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\n Welcome to the 2025 ESU National Shakespeare Competition! <\/div>\n \n \n
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We are pleased to announce the kick-off of the ESU\u2019s 42nd Annual National Shakespeare Competition (NSC)! Schools in our region may enter now, giving students the opportunity to compete in the NSC Los Angeles Branch Competition this winter. The winner of the Branch Competition will travel to NYC for a weekend of exciting events culminating in the National Finals at Lincoln Center in April 2025!<\/h4>\n

The Competition helps students develop speaking and critical-thinking skills while they explore the beauty of the language and the timeless themes in Shakespeare’s works. By preparing a monologue and sonnet for public presentation, students bring Shakespeare to life in their own way and learn to express his works with understanding, clarity, and feeling. Approximately 2,500 teachers and 20,000 students in nearly 60 ESU branches participate each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are a Theatre, English, Forensics teacher, or administer a home school program, we encourage you to enter to give your students an opportunity to participate in this exciting competition. If you are an interested high school student, please alert your teachers to this valuable program. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Everything You Need to Know to Get Started <\/div>\n \n \n
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Documents & Forms<\/h4>\n

All materials including the online school participation form, teacher and student handbooks, and packets of monologues and sonnets are located here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Branch Contact<\/h4>\n

Contact Los Angeles Branch Competition Coordinator Leigh Hansen for questions: leighhansen21@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n\n

\n More information about NSC<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nESU National Shakespeare Competition - 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