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Updated June 7, 2001
Some Shakespeare Theatre Website Links
1. Some Major Companies and Venues
3. Some American Shakespeare Festivals
1. Some Major Companies and VenuesAlabama Shakespeare Festival. Montgomery, AL. www.asf.net
With year-round operation, 300,000 visitors and fourteen productions annually, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival is the fifth largest Shakespeare Festival in the world. The festival is self-sufficient, and features an elaborate venue.Barbican Centre. London. www.barbican.org.uk/
The Barbican is a cultural complex featuring a wide variety of cultural performances. It is the London home of the Royal Shakespeare Company, which plays at the Barbican Theatre or the Barbican Pit Theatre.Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. www.chicagoshakes.com/
The new Shakespeare Theatre on the Navy Pier in Chicago.Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Boulder, Colorado. www.coloradoshakes.org/
One of the finer summer Shakespeare festivals, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival features both indoor performances and "Shakespeare under the stars" at the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theater—with the front range of the Rocky Mountains in the background.Globe Theatre (Shakespeare's Globe) London. http://shakespeares-globe.org/
Besides current listings and information about tours, this site contains an online guide to the reconstructed playhouse and an online archive about the Globe from 1599 to the present, with menus devoted to Shakespeare on the Web, FAQs, etc.Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival. www.publictheater.org/
Founded by Joseph Papp as a vehicle to bring Shakespeare to the masses, the famed Joseph Papp Public Theater features free "Shakespeare in the Park" performances at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The company "has nurtured the theater's most exciting and individual new voices" and is "one of the city's most beloved cultural traditions," garnering numerous Tony Awards, Obies, Drama Desk Awards, and New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. As of 2001, the company has won three Pulitzer Prizes and twenty of its shows have transferred to Broadway.The New York Theatre Guide. www.botz.com/nytheatre/
Lists current and future shows, theatre and ticket info, with archive links, FAQs, etc. . both Broadway and off-Broadway.Official London Theatre Guide. www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/main.html
(Search by title of show, type of show, name of theatre, date (what's on when?, and list of all productions. Programmes, performances, and prices are listed in great detail, complete with addresses, box office and ticket agent phone numbers, seat plan faxback numbers, and tube connections).Old Vic Theatre. London. www.oldvictheatre.com/index.shtml
One of the oldest theatres in London, the Old Vic dates back several hundred years, and is loaded with tradition, history, and a long list of distinguished performers.Open Air Theatre. Regents Park, London. www.open-air-theatre.org.uk/
Situated in pastoral Regents Park, the Open Air Theatre is, like the Globe, one of the premier outdoor stages in London.The Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Ashland, Or. www.orshakes.org
With a nine-month schedule and the nation's largest resident acting company, the OSF lays claim to being one of the premier American Shakespeare companies.Royal National Theatre. London. www.nt-online.org/home.html
Under the direction of Trevor Nunn, The Royal National features three auditoria (the 1150 seat Olivier, the 890 seat Lyttelton with its adjustable proscenium, and the 300 seat studio theatre, the Cottesloe. The National has nurtured many of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the past half-century, and its record of world premieres is impressive.Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford-upon-Avon, London, Ann Arbor.
www.rsc.org.uk/
The fabled company, with stages at both Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Barbican Centre in London. Programmes and performances at all three RSC stages in Stratford, with links to Barbican shows, for the current seasons. Performances begin in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in March of 2001.Stratford (Ontario) Festival. www.stratford-festival.on.ca/
The premiere North American Shakespeare Festival.Theatre Royal Drury Lane. London. www.ticketmaster.co.uk/venue/uk1/562/
The Drury Lane Theatre goes back to the time of Charles I, but its long history as London's premiere theatre dates to the Restoration period (1660+).
2. Local / Michigan Companies
The Grand Valley State University Shakespeare Festival. Allendale, Mi.. www.gvsu.edu/shakes/program00/
In addition to the featured plays, a featured scholar-in-residence, and associated renaissance activities, as well as their association with the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company, GVSU has worked hard to make their Shakespeare festival exciting and memorable.The Heritage Theatre Company. Grand Rapids.
