With support from the California Arts Council, Silicon Valley Shakespeare will provide free in-school residencies to Title 1 Schools through the program “Shakespeare Is Us,” bringing culturally, financially, and geographically accessible theatre residency programs and student matinee assemblies to middle- and elementary-schoolers. Through the original curriculum “Shakespeare Through Your Eyes,” this identity-centered approach invites students to explore and reinterpret Shakespeare’s stories through their own cultures, languages, and lived experiences. Using movement, ensemble-building, and personal storytelling, students build confidence, communication skills, and a sense of creative ownership, connecting them to and giving them agency over a 400-year-old artistic legacy and language shared across the globe. The program culminates in student matinee assemblies and public performances of ROMEO & JULIET abridged, reimagined entirely through their own voices.