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As You Like It: Finding Joy, Freedom, and Voice
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As You Like It: Finding Joy, Freedom, and Voice

Folger Theatre · Capitol Hill

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This is essential for high school and middle school English teachers who want to deepen their own relationship with Shakespeare before bringing it to students. If you're a teacher who's exhausted by the standard lecture-and-worksheet approach and hungry for fresh ways to unlock joy in literature, this gives you both the experience and the strategies to take back to your classroom.

The Folger Theatre's Capitol Hill home hosts a professional development session centered on Shakespeare's As You Like It—but this isn't a traditional lecture. Instead, teaching artists guide educators through hands-on exploration of how this comedy's themes of liberation, self-discovery, and finding one's authentic voice can energize classroom work. Participants will engage directly with the text and with each other, discovering practical ways to bring the forest of Arden's transformative magic into their own teaching. It's Shakespeare as a living, breathing tool rather than a dusty artifact.

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Folger Theatre is in Capitol Hill. The nearest Metro station is Union Station (Red Line), located about a 10-minute walk away. The Blue and Silver Lines also serve Union Station, making it accessible from multiple directions across the city.
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