Education Programs

GableStage plays an important role in inspiring optimism and imaginative problem solving for our community

50 students from the Seed School visit GableStage for August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned

Teen Education 

Students from Miccosukee Indian School, South Dade Senior High, Westland Senior High attend the student matinee of The Thanksgiving Play

Mainstage Student Matinees

For decades, thousands of Miami-Dade high school students have been exposed to dynamic, contemporary storytelling through GableStage’s much-lauded student matinee series. For the 2024/25 season, GableStage will offer 10:30 a.m. student matinees for all productions, reaching nearly 1,000 students this season.

Shakespeare actors during a performance of Macbeth

Shakespeare-in-the-Schools | Hamlet

Now entering its 12th season, GableStage will enthusiastically continue to produce its longstanding Shakespeare-in-the-Schools program along with Florida International University (FIU). This touring program enhances Miami-Dade’s High School curriculum by bringing the timeless topics explored in Shakespeare’s canon from page to stage.  

As compliment to Fat Ham, which closes the theatre company’s 26th Season and which tells the story of Hamlet through a contemporary lens, FIU Associate Professor of Theatre and Playwright, Michael Yawney will direct and adapt Shakespeare’s classic tragedy into an explosive 45 minute exposé. This adaptation of Hamlet centers on the struggle of a youthful generation who desperately seek to right the world. 

Hamlet will perform at more than 20 Miami-Dade public schools from February 18 to March 20, 2025. Free public performances will be offered at FIU (February 15 at 2pm) and at GableStage (February 24 at 7:30pm.)

The purpose of this flagship educational program is:

  1. To enhance Shakespearean curriculum from page to stage by illuminating the human experience through the timeless topics explored in Shakespeare’s cannon. 
  2. To make deliberate efforts to serve Miami’s diverse population by visiting schools in all corners of the school district. 
  3. To provide recent FIU alum what is often their first professional theatre opportunity.
IGNITE visits GableStage for August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned

IGNITE

Created in 2021 to IGNITE the next generation of theatre artists, this intensive program offers one high school a season-long, all access partnership. Serious junior and senior thespians read all season scripts, attend all GableStage season productions, and engage in workshops led by a wide variety of teaching artists currently working in the field.    

This season we are proud to partner with New World School of the Arts to invest in 60 of their serious highschool drama students.

Students rushed to fill the seats to a performance of The Thanksgiving Play.

Student And Teacher Rush

Students and teachers of all ages are invited to attend productions free of charge. Arrive 45 minutes before any performance and fill any open, unsold seat. Please bring your school ID. 

Adult Education

At the end of their program, Diary of a Production students attended a performance of The Lehman Trilogy.

Diary of a Production
APPROPRIATE (December 23 – February 23)
SUMMER, 1976 (February 24 – April 28)

From script analysis to casting, designing to directing, this class takes adult learning deep into the artistic process of bringing a production to life. Diary of a Production classes are led by teaching artist John Dalton and feature guests from the creative teams of each production. In-person classes include 3 rehearsal visits: initial read through, blocking, and tech rehearsals. All other classes take place on Monday nights via Zoom. Register today! 

Under 30 years $80*

Students $100*

Non-subscribers: $180*

Support

All GableStage Education programs are funding in part by the generous support of our sponsors, including: 

Al & Jane Nahmad Foundation, Alan Bernstein, Anthony R. Abraham Foundation, Arts Midwest, The Chesapeake Charitable Foundation,The Children’s Trust, the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, City of Coral Gables Cultural Affairs, Coral Gables Community Foundation, Dimare Foundation, Jane Hurt, The Kirk Foundation, Knight Foundation, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, Osaic Foundation, Alan & Barbara Pareira, Pat Papper, Peacock Foundation Inc., The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation, PNC Foundation, Publix Super Markets Charities, Annette Urso Rickel Foundation, Brooke Roberts, Joseph H. & Florence A. Roblee Foundation, Zelda & John Schwebel Family Foundation, The Shepard Broad Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Dorothy A. Terrell, theatreworks!

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