Macbeth
The Linny Fowler WillPower Tour is going on the road in October-November, 2025!
What is the WillPower Tour?
WillPower is a fully professional touring production complete with set, costume, and sound designs (supplemented by host venue lighting.) The tour includes and 85 minute performance of Macbeth, a post-performance talkback with the actors, and optional workshops that give students the opportunity to work directly with the actors/teaching artists. Students experience and explore the power of Shakespeare’s text, build connections to characters, and enjoy the thrill of live theatre! Now in its 25th year, WillPower has reached more than 240,000 students in PA, NJ, and DE.
How do I bring the tour to my school?
Register your school for the 2025 WillPower Tour by filling out the (Please make this a link/button:) Registration Form, and email to Kim Carson, Director of Education at [email protected]. We’ll put your school on our calendar and an invoice will be generated and sent upon receipt of your form. If you don’t yet have details available, simply contact Kim Carson and we’ll pencil you in the calendar and answer any questions you have.
What is the pricing for the 2025 WillPower Tour?
The price to host the tour at your school starts at $1550 and includes the performance, talkback, and educational materials. Adding workshops with the actors/teaching artists is included in the full-day program and costs $2100.
What educational materials are included?
A study guide will be sent to you. This comprehensive guide includes Shakespeare’s history, plot synopsis, company bios, and many activities and discussion prompts aligned to PA Common Core Standards that will help your students explore the characters, plot, and themes of Macbeth before and after the production.
Many of the recent sold-out WillPower Tours were honored to be selected as part of Shakespeare in American Communities. The National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest presents Shakespeare in American Communities. Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is one of 40 professional theater companies selected to participate in bringing the finest productions of Shakespeare to middle-and high-school students in communities across the United States. To date, Shakespeare in American Communities has supported over 10,000 performances and more than 36,000 related educational activities at schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.