Published: April 19, 1998

High school students in Strasburg, Limon and Cheyenne Wells will see Shakespeare taken from the page to the stage this month by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at BoulderÂ’s acclaimed Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Shakespeare Festival.

Two professional actors with the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Shakespeare Festival will perform scenes, songs and sonnets in a program titled, "Boy Meets Girl Meets Shakespeare," in a tour of the three communities April 27 and April 28.

The actors will begin their tour with a performance at Cheyenne Wells High School, starting at 1 p.m. on April 27.

On April 28, the actors will perform at Limon High School beginning at 9 a.m. and and at Strasburg High School at 12:30 p.m.

Each year, thousands of students in English and drama classes throughout Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ participate in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-BoulderÂ’s "Living Shakespeare" program, an outreach project of the festival. The program is designed to supplement instruction on Shakespeare as both literature and theater.

Last year, nearly 60 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ schools hosted Living Shakespeare. The outreach visits are made possible through partial funding from Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-BoulderÂ’s Division of Continuing Education and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

Local contacts for the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Shakespeare FestivalÂ’s Eastern Plains tour are: Linda Beek at Cheyenne Wells High School, (719) 767-5612; Kate Ostenrood at Limon High School, (719) 775-2350; and Genia Gutierrez at Strasburg High School, (303) 622-9211.