Notable Facts

• Shakesperience is the proud recipient of the "Arts Organization of the Year" award from the Waterbury Neighborhood Council. Congratulations to the evening's other deserving award winners, and thank you to the dedicated Shakesperience board, staff, and volunteers who make this recognition possible.
• In August 2011, Shakesperience headlined Festival! Stratford, produced by Shakesperience's Jeffrey Lapham, on the grounds of the historic American Shakespeare Festival Theater.  This is the third headline year at Festival! for the company.  Shakesperience has performed Rapunzel; The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; The Jungle Book; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged); A Midsummer Night's Dream; Hamlet; and Henry V.
• In the five years preceding June 2010, demand for Shakesperience residency programs increases 350%.
• Spring 2010, Artistic Director Emily Mattina conducts a residency program that raises creative thinking standardized test scores 5% in 10 days.
• Shakesperience was founded in 1996 by Emily Mattina and Jeffrey Lapham.
• 2004 - established downtown Waterbury housing for our Resident actors to live in the heart of the revitalization of the city.
• On behalf of Shakesperience Productions, Inc., Emily Mattina accepted the 2004 Celebrate our Communities Award from the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain.
• In October, 2006, Emily Mattina was selected by the New Haven Business Times among the top "Forty under 40" business leaders in New Haven County. She was recognized for her business accomplishments and her community involvement.
• 2006-2007 School Year marks 6 years of our Shakespeare Interactive Workshops performed by PCPA Theaterfest and directed by Emily Mattina in California's Central Coast region.
• 93% of Shakesperience Productions' client schools schedule performances year-after-year.
• Annually delivering more than 550 workshops and performances of the highest literary, educational, and artistic value in at least 70 communities.
• Collaborations and partnerships with regional agencies include work with The Northwest Connecticut Convention and Visitors Bureau, Main Street Waterbury, Greater Waterbury Arts Roundtable, the Waterbury Region Arts & Culture Collaborative, and the Downtown Waterbury Merchants.
• Artistic Director Emily Mattina is proud to be included by the Arts Division of the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism in their Roster of Teaching Artists.