Upstart Crows of Santa Fe provides year-round outreach to educators and community groups. Facilitators include: Alejandro Amundah, Zoe Burke, Caryl Farkas, Ambrose Ferber, Ariana Karp, and Alexander Lane. We provide workshops with visiting artists including actors, directors and staff from the London Academy of Dramatic Art, the Globe Theatre, and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
Upstart Crows of Santa Fe in partnership with the ISC produces the annual Youth Shakespeare Festival, connecting middle and high school students with Shakespearean actors and directors, culminating in a day of performance.
Upstart Crows of Santa Fe
Upstart Crows of Santa Fe is a theater company for young people, ages 10 to 18, with a focus on understanding and performing the works of Shakespeare. Young actors experience the plays first-hand, exploring Shakespeare’s language and meaning with the help of experienced directors. There are no auditions—all who wish to participate will receive substantial roles. Each production has two casts so that actors may take part in every aspect of the production, performing as well helping backstage. No prior theater experience is necessary. The company believes that great performances evolve from understanding the texts and collaborating on the productions.The Crows perform three plays a year, with productions in the Spring, Summer, and Fall. They have an extensive outreach program and host workshops with professional Shakespearean actors, directors and scholars.
international shakespeare center
The ISC cultivates an understanding and love of Shakespeare by partnering with international, national, and local organizations. Our collaboration with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), the oldest acting conservatory in England, has brought world-class teaching artists to Santa Fe. The Ducdame Ensemble, an award-winning NYC acting company founded by graduates of LAMDA’s “Masters in Classical Acting for the Professional Theater” serves as a repertory company for ISC, providing performance, educational outreach, and film work. Community lectures by our founders rouse interest in the stories behind the plays, the author, and those who read and perform them. Our Associate Artistic Directors are committed to educational outreach through a partnership with the Upstart Crows of Santa Fe, workshops for schools, and this annual festival.
“To me, performing Shakespeare means having a bond not only with the actors around me, but also with the characters. It means putting myself in the mind of someone else and feeling what they feel.”