Central Pennsylvania Area High School Student to Compete in the 34th English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition at Lincoln Center in New York

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February 19, 2017 Nicholas Bowman, student of Susan Biondo-Hench from Carlisle High School in Carlisle, PA achieved first place at the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition Central Pennsylvania Branch heat on Saturday, February 19, 2017, at Lock Haven University, Lock Haven PA.   Nicholas will travel to New York City along with 55 other contestants from around the country to participate in the ESU National Shakespeare Competition at Lincoln Center Theater on May 1, 2017.  

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STANDING UP FOR SHAKESPEARE

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Central Pennsylvania Area High School Students 
to Vie for Chance to Compete in the
34^th English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition at Lincoln Center in New York.

Central Pennsylvania, February 12, 2017  --  

The Central Pennsylvania heat of the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition will take place on  Saturday, February 18, 2017 ( Snow date, Sunday February 19, 2017 in the Parson Union Building at Lock Haven University hosted  by the ESU Central Pennsylvania Branch.  It is open to the winners of area high school Shakespeare competitions that have been held this winter.  It is expected that 9 students representing Central Pennsylvania private and public high schools will participate.  Each one will perform a Shakespearean monologue of his or her choice and recite a sonnet.  Competitors will be judged on their understanding of the texts they perform and on their ability to communicate that understanding to an audience. Judges for the Branch Competition include Charles Dumas, Professor Emeritus from PSU Theatre program,  MG Gainer and Jessica Hylton, Professors at Lock Haven University , Clark Nicholson, Artistic Director of The Gamut Theatre, Harrisburg, and John Woznak, Professor of English Saint Francis University, Loretto, PA.  The competition is free and open to the public.

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English Speaking Union Central PA Branch (Regional) Shakespeare Competition

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2017 @ 10:30 AM, SUNDAY (SNOW MAKE-UP DAY)

LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY, LOCK HAVEN, PA

MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM (MPR) OF THE
PARSON UNION BUILDING 

PARKING AVAILABLE IN AREA #5 OF THE MAp

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Fine Arts at Saint Francis University

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Central PA Branch of the ESU welcomes
The Departments of Fine Arts and Literature and Languages at
Saint Francis University
Loretto PA
As sponsors for
the winning competitor's
NYC trip for the 2017 National
Shakespeare Competition

Fine Arts at Saint Francis University features minor concentrations the areas of fine arts, visual arts, music, and theatre. Small class sizes, individualized attention, and multiple performance opportunities, and unique arts-focused study abroad programs, not typically found in larger universities, provide students with ample opportunities to work with their hands, heads and hearts and to fully integrate artistic skills into whatever path they choose to follow.

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Governor Proclaims November William Shakespeare Month in Pennsylvania

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