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

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.

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
Shakespeare and Beyond

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
Shakespeare and Beyond

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.

Three Hamlets and a hip-hop Romeo and Juliet: What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in July
Midsummer at Utah Shakespeare Festival 2017
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Three Hamlets and a hip-hop Romeo and Juliet: What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in July

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Esther French

Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. Summertime is high time for free outdoor performances of the classics.

The Q Brothers take on the star-crossed lovers
The Boys. Jesse Bhamrah as Romeo, Christian Strange as Mercutio, and Chris Vizzuraga as Benny V in the Q Brothers'
Shakespeare and Beyond

The Q Brothers take on the star-crossed lovers

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Esther French

The Q Brothers are back at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival this summer with I Heart Juliet, a hip-hop adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

A Falstaff feast
Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare and Beyond

A Falstaff feast

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Esther French

Find Falstaff at Nebraska Shakespeare, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Shakespeare Dallas.

Robert Sean Leonard as Richard II: What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in June
Robert Sean Leonard as King Richard II
Shakespeare and Beyond

Robert Sean Leonard as Richard II: What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in June

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Esther French

Experience a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America, from a female Hamlet in Colorado to Robert Sean Leonard as Richard II in San Diego.

A Shakespeare tale for winter, told in summer
The Winter's Tale at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
Shakespeare and Beyond

A Shakespeare tale for winter, told in summer

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Esther French

The Winter’s Tale is onstage this summer at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, African-American Shakespeare Company, and Nashville Shakespeare Festival.

An Iranian Hamlet
Shakespeare and Beyond

An Iranian Hamlet

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Esther French

Arian Moayed is an Iranian Hamlet who straddles the line between East and West in a new dual-language production from Waterwell in New York.

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