Joe Atack

Director of Education @Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival

Responsible for the management, development and growth of all Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s educational outreach programs – including creation/managing of educational budgets, representing the Festival’s education programs to schools, teachers and potential sponsors as a spokesperson- Duties include: teaching, creating and running workshops, website content for educational outreach. Casting, assembling production crew and directing the Young Shakespeare Productions, hiring teaching Artists, scheduling for the InterACT in school workshop series, Shakespeare Summer and Young Shakespeare- Grants Writer (Consistently Awarded): Jon Ben Snow Memorial Trust, City of Reno, Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, E.L. Cord Foundation, Nevada Arts Council, Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, Lahonton Foundation, Wells Fargo, Nevada Commission of Tourism, Charles H. Stout Foundation, Incline Village Crystal Bay Visitors Bureau. Additional Duties: I have been responsible for local AEA and non-AEA auditions, as well as reviewing video submissions for the Mainstage acting company since 2017 and been a member of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival acting company since 2008.