Shakespeare
Through Performance
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Founded by Professor James B. Ayres on the belief that the best way to study Shakespeare’s plays is to perform them, Shakespeare at Winedale offers a unique opportunity to explore these rich and complex texts through the creative act of play. Shakespeare at Winedale is a program of the Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts at University of Texas at Austin, but many of its activities are centered on the Winedale Historical Center near Round Top, Texas, where for more than fifty-five years students and audiences have come to encounter Shakespeare’s living art. The program is currently directed by Dr. Katie Brokaw.
University Program
The Shakespeare at Winedale University Program is dedicated to the study of Shakespeare’s plays through performance. These courses, offered each spring and summer, provide students with an educational and theatrical experience of great intensity. Students from disciplines across the university are able to explore find their best collaborative, creative, and resilient selves through these courses. At Winedale, students live and work in a peaceful pastoral setting and perform in a century-old hay barn that has been converted into an Elizabethan-style theatre. The wooded landscape provides a special kind of magic and a uniquely focused intensity for the exploration of Shakespeare’s plays. The semester-long spring course brings students out to Winedale for three weekends, while the summer course has students living at Winedale all summer.
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Camp Shakespeare
Camp Shakespeare is a two-week residential summer camp for young people, ages 11-16, dedicated to exploring Shakespeare through performance. “Exploring” and “performance” are key words here. They suggest that we are finding our way not through rehearsals but performances. Every moment is performance. Campers are challenged to play out their interpretative discoveries on stage.
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Outreach
Shakespeare at Winedale Outreach is a Language Arts enrichment program that provides opportunities for meaningful learning and academic excellence for Texas schoolchildren in grades K-12, with a special focus on both emerging and advanced readers in grades 3 through 8, and on students in low-income communities.
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Upcoming Events and Performances
Tickets to all events can be reserved at our Eventbrite page.
You can also learn about Accessibility at our events and Places to Stay Near Winedale. If you have questions about attending a Shakespeare at Winedale event, please check out our Plan Your Visit FAQ.
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Shakespeare Sustainably
With the support of a Green Fund grant from the UT Department of Sustainability, we are taking important steps to make Shakespeare at Winedale more sustainable, like carpooling initiatives, recycling and composting, and a new energy-efficient fan for the Theatre Barn.
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Shakespeare at Winedale Legacy Challenge
Since 1970, Shakespeare at Winedale has transformed students’ lives through the power of performance, scholarship and community. With the Legacy Challenge your generosity can ensure the program has the necessary resources to be self-sustaining and keep the curtain rising for generations to come.
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Learn more about Shakespeare at Winedale & meet our team!
More information about our history and current faculty and staff can be found below.
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STAY IN TOUCH!
We invite interested students, teachers and audience members—of all ages and backgrounds—to learn more about Shakespeare at Winedale by exploring this site. You can find out more about what we're up to by following us on Facebook and Instagram, or by joining our email list. If you still have questions, please feel free to contact us!
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We invite interested students, teachers and audience members—of all ages and backgrounds—to learn more about Shakespeare at Winedale by exploring this site. You can find out more about what we're up to by following us on Facebook and Instagram, or by joining our email list. If you still have questions, please feel free to contact us!
Shakespeare at Winedale
Katherine Steele Brokaw, Director
katherine.brokaw@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-4726