“All the World’s A Stage”: St. Vrain Elementary Students Perform Shakespeare in the Park

Fifth grade students from across St. Vrain Valley Schools gathered at Thompson Park in Old Town Longmont on a sunny spring Friday for the annual Shakespeare in the Park program. Put on through the district’s Gifted and Talented department, this year included performances from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, and the Tempest.

Children in costumes perform a play outdoors, with an audience seated on the grass and trees in the background.

The performances in front of their peers and families are the culmination of their Shakespeare curriculum, as well as months of practice. During the near-semester long curriculum, students build critical reading and comprehension skills, alongside leadership skills as each school’s production is student-led.

A child in a purple costume performs on stage while an audience of children watches in a park setting.

Participating groups this year were from Niwot Elementary, Highlands Elementary, Red Hawk Elementary, Black Rock Elementary, Soaring Heights PK-8, Timberline PK-8, Blue Mountain Elementary, Lyons Elementary, Flagstaff Academy, and Erie Elementary.

A girl in a red dress with fairy wings reads from a book to an audience seated on the grass in a park.

Children perform on stage in a park while an audience of families watches from the grass in a sunny setting.

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