A theatre company and conservatory for young people. Based in San Jose, California since 2004
 

A CHRISTMAS CAROL


 

Join us for American Youth Shakespeare’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at Houge Park Studio Theater

Saturday, December 7th at 2PM and 7PM

Sunday, December 8th at 4PM

Friday, December 13th at 7PM

 
The kind hand trembled
 
 

KING LEAR


 
 

American Youth Shakespeare proudly presents King Lear at the Historic Hoover Theater.

 

Friday August 23rd at 7PM

Saturday August 24th at 2PM and 7PM

Sunday August 25th at 2PM

 
 

RICHARD II

WORKSHOP 2024


 

American Youth Shakespeare’s Spring workshop explores Shakespeare’s Richard II.

For information about the friends and family performance, please contact Artistic Director Bob Rumsby (bob.rumsby@yahoo.com)

 

A CHRISTMAS CAROL


What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry?

 
 

“Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”

 
 

American Youth Shakespeare presents the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol

Friday December 8, 2023 at 7 pm

Houge Park Studio Theatre
3949 Twilight Dr, San Jose

Saturday December 9th at 2 pm and 7 pm

Sunday December 10th at 3 pm

 

HAMLET


 
 
Hamlet Poster 2023
 
 
 

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god: the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!

 
 

American Youth Shakespeare presents HAMLET

Thursday, September 7th at 7 pm

Friday, September 8th at 7 pm

Saturday, September 9th at 7 pm

Sunday, September 10th at 3 pm SOLD OUT


A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM


Join us for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM presented by American Youth Shakespeare

Saturday, May 20th at 2 pm and 7 pm

Houge Park Studio Theatre

3949 Twilight Dr, San Jose

Sunday, May 21st at 3 pm

Saturday, May 27th at 2 pm and 7 pm

Sunday, May 28th at 3 pm

 

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING


The Historic Hoover Theater
1635 Park Ave, San Jose

September 10th & 11th, 2022

Much Ado About Nothing Original Artwork
 

JULIUS CAESAR


 

American Youth Shakespeare presents

JULIUS CAESAR
Houge Park Studio Theatre

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Eleven young actors present a new production of Shakespeare’s best-loved Roman play. Conspirators Brutus and Cassius plot to assassinate Julius Caesar, sparking a civil war between “these butchers” and armies led by Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar.

Four performances only at Houge Park, with limited seating:

Friday, April 29th at 7 pm: SOLD OUT
Saturday, April 30th at 2 pm: SOLD OUT
Saturday, April 30th at 7 pm: SOLD OUT
Sunday, May 1st at 3 pm: SOLD OUT

General admission: $20
Children 7 and under: $5

 

 
 

CAST
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Mateo McCullough - Brutus
Griffin Sanders - Mark Antony
Henry Macauley - Julius Caesar
Iliana Flohr - Portia, Lepidus
Khristian Hoyt - Lucius, Soothsayer, Pindarus
Siyona Roychoudhury - Cassius
Violet Sanders - Casca, Murellus, Strato
Emma Griffith - Cinna, Titinius
Rivaan Roychoudhury - Trebonius, Claudio
Stella Scott - Messala, Calpurnia, Metellus Cimber
Charles Gardella - Decius Brutus, Cicero, Octavius Caesar

 
 

 
 

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.

 
 

 
 

DIRECTOR’S NOTES
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It’s good to be back! And it’s good to be working on Julius Caesar again, for the third time in our history. We first performed this play in 2009 with a cast of about 45 at the Theatre on San Pedro Square. We came back to it in 2015, with about 30 in the cast, at the Hoover Theatre, our usual “home” for the past 10 or 11 years. In 2022, we return after a long, frustrating break, to perform the same show in a very different way at our small studio theatre inside Building 1 at Houge Park.

We hope you’ll be able to join us–there will be four performances only, with limited seating. The running time of the show will be 2 hours, with one 15-minute intermission. Our snack bar will be open and families are very welcome! 

Bob Rumsby, Director