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Riotous Youth students performing Hamlet in 2019 c. Lesli Summers Stay
Riotous Youth students performed Hamlet using Jacques Lecoq–style neutral mask work, exploring storytelling through physical movement.

Riotous Youth students perform Hamlet in 2019 c. Lesli Summers Stay

Riotous Youth student performs as Ophelia in Hamlet in 2019 c. Lesli Summers Stay

Riotous Youth students perform in Scenes of Love, Death, and Other Inconveniences in 2019 c. Lesli Summers Stay
In Spring 2019, Riotous Youth presented a collection of selected scenes from various Shakespeare plays, giving students the opportunity to play roles they likely wouldn't elsewhere.

Riotous Youth students perform in Scenes of Love, Death, and Other Inconveniences in 2019 c. Lesli Summers Stay
A scene from Henry IV Part 1

Riotous Youth students perform in Scenes of Love, Death, and Other Inconveniences in 2019 c. Lesli Summers Stay
A scene from Richard III

Riotous Youth students perform in The Tempest in 2018 c. Lesli Summers Stay
Riotous Youth developed The Tempest through the approach of Michael Chekhov, exploring the use of physical gestures in rehearsal to ground themselves in characters' psychology.

Riotous Youth students perform in The Tempest in 2018 c. Lesli Summers Stay

Riotous Youth students circle with instructors in 2018 c. Lesli Summers Stay

Riotous Youth students perform Romeo and Juliet in 2018 c. Sophie Hewett

Riotous Youth students exploring Comedy of Errors in 2016 c. Bess Kaye
Riotous Youth explored the exaggerated stock characters of commedia dell'arte for their performance of Comedy of Errors

Francesca Chilcote teaches Riotous Youth students about commedia dell'arte in 2016 c. Bess Kaye

Riotous Youth students rehearse for The Winter's Tale in 2015 c. Bess Kaye

Riotous Youth students rehearse for The Winter's Tale in 2015 c. Bess Kaye

Riotous Youth students performing a movement exercise in 2015 c. Bess Kaye

Riotous Youth students bonding affectionately at a rehearsal in 2015 c. Bess Kaye

Riotous Youth students exploring The Winter's Tale in 2015 c. Bess Kaye

Riotous Youth students posing to promote their Richard III in 2014 c. Bess Kaye
Learn more about all of ESPtheatre's youth and adult theatre classes.
All classes are held at the ESPLoft in downtown Frederick:
16 E Patrick St
2nd Floor
Frederick, MD 21701

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