Gaudete Academy proudly announces The fifth year of Summer Shakespeare in the Hudson/Marlborough, MA area
the 2010 production of Shakespeare's
The Taming of the Shrew
Performances: Thursday-Saturday, August 5-7, 2010 at 7 p.m. at the Hudson Portugese Club
Auditions: May 25, 2010 - 6:30 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church in Hudson
Rehearsals: Monday-Thursday - 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Most rehearsals at Grace Baptist, with additional rehearsals at the Hudson Methodist Church.)
Open to: First consideration will be given to high school students (those entering 9th grade, through recently graduated high school seniors). First and second year college students may also apply.
Students limited to: Only 22 students will be accepted to the program.
For more information: E-mail thesnyders7@verizon.net
Since 1998, Emily C. A. Snyder, the director and founder of Gaudete Academy, has been working both independently, and within school and community theatre associations to create her unique brand of theatre that is as intensely interested in the true craft of the stage as well as the well-being of those who come together to produce a play. "It's the process, not the performance," she often says. That is, the real magic of stagecraft is that which occurs before any audience member ever filters in: in the self-confidence, the trust in others, the pleasure taken outside and inside the rehearsal space, the parts of one's personality that come to the fore in taking a role, the intelligence required to tackle difficult pieces, and the integrity demanded of each participant to work as a unified whole.
Miss Snyder is a recent graduate from Emerson College, earning her MA in Theatre in Education. A graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville's drama program, Miss Snyder has since also trained with the Theatre in England and Shakespeare School in London and Stratford-upon-Avon, England, as well as the ActOne Screenwriting Program in Hollywood, CA. She has taught at Hudson High School, as a drama teacher, as well as a music and stage director, as well as teaching and directing for six years at Hudson Catholic High School. In addition to the many school productions, Miss Snyder has also worked with the Arts Alliance and the Sudbury Savoyards.
When not otherwise engaged, she spends her time writing, and is the published author of several novels, including those from the Twelve Kingdoms. She is also a playwright in several genres.
NOTE: In 2009, the production company of Gaudete Academy took a hiatus and there was no Summer Shakespeare. But the new production company of Insert Life Here Studios - which was founded by previous Summer Shakespeare students - produced Macbeth.
This summer, in 2010, they are producing the original work of Jason and the Argonauts. More information can be found on their website.
Mission: Insert Life Here Studios is determined to bring the arts to young adults in a creative way that engages them in more than just acting but in the whole process of putting together a production. ILHS’s mission is to provide a positive learning environment to young adults to grow in their craft as well as a person.
But basically we're a group of friends that want to turn the thing we love into a career and we want to share our love of theater with other people.
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NOTE: In 2009, the production company of Gaudete Academy took a hiatus and there was no Summer Shakespeare. But the new production company of 
