1996
Rénee Bucciarelli develops YOU GOTTA HAVE BARD!
summer "playshop" for kids 8-13 with Kings County Shakespeare Co. co-sponsored by the
Prospect Park Alliance in Brooklyn, NY.
1999 -'07
The program officially becomes YOU GOTTA HAVE BARD! at
The Shakespeare Playground™ and is featured on NY1 News ('99).
2000
Dubbed the “hottest” summer theatre workshop for kids by
The New York Post. With MIDSUMMER IN THE KEY OF DREAMS:
Rénee Bucciarelli develops, co-writes, and directs an urban hip-hop, jazz, and pop version of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
with a diverse group of teens from the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. The production is featured at:
B.A.X. (Brooklyn Arts Exchange)
Teen Arts Festival
Welcome Back to Brooklyn annual civic event
Kings County Shakespeare Company’s Festival 2000
WNYC’s National Public Radio show Studio 360
Television NY1’s
Shelly Goldberg’s Parenting Report
2001
The Shakespeare Playground™ s a featured event at the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Springfest 2001 Shakespeare Celebration.
'99-2003
After-school, vacation, & specially-designed programs for
kids and teens
at:
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
Kings County Shakespeare Company
Public School 38
Middle School 51
The Brooklyn New School
St. Anne’s School
Brooklyn Technical High School
and NYCHEA
(a home-school organization).
2004
Rénee Bucciarelli chairs panel on Innovative Eductional Outreach
for Shakespeare Theatre Association of America Annual Conference.
Joins Advisory Board of Kings County Shakespeare Company.
2004-'06
After-School and vacation sessions held at
Montclair Elementary School in Oakland, California ('04-'05), and in conjunction with Woman's Will Shakespeare ('06).
2005
The Shakespeare Playground™
is featured in all but name at
California Shakespeare Theater.
2004-'11
Summer "playshops" at Shakespeare on the Sound-
Rowayton, Connecticut.
2006-'10
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada "playshops" at:
New Westminster Secondary School
Homerlearners of New Westminster
Lord Tweedsmuir Community School
and for Art in the Park festivals
2008-2010
Artist in Residence at
Hume Park Elementary School,
New Westminter, Canada
2010
Rénee Bucciarelli joins Advisory Board of
Brave New World Shakespeare in Brooklyn, NY
2011
The Shakespeare Playground ™
at Maple Ridge Arts Centre and Theatre, British Columbia, Canada
