We are pleased to announce that registration for Shakespeare Youth Festival LA ’25 is now open. We are tentatively announcing two plays, however, we reserve the right to change our selection, or add a new section/play to best suit the needs of our students.
If this will be your first time participating in an SYF program, please email us at speak@shakespeareyouthfestival.com to schedule an introductory meeting (phone/Zoom).
All rehearsals will be held at World City Center (3911 W Adams Blvd – just east of Crenshaw). Performances are tentatively scheduled at the Hudson Theatre (6539 Santa Monica Blvd).
Tuition for each participant is $750.
Finances should never be a barrier to participation – we encourage you to apply for Financial Aid. If you have received financial aid in the past, please email us for details on continuing.
COMEDY OF ERRORS
Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is a fast-paced play about the mix-ups that happen when two sets of identical twins who were separated at birth end up in the same city without realizing it. This leads to all sorts of misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and utter chaos, until all is resolved in the happiest of happy endings!.
For grades 3 through 8 (in Fall 2025)
REHEARSALS
Saturdays from 1 pm to 3 pm
First rehearsal – Saturday, October 18
No rehearsal Thanksgiving weekend
Winter Break – December 27 and January 3
Retreat – Sunday, February 22 (extended afternoon rehearsal)
Techs (4:30 to 7:30 pm)-
Tuesday, March 3
Thursday, March 5
Tuesday, March 10
Thursday, March 12
PERFORMANCES
Saturday, March 14 at 2 pm
Sunday, March 15 at 2 pm
Saturday, March 21 at 2 pm
Sunday, March 22 at 2 pm
CYMBELINE
Can’t decide which is your favorite Shakespearean plot device? Try Cymbeline – it’s got them all! Overpowering parents and rebellious children; mistaken identities and secret marriages; exile and false accusations; long-lost siblings; potions, prophecies, and divine intervention; murder, war, poison … and another happy ending that ties up ALL the loose ends!
For grades 8 through 12 (in Fall 2025)
REHEARSALS
Saturdays from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
First rehearsal – Saturday, October 11
No rehearsal Thanksgiving weekend
Winter Break – December 27 and January 3
Retreat – Sunday, February 8 (extended afternoon rehearsal)
Techs (4:30 to 7:30 pm):
Wednesday, February 18
Friday, February 20
Monday, February 23
Wednesday, February 25
PERFORMANCES
Saturday, February 28 at 5 pm
Sunday, March 1 at 5 pm
Saturday, March 7 at 5 pm
Sunday, March 8 at 5 pm