Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. Let’s check in with our theater partners with Shakespeare plays onstage in January: The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare in the Park Miami, and Southwest Shakespeare Company.
Nashville Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 30th anniversary season with Hamlet (Jan 4-28, Feb 1-3).
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- Hamlet and Ophelia at Hamlet at Nashville Shakespeare Festival, 2018.
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- Gertrude and Hamlet in Hamlet at Nashville Shakespeare Festival, 2018.
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- Hamlet and Laertes fight in Hamlet at Nashville Shakespeare Festival, 2018.
Baltimore Shakespeare Factory presents The Tempest (Jan 12-Feb 4).
(l-r) Dean Carlson as Ferdinand, Nell Quinn-Gibney as Miranda, and Zach Brewster-Geisz as Prospero in The Tempest at Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, 2018. Photo by Will Kirk.
Seattle Shakespeare Company presents the lesser-known Timon of Athens (Jan 9-Feb 4) for the first time in its history.
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- Mary Ewald and Michael Winters in Timon of Athens, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 2018.
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- Brace Evans in Timon of Athens, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 2018.
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- Mary Ewald, Julie Briskman, and Alexandra Verianno in Timon of Athens, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 2018.
The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse presents The Comedy of Errors (Jan 6-28).
J.L. Reed, Adam King (or is it Adam King and J.L. Reed?)
Southwest Shakespeare Company in Arizona presents Romeo and Juliet (Jan 12-27).
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- Romeo and Juliet at Southwest Shakespeare, 2018.
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- Romeo and Juliet at Southwest Shakespeare, 2018.
Shakespeare in the Park Miami, the only Shakespeare-in-the-park group that performs in January, presents Hamlet (Jan 5-27).
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- Seth Trucks as Hamlet. Shakespeare Miami, 2018.
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- Seth Trucks as Hamlet. Shakespeare Miami, 2018.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Red Velvet (Dec 1, 2017 – Jan 21, 2018), an award-winning play by Lolita Chakrabarti about the African-American actor Ira Aldridge and his history-making performance as the lead in Othello.
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- Ira Aldridge (Dion Johnstone) and Ellen Tree (Chaon Cross) shock audiences with intimate gestures and raw emotion in OTHELLO. Photo by Liz Lauren.
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- Henry Forester (Jrgen Hooper) reads a scathing review of Ira Alridge’s performance to fellow company members. Photo by Liz Lauren.
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- Ira Aldridge (Dion Johnstone) pleads with Pierre LaPorte (Greg Matthew Anderson) to change his mind. Photo by Liz Lauren.
The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare in the Park Miami, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Southwest Shakespeare Company are all theater partners of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Something that is rarely seen, a dramatization of “The Rape of Lucrece” is happening in Portland, OR.
https://www.facebook.com/events/155189211784721/
Michael Streeter — January 16, 2018