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Amanda Giguere -- "Shakespeare & Violence Prevention"

Category: Literary

Date and Time

  • Tuesday, Jul 29, 2025  6:30pm - 7:30pm

Location

Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St

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Details

Amanda Giguere will speak about and sign her new book, "Shakespeare & Violence Prevention: A Practical Handbook for Educators," on Tuesday, July 29th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.

About the Book:
"Shakespeare and Violence Prevention" is a handbook that guides educators through an exploration of Shakespeare’s potential to address the public health issue of youth violence. Amanda Giguere presents Shakespeare’s plays as a tool to understand, address root causes of, and prevent violence in our own communities. Performance-based engagement with the plays in an educational setting allows students to explore violence-prevention strategies, practice empathy, and build safer communities.

Youth violence is an all too relevant topic, and this text helps educators, theatre companies, and academic theatre departments understand new ways in which the performing arts can positively impact young people. "Shakespeare and Violence Prevention" is a new spin on these classic texts that empowers teachers and community leaders to use these tools to create research-guided university engagement programs, theatre company outreach programs, and K–12 student engagement with Shakespeare, even for those without expertise in violence prevention or Shakespeare.

IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION

*Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).

*A coupon good for $5 off a copy of "Shakespeare and Violence Prevention," or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.

This event is co-sponsored by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.