Young Shakespeare Players

What Actors Say About YSP

The following are a few of the many unsolicited comments by young people who have performed with the Young Shakespeare Players. In each case, the age shown was the age of the actor or actress at the time he or she made the comment.

KC age 10 People think kids my age can't do Shakespeare. It's fun to do the unthinkable.
AS age 16 YSP has given me whole new worlds to explore, an 'undiscover'd country.' A kind of love I've felt nowhere else.
WA age 11 Thank you so-o-o-o much for the best summer of my life.
ML age 15 I feel as though I'm a better person because of it. It makes me feel like I'm really doing something important.
KC age 11 I love YSP and I just wanted to thank you guys for being so kind and encouraging.
JD age 15 I'm 15 and Shakespeare has changed my life....[and] given me a different outlook...I love it a lot. I don't know how I'd live without it.
AC age 14 How can I thank thee for all the wondrous things thou didst for me - allowing me to be in this world of YSP magic?...Ah, this was the summer!...I look forward to more YSP years with you.
JS age 12 I thank you very much for the most wonderful summer of my life.
MK age 16 Thanks for yet another magical and empowering YSP experience.
BP age 14 Thank you for the large impact you have had on my life. [The Young Shakespeare Players] opened up a whole new world for me. Nothing I can say can do just credit to the immense gratitude I feel.
NK age 12 It's so much fun, as long as you have the commitment and want to do it. To come here and have this [program] saying, 'You can do this, I know you can' - it's like somebody in the world cares.
BW age 16 We happy few, we lucky few, we blessed few have experienced a sense of accomplishment unattainable to the rest of the world. It is amazing to know you have made a difference. We all know this feeling well. And never will we question the power of dreams.