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The production's the thing: Thoughts on Shakespeare's Romances
Shakespeare romances
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The production's the thing: Thoughts on Shakespeare's Romances

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Austin Tichenor

Austin Tichenor looks at different stage productions of “The Winter’s Tale” and “Pericles” in order to understand what makes Shakespeare’s Romances “work.”

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in March
Shepherd’s dance in Bohemia
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in March

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Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. What plays are onstage this month? We check in with our theater partners.

How Play on! came to be: The backstory of Oregon Shakespeare Festival's translation project
Lue Douthit and Elise Thoron at Local Theatre in Boulder, Colorado, during a talkback after a staged reading of The Merchant of Venice.
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How Play on! came to be: The backstory of Oregon Shakespeare Festival's translation project

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Lue Morgan Douthit

Lue Morgan Douthit shares the backstory of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play on! project and how the idea of translating Shakespeare’s plays first took shape.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in February
A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in February

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Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. What plays are onstage this month? We check in with our theater partners Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, Brave Spirits Theatre,…

Shakespeare in a bar
Backroom Shakespeare Project
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Shakespeare in a bar

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Austin Tichenor

There’s a newish trend in Shakespeare performance, which is to situate the play in a bar and have least one of the actors be drinking.

What's onstage in January
Hamlet at Nashville Shakespeare Festival
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What's onstage in January

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Let’s check in with our theater partners with Shakespeare plays onstage in January, sharing a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America.

Playing Claudius in an all-female production of Hamlet
Doll Piccotto as Claudius in Hamlet
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Playing Claudius in an all-female production of Hamlet

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Doll Piccotto

Claudius is a multi-faceted villain with many conflicting human qualities. Might it be easier to see that when a woman is playing the role?

Shakespeare onstage in November and December
Celebrated Stratford Festival performer Dion Johnstone portrays trailblazing African-American actor Ira Aldridge, whose Othello shocked nineteenth-century London, in Chicago Shakespeare’s Red Velvet, directed by Gary Griffin, in the Courtyard Theater, December 1, 2017–January 21, 2018. Photo by Jeff Sciortino.
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Shakespeare onstage in November and December

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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 November and December.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in October
Julius Caesar at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in October

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Esther French

Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. What plays are onstage this month? We check in with our theater partners.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in September
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in September

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Esther French

Every month, we check in with our theater partners to share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America.

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 35-year history with 35 Shakespeare speeches
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
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San Francisco Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 35-year history with 35 Shakespeare speeches

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Esther French

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival has been presenting a series of free, short performances of famous Shakespeare speeches at notable San Francisco landmarks to celebrate its 35-year history in the city.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in August
Hamlet at The Old Globe
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in August

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Esther French

Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. Which plays are opening this month? We check in with our theater partners.

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