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Shakespeare's Stars

A baby’s first smile. A child’s first steps. Sometimes the littlest in our lives are proof of life’s greatest wonders. 

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



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Photo by Bronwen Sharp

Show History

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 Team

Lead 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).

Stars in the Press

Read about the first stages of this immersive work-in-progress in the Wall Street Journal.
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To book this show for your presenting venue, please email us at [email protected]

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Staff and Artists
    • Board of Directors
    • Commitment to Anti-Racism
    • 2024 Year in Review
    • Resources
  • Support
  • Contact Us
  • News
  • Programs
    • Schools
    • Free Family Art Days
    • Digital
  • Performances
    • Lullaby Land >
      • Original Web-Series
      • Devising Phase One
      • Devising Phase Two
      • Lullaby Land Phase Three Digital Program
      • Support Development
    • Pop Up Performances >
      • Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors, Please
      • Grow!
      • The Naughty Penguin
      • Up & Down Again
      • Under the Tree
      • Oceansong
    • Touring Shows >
      • The World Inside Me
      • Wink
      • Shakespeare's Stars
      • Babywild
      • Ears, Nose, and Tail
    • Past Shows >
      • The Last Coin
      • A Book of Hours
      • Grump
      • SPARC: Memory
      • Aidee
      • Before We Grew
  • Spellbound Screen-Free
  • Spellbound en Casa
    • Spellbound Sin-Pantallas
  • Spellbound在家
    • Spellbound 无屏幕
  • #ArtsAreMySuperpower
  • Spellbound's Active Shows
  • Lullaby Land Digital Program