D. G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program

In honor and recognition of our Chair Emeritus, Geno Menchetti, we renamed our educational outreach performances the D. G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program in 2004. 

The 2010 D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program presents an interactive, one hour interpretation of a Shakespeare's Classic set in contemporary times and created with the young audience member in mind. 

Presented in collaboration with The Nevada Shakespeare Company, these performances feature a mixed cast of professional actors and young actors and will take the work of the bard to several venues throughout the Reno/Sparks, Fallon, Minden and Tahoe/Truckee regions.

2010 Young Shakespeare

All performances are FREE to young people of all ages and their chaperones.  Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and reservations are required for these performances. 

The parking fee at Sand Harbor, Nevada State Park is $10 in state, $12 out of state, per vehicle. Please call the Parks staff directly at 775-831-0494 to reserve parking and unloading arrangements for buses.

For more information about D. G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program or to make a donation towards our educational outreach efforts please contact us. 

Performance schedule

See the table below for a schedule of venues. We will do six performances at our home venue, Sand Harbor State Park, and tour the Reno/Sparks/Tahoe region with ten more shows. Although the performances are free, reservations are required to limit capacity at each venue.

The D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program is a collaboration between the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and Nevada Shakespeare Company. It is presented FREE for kids and their chaperones. In 2010, we will offer one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, The Tempest.

The sorcerer and one-time Duke of Milan, Prospero, and his daughter, Miranda, have been trapped on a tropical island for 12 years. Their only companions are a Monster called Caliban, son of the Witch, who used to rule the Island and Ariel, a spirit loyal and known only to Prospero. As fate would have it, those who betrayed Prospero are brought within the reaches of his powers. His enemies find themselves at the mercy of a great storm and are cast upon the Island. With Magical Spirits, Monsters and Pirates, the Young Shakespeare production of The Tempest promises to be a fun, interactive show for the entire family. 

Young Shakespeare serves as an internship program for young and aspiring actors. The production is run as a fully professional show with eight-hour rehearsal days, over a period of four weeks. It includes a professional costumer, fight director, professional actors, director and stage manager. Each young performer is assigned an actor as a mentor to help guide him or her through the rehearsal process all the way to performance time. The culmination is a one-hour adaptation of a Shakespeare play for the young at heart that tours Reno/Sparks, Fallon, Minden and Tahoe/Truckee regions.

Please call 775.298.0158 if you are ordering tickets for a group of 10 or more.