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THE ESU NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE COMPETITION – SHREVEPORT<\/h5>\n \n
A performance-based educational program serving grades 9-12<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n PROGRAM OVERVIEW <\/div>\n \n
\n Shreveport Shakespeare Competition <\/div>\n \n \n
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The ESU National Shakespeare Competition is a performance-based education program. High school students develop analytical and communication skills by performing Shakespeare at the school, community, and national levels. Since 1983 more than 360,000 students have brought the timeless works of Shakespeare to life. <\/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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The 2024 ESU National Shakespeare Competition is underway in schools across the country. Following are upcoming deadlines for this year\u2019s competition:<\/strong><\/h4>\n