For Veterans

The OLIVE BRANCH AND LAUREL CROWN ENSEMBLE exists within the ranks of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Resident Artists. It was born from classes sponsored by and in partnership with VetArts Connect, finding ways for health and wellness through the arts. The Ensemble will accept new members upon completion of the CSC Vets Acting Class.

Interested in learning more about this program? Contact The Studio staff.
studio@chesapeakeshakespeare.com, or call 410.244.8571, ext. 114.

Current Course Offerings For Vets

Veterans Ensemble: Basic Training Fall 2023

The Studio at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company presents an educational program workshop that will be FREE for US veterans. Participants should be ages 20-85, who are veterans of the United States armed forces. Combat experience not required. Working with CSC Teaching Artists, some of whom are fellow veterans, the ensemble will explore Shakespeare’s text for personal connections. This ten-week program will culminate in a sharing for friends, family, and invited guests. No experience required! Open only to U.S. military servicemembers (active duty, reserve, veteran)

Dates: Saturdays, September 16 – November 18, 2023

Times: 10:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.

Location: The Studio at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, 206 E. Redwood St., Baltimore, MD 21202

Tuition: FREE

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Questions? Please contact Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's Education Manager, Troy Jennings, at jennings@chesapeakeshakespeare.com or 410-244-8571 x114.

Current Members

OB&LC Presentation History

Summer 2023

Murder of Gonzago

Winter-Fall 2022

To Be A Soldier (premiered STA 2022)

2020-21

2020-2021 Two Noble Kinsmen (cancelled due to COVID)

Fall 2019

Presented ‘Road to Bedlam’ original, devised presentation

Summer 2019

Partnered with CSC High School Ensemble on a presentation of Much Ado about Nothing

Spring 2019

Explored themes of Leadership through Henry V

Fall 2018

Explored themes of Bravery and Fear in Shakespeare

Spring 2018

Explored themes of Love and Dreams in Shakespeare

2017

Explored themes of War and Peace in Shakespeare

Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and the state and local arts agencies. The initiative seeks to improve the health, wellness, and quality of life for military and veteran populations exposed to trauma, as well as their families and caregivers. Administrative support for the initiative is provided by Americans for the Arts and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, inc.