A baby’s first smile. A child’s first steps. Sometimes the littlest in our lives are proof of life’s greatest wonders.
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This multi-sensory, multi-disciplinary performance installation creates a dreamy world of poetry, music and magic to explore the infinite and the intimate, just for children ages 0 – 3 and their caregivers. Bond together under the stars to the sounds of Shakespeare’s poetry, twinkling music and innovative performances about fate, family and the celestial realm. Bringing The Bard’s best lines about the cosmos to life with starlit props, musical instruments and mesmerizing movement, this gentle show reminds us that “we are such stuff as dreams are made on.”
Created by Lauren Jost, Valerie Pye and the Spellbound Ensemble Music by Emilie Weibel Animation by Christine Dehne Set Design by Valerie Reid |
Photo by Bronwen Sharp
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Show History
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Shakespeare’s Stars was developed by Valerie Clayman Pye, Lauren Jost and Christine Dehne. Spellbound had the privilege of being a New Victory LabWorks Artist from 2018 to 2020 to devise and test this magical show for 0 – 3-year-olds and their caregivers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Spellbound had to put the next steps of this project on hold.
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In 2023, Shakespeare's Stars was brought back to life at The New Victory Theatre for their 2022 - 2023 season. Lauren Jost and Valerie Clayman Pye returned to the project as Director and Lead Devising Artist to complete the project and premier it as a finished show.
2023 Creative TeamLead Devising Artist: Valerie Clayman Pye
Devising Artists: Christine Dehne and Lauren Jost Director: Lauren Jost Designer: Valerie Reid Sound Designer and Composer: Emilie Weibel Line Producer: Rebecca Gerrard Collaborating Artists: Sook Kim, Hyejung Son, Melisa Orozco Vargas, Susanna Brock, Emily Baldwin Production design support provided by the Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Design Enhancement Fund, a program of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York). |
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