Student Shakespeare Festival | The San Diego Shakespeare Society

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Each spring beginning in 2006, the Society has overseen the Student Shakespeare Festival. Animated by the governing principle of “Teach a child Shakespeare at an early age, and they can learn anything,” the Festival is designed to bring the works of the Bard to life for students, teachers, and the greater community through study, production, and live performance.

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The Winners of the 20th Annual Student Shakespeare Festival:

Non-High School Sonnet/Monologue

First Prize
San Elijo Middle School
Julia Marz as Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Act 2, Scene 5

High School Sonnet/Monologue:

First Prize
Carlsbad High School
Isabella Podesta as Mistress Anne Page
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Act 2, Scene 1

Second Prize
San Dieguito Academy
Kai Bunyak as Mark Antony
Julius Caesar
Act 3, Scene 1

Third Prize
Saint Augustine High School
Sydney Scripps as Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Act 3 Scene 2

High School Ensemble Scene:

First Prize
Sage Creek High School
Xavier Medlock as Malvolio
Spencer Rogow as Toby Belch
Keira Casey as Andrew Aguecheek
Emily Navarro as Maria
Autumn Manes as Fabian
Directed & Filmed by Grace Cowart and Keira Casey
Twelfth Night
Act 2, Scene 5

The Winners of the 19th Annual Student Shakespeare Festival:

In the Sonnet/Monologue category:
Macbeth
Act 2 Scene 1
Performed by: Connor Sortwell
Saint Augustine High School

In the Ensemble Scene category:
The Tempest
Act 2 Scene 1
Performed by: Jacob Washington and Michael Hoag
Saint Augustine High School

Watch the 16th annual festival now, live-streamed on April 24, 2021!

The San Diego Student Shakespeare Festival is produced by the San Diego Shakespeare Society in association with Write Out Loud.

Check out all the Festival info from Write Out Loud here!

Hundreds of students from K-12 representing San Diego City and County schools, perform 10-minute scenes, sonnets, music,and/or dance from Shakespeare’s plays. Truly a sight to behold and enjoyed by hundreds of spectators and proud family members! The Student Shakespeare Festival has been held in beautiful Balboa Park.

“O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day;
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun…”
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (I, iii, 84-87)

We hold workshops for teachers and students to help them prepare for their festival performances: