Ten years ago, my wife came to me and said, “I signed our son up for a Shakespeare class.” “Sounds fun.” “They are looking for parent volunteers for things like set building and concessions and someone to video it.” “That’s nice.” A week later she said, “they are still looking for someone to do the [...]

The legend is that when Queen Elizabeth I saw Shakespeare’ s Henry IV and Henry V, she loved the character of Falstaff so much that she asked Shakespeare to write a play with him as the main character. Hence, the spinoff was invented. Merry Wives of Windsor is all about the obnoxious and lovable knave, [...]

The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s earliest and shortest plays, known for its farcical plot and comedic elements. The story revolves around two sets of identical twins who were separated at birth during a shipwreck. Years later both sets of twins unknowingly find themselves in the same city, leading to a series of [...]

Seniors 2024

2023 Senior Highlights

As You Like It is a classic Shakespearean comedy. It has it all: a girl dressing as a boy pretending to be a girl, a foolish clown, a quadruple wedding, and a wrestling match. This year, we have decided to include more singing, dancing, and music and hope you enjoy the debut performance of our [...]

2022 Senior Highlights

Twelfth Night is, traditionally, a celebration held the twelfth night after Christmas. During Shakespeare’s time, this celebration consisted of revelries and dressing up, including men dressing as women and so forth. Twelfth Night is a play about confusion and mix-ups. There is a set of twins, separated by a shipwreck that causes each of them [...]

A Note From The Director: In the Fall of 2019, the students of Ashford Homeschool Shakespeare Conquest and their director decided to produce A Midsummer Night’s Dream for their annual spring play. During rehearsals, the COVID pandemic caused the state to shutdown and the play was cancelled. During the summer, restrictions were lifted with certain [...]

A Note From The Director: The Merry Wives of Windsor is the original spin-off play. Rumor has it that Queen Elizabeth I loved the character of Falstaff so much from Henry IV parts 1 and 2 and Henry V, that she asked William Shakespeare to write a play all about him. The Merry Wives of [...]

A Note From The Director: The Comedy of Errors is a rowdy comedy about two sets of twins, separated at birth, who find themselves unknowingly in the same town. It’s one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most straightforward comedies, with the ongoing joke of mistaken identity throughout. Being a twin myself, this play has always been [...]

Jesse’s Girl from Pop Sonnets as used in The Comedy of Errors by Ashford Home School Productions

Bloopers and behind the scenes from Much Ado About Nothing

An Ashford Homeschool Shakespeare Production Written by William Shakespeare Original Verse Adaptation by Richard Carter. A Note From The Director: Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays. It has all the qualities of a great comedy: a couple of sassy and witty protagonists, a lovable clownish character, and, of course, a [...]

Sigh No More as performed in Much Ado About Nothing

Bloopers and behind the scenes from As You Like It.

Written by William Shakespeare Original Verse Adaptation by Richard Carter A Note From The Director: We just recently commemorated the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. It is a unique opportunity to work with youth from the homeschool community and use words and songs that are centuries old. This rendition of As You Like It uses [...]