winter's Tale, June 17 - July 6, 2014, Tuesday through Sunday evenings and Monday, June 30. No show on July 4. This production will mark the first time the Festival has staged this tragicomedy and the first professional production of the play in Kansas City for over a decade. The text features one of the most famous stage directions in history, the oft reproduced, [Exit, pursued by a bear]. The production will feature the work of Ward Everhart as Lighting Designer, Gene Emerson Friedman as Scenic Designer, Mary Traylor as Costume Designer, Rusty Wandall as Sound Designer, Mary Nichols as Properties Designer, with Movement/Choreography by Tracy Tierstrip and featuring the music of Greg Mackender as Composer.