The Heritage Theatre Company is dedicated to bringing classic theater to the Grand Rapids area; still in the process of building their own tradition and utilizing both local and out-of-state directors, the company plays one or two Shakespeare plays each year.The Hope Summer Repertory Theatre. Holland, Mi. www.hope.edu/pr/frontannounce2.html#information
Known for its professionalism, the Hope Summer Repertory Theater usually features at least one Shakespeare play each summer.Michigan Shakespeare Festival. Jackson, Mi. www.michshakefest.org/
Developed in connection with the University of Michigan Drama and Theatre Depart-ment, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival features "Shakespeare under the Stars."The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company. Allendale and Chicago area.
Headed by Frank Farrell, the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company features experimental "hiking" performances of Shakespeare's plays in wooded parks. Both audience and actors hike to various scenes, where the actors play their parts and engage the audience itself in what are surely among the most intimate of performances. The company is loosely connected with the Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival (above).
3. Some American Shakespeare Festivals
Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Montgomery, AL. www.asf.net
American Players Theatre. Spring Green, WI. www.americanplayers.org
Austin Shakespeare Festival. Austin, TX. www.austinshakespeare.org
California Shakespeare Festival. Berkeley, CA. www.calshakes.org
Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival. Cincinnati, OH. www.cincyshakes.com
Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Boulder, CO. www.coloradoshakes.org
Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre. Fairbanks, Alaska. www.fairbanks-shakespeare.org
Georgia Shakespeare Festival. Atlanta, GA. www.gashakespeare.org
Globe Theatres. San Diego, CA. www.oldglobe.org
Hampshire Shakespeare Company. Amherst, MA. www.hampshireshakespeare.org
Hamptons Shakespeare Festival. Amagansett, NY. www.hamptons-shakespeare.org
Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival. Harrisburg, PA. www.hbgshakespeare.pa.net
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Kansas City, MO. www.kcshakes.org
Houston Shakespeare Festival. Houston, TX. www.hfac.uh.edu/theatre
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Cold Spring, NY. www.hvshakespeare.org
Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Normal, IL. www.thefestival.org
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. Incline Village, NV. www.laketahoeshakespeare.com
Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Louisville, KY. www.kyshakes.org
Marin Shakespeare Company. San Rafael, CA. www.marinshakespeare.org
Michigan Shakespeare Festival. Jackson, MI. www.michshakefest.org/
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Bozeman, MT. http://opal.msu.montana.edu/wwmtsip
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival. Omaha, NE. www.neshakespeare.creighton.edu
Nashville Shakespeare Festival. Nashville, TN. www.brotherswest.com/nsf/
Nevada Shakespeare Festival. Virginia City, NV. www.nevada-shakespeare.org
New Dominion Shakespeare Festival. Manassas, VA. www.vpstartcrow.org
New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. Madison, NJ. www.njshakespeare.org
North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. High Point, NC. www.shakespearefest.org
Oak Park Festival Theatre. Oak Park, Il. www.oprf.com/festival/index.html
Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park. Edmond, OK. www.telepath.com'okshakspr.osp.html
Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Ashland, OR. www.orshakes.org
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Center Valley, PA. www.pashakespeare.org
Penobscot Theatre Company/Maine Shakespeare Festival. Bangor, ME. www.penobscottheatre.com
Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival. Philadelphia, PA. www.phillyshakespeare.org
Richmond Shakespeare Festival. Richmond, VA. www.richmondshakespeare.org
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. San Francisco, CA. www.sfshakes.org
San Leandro Shakespeare Festival. San Leandro, CA. www.sanleandroshakespeare.org
Shakespeare & Company. Lenox, MA. www.shakespeare.org
Shakespeare by the Sea. Redondo Beach, CA. www.shakespearebythesea.org
Shakespeare Festival of Arkansas. Little Rock, AR. www.shakespearefest.org
Shakespeare Orange County. Orange, CA. www.chapman.edu/comm/td/soc
Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz, CA. www.shakespearesantacruz.org
Shenandoah Shakespeare. Staunton, VA. www.shenandoahshakespeare.com
Smoky Mountain Shakespeare Festival. Knoxville, TN. www.smshakespeare.org
Sonoma Valley Shakespeare Festival. Santa Rosa, Ca. www.sonomashakes.org
South Carolina Shakespeare Company. Columbia, SC. www.scshakespeare.org
Southwest Shakespeare Company. Mesa, AZ. www.swshakespeare.com
Texas Shakespeare Festival. Kilgore, TX. www.texasshakespeare.com
Theater at Monmouth. Monmouth, ME. www.theateratmonmouth.org
Utah Shakespeare Festival. Cedar City, UT. www.bard.org
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