Support the Next 20 Years of SYF

For twenty years, Shakespeare Youth Festival has been a place where young people find their voices through Shakespeare's words. We've always run on a shoestring budget, keeping our pay-what-you-will tuition model so every interested young person can participate, regardless of what their family can afford. This year, we lost a $30,000 grant we'd been counting on, and we've reached a breaking point.

We've rented the Hudson Theater for our Spring festival, committed to the talented teaching artists working with our students, and maintained the financial accessibility that defines us. Now we're asking for your help to make sure we can keep our doors open and compensate our artists fairly.

Your donation directly supports the costs that make SYF special—from rehearsal space and theater rentals to fair pay for teaching artists and scripts for all our players. Whether you give $50 or $500 or $5000, you're ensuring that the next generation of young actors has the same transformative experience that's defined SYF for two decades.

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