What is Breakdancing Shakespeare?

View photos from 2012′s Much Ado About Nothing.

Auditions for Summer 2013 Breakdancing Shakespeare will be held in May 2013. Check back for details.

Begun in 2006, in conjunction with the Greater Hartford Arts Council Neighborhood Studios program, Breakdancing Shakespeare casts approximately twenty teenagers from Hartford and the surrounding area for a six-week long summer apprenticeship that culminates in the performance of a classic Shakespearean play with a modern hip-hop twist.

Production History:

• 2012: Much Ado About Nothing
• 2011: The Tempest
• 2010: Macbeth
• 2009: The Comedy of Errors 
• 2008: Antony & Cleopatra 
• 2007: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• 2006: Romeo & Juliet