The ESU invites you and your students to embark on an extraordinary literary journey through the I AM Shakespeare Sonnet Competition. This one-of-a-kind contest challenges students to craft modern Shakespearean sonnets inspired by their own life experiences. Don't miss this opportunity to bring a new level of excitement and insight into your teaching! Submission Deadline: […]

Katherine Carter, longstanding curator of the Churchill family’s country home, will present her pivotal new account of Churchill’s activities during the 1930s, highlighting how Chartwell, his rural residence, became the epicenter of his anti-Nazi endeavors. During the 1930s, as Europe edged closer to conflict, Winston Churchill was politically sidelined. However, it was during this period […]

Join the ESU Denver Branch Board of Directors after its meeting on Saturday, January 11, 2025, for a visit to the Denver Art Museum! We have 15 tickets for a docent-led tour of works by British Masters at 1 PM. PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL NOT TOUR THE EXHIBIT WILD THINGS, THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK, […]

The World Premiere production of The Reservoir, a play by Denver’s own Jake Brasch, is currently at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Singleton Theatre. Jake is a Denver School of the Arts graduate and 2009 ESU Denver Branch Shakespeare Competition winner. After winning the Denver Branch competition, Jake traveled to New York for […]

ESU members are invited to a Town Hall Meeting Hosted by Executive Director Karen Karpowich January 21, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM MST — SAVE THE DATEFollow-up from AGM and Membership. More information and RSVP: dunger@esuus.org.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MSTLIVE via Zoom from Oxford, England Are you a high school educator eager to make Shakespeare’s sonnets more accessible and engaging for your students? The ESU is excited to invite you to an exclusive professional development workshop, designed for teachers involved in the National Shakespeare Competition, […]

The ESU Denver Shakespeare Competition will be held in partnership with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts at the Robert & Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education, 1101 13th Street, Denver.  The public is invited. Check in and proceed to the Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre on the third floor.  Refreshments provided.

Filmmaker and conservationist, Patricia Sims, talks about her journey to create the annual global awareness campaign, World Elephant Day, which she founded in 2012. Through her photography of Asian and African elephants, Patricia portrays her conservation work with elephants, her documentaries about elephants, and her recent trip to Kenya to see how the impact of […]

If you happen to be in New York City on Saturday, February 22, 2025, ESU is hosting a Showtime Shindig! The ESU Theatre Club will see Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard starring Grammy-nominated singer and Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress Nicole Scherzinger. The group will have a light brunch before the show at the ESU Office […]

Sponsored by the ESU Richmond Branch.British historian, Sir Spencer Walpole, described King George IV (1762-1830) as “a bad son, a bad husband, a bad father, a bad subject, a bad monarch, and a bad friend.” The Duke of Wellington was more charitable of the king, “ was indeed the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, […]