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McDonogh Excels in Teaching Shakespeare
Director of Fine and Performing Arts Kevin Costa spent this past weekend presenting a series of workshops for high school and college teachers at the University of California at Davis. The conference, “Shakespeare Works when Shakespeare Plays,” was organized by the education program at the Globe Theatre in London and by UC Davis’s School of Education. Invited to represent McDonogh and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, Costa’s sessions emphasized the value of performance-based teaching.
“I also bragged about the performance-based teaching that works so well in McDonogh’s English department – every year, Ms. Cox, Mr. Levy, Dr. Rheingold, and Ms. Wood engage students by teaching Macbeth through performance,” said Costa. “The students love it!"
In addition, Costa shared that the first class of the Institute for Shakespeare and Renaissance Studies, which he is teaching this year, is studying The Merchant of Venice through performance. He proudly declared, "McDonogh is a real leader in the teaching of Shakespeare!”
On Saturday, April 21, Costa and the Institute will host Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen, co-founder of the renowned American Shakespeare Center, for a performance-based conference at McDonogh that will be open to the public. Next fall, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will return to McDonogh for its fifth residency. Students will work alongside seasoned actors on a production of Richard III. Stay tuned for more details!
Director of Fine and Performing Arts Kevin Costa spent this past weekend presenting a series of workshops for high school and college teachers at the University of California at Davis. The conference, “Shakespeare Works when Shakespeare Plays,” was organized by the education program at the Globe Theatre in London and by UC Davis’s School of Education. Invited to represent McDonogh and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, Costa’s sessions emphasized the value of performance-based teaching.
“I also bragged about the performance-based teaching that works so well in McDonogh’s English department – every year, Ms. Cox, Mr. Levy, Dr. Rheingold, and Ms. Wood engage students by teaching Macbeth through performance,” said Costa. “The students love it!" In addition, Costa shared that the first class of the Institute for Shakespeare and Renaissance Studies, which he is teaching this year, is studying The Merchant of Venice through performance. He proudly declared, "McDonogh is a real leader in the teaching of Shakespeare!”
On Saturday, April 21, Costa and the Institute will host Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen, co-founder of the renowned American Shakespeare Center, for a performance-based conference at McDonogh that will be open to the public. Next fall, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will return to McDonogh for its fifth residency. Students will work alongside seasoned actors on a production of Richard III. Stay tuned for more details!