
Photo: Stratton McCrady Photography
Join us this summer for two teen programs exploring storytelling and its power as a tool for social justice.
Summer Youth Intensive
An Actors’ Shakespeare Project and Central Square Theater Youth Co-Production
Directed by Allison Taaffe
Actors’ Shakespeare Project is delighted to once again partner with Central Square Theater’s Youth Underground for an exciting and engaging co-production! Our ensemble will create, design, rehearse, and perform a fully staged Shakespeare play, paying special attention to the modern-day social justice concerns raised in the text.
Over four weeks, the youth ensemble will develop our production, guided by experienced ASP staff and teaching artists. Live performances will be the culmination of a month-long intensive collaboration among teens from a variety of Boston-area communities.
Ages 13-19 welcome. Youth actors, stage managers, designers, and technical crew are all welcome and encouraged to apply.
Central Square Theater (450 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge; Red Line “Central” stop)
Production
SYI 2026: The Tempest (July 30-August 1)
SYI 2025: Romeo & Juliet
SYI 2024: Macbeth
SYI 2023: Twelfth Night
SYI 2022: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
SYI 2021: Much Ado about Nothing (Film)
SYI 2020: The Real (Merry) Housewives of Windsor
SYI 2016: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
SYI 2015: Much Ado about Nothing
SYI 2014: As You Like It
SYI 2013: Romeo and Juliet
SYI 2012: Macbeth
SYI 2011: Othello
Want more info? Contact Director of Education Lindsay Williams at lindsay (at) actorsshakespeareproject.org or 617.241.2200.
Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program
Youth Underground
Join Youth Underground this Summer as we create and perform a staged reading of an original play that investigates a social issue relevant to young people and our world. Central Square Theater is one of several worksites through the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program offering work experiences for Cambridge youth ages 14 and up. Learn more about MSYEP and how to apply.