Coordinating Council Support Brings Shakespeare to At-Risk Youth
November 11, 2009
In August 2009, the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provided $125,000 to the National Endowment for the Arts through OJJDP, to support a program that brings professional Shakespearian theater productions to communities across the country, targeting at-risk youth.
The program, Shakespeare in American Communities, stages Shakespeare productions and provides related education programs to high school and middle school students. Students can take artistic and technical workshops or attend symposiums about the productions. Over the past seven years, productions have been staged for more than 1.2 million youth.
Resources:
More information about the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is available at www.juvenilecouncil.gov.
To find out more about Shakespeare in American Communities, visit www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org/.
To find out more about the National Endowment for the Arts, visit www.nea.gov.
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