Editor’s note: This is the latest installment of our new Asides series, occasional discussion starters about current issues in Shakespeare studies.  We invite your input using our comments feature.  If you have an idea for Asides, please contact voices@theshakespearestandard.com. Ann: I interned at a state arts council in the Midwest for a couple summers...
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The Elm Shakespeare Company will host a 2010 Gala on September 2 in Edgerton Park, New Haven, Connecticut.   The event will include cocktails and a buffet before a performance of The Winter’s Tale.  Proceeds will benefit Elm Shakespeare Company programs, including educational outreach.  From the Elm Shakespeare Company website: “Founded in 1995, and located in...
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The Shakespeare Factory Players (SFP) Present: “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare You are cordially invited to the marriage of Hero and Claudio…OR ARE YOU!?!?!? The Shakespeare Factory Players (SFP) are pleased to announce their summer touring production of William Shakespeare’s classic battle of the sexes comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing”. SFP is...
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Shakespeare On Love blends speeches, sonnets, scenes & songs inspired by Shakespeare Boston Common Parkman Bandstand  –  Aug 11 @ 10am & Aug 14 @ 2pm O’Day Playground -  Aug 7 @ 2pm & Aug 17 @ 6:30pm Jeep Jones Playground -  Aug 13 @ 10:30am & Aug 18 @ 6:30pm Christopher Columbus Park -  Aug...
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Actor Jesse L. Martin will host The Public Theater’s “Shakespeare in Southampton” fundraiser on Sunday, August 15.  The event will include an abridged performance of All’s Well That Ends Well. Funds raised at “Shakespeare in Southampton” will benefit The Public Theater’s Shakespeare Initiative which brings multiple outreach programs to New York teens.  The event will take...
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The theme for the inaugural season of the Australian Shakespeare Festival is getting over your Shakes-fear! The programme of events makes Shakespeare accessible for everyone, by presenting his works as play, opera, revue, music and film. Whether you are a newcomer or a die-hard Shakespeare-lover, you will be able to explore and enjoy Shakespeare...
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Students from the Codman Academy Charter School, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, will perform The Taming of the Shrew as part of a summer partnership with the Huntington Theatre Company (in residence at Boston University).   The Huntington-Codman four-week program provides students and alumni the opportunity to work with Shakespearean texts and experience the theatrical process through daily rehearsals and a...
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As part of an annual event, the Shakespeare Theatre Company located in Washington, D.C., will perform a reprise of their 2008 hit Twelfth Night free for audiences. This annual event is unique to the company and will once again feature several actors from two years ago, as well as many new faces. Free for...
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Shakespeare 4 Kidz’s production of A Midsummer Night Dream will begin an autumn tour at the Palace Theatre in Mansfield on September 14.  Tour performances run through November. For information on dates and locations, visit the Shakespeare 4 Kidz website.
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The Carousel Theatre’s production of The Taming of the Shrew will feature teen performers from the theatre’s Shakespeare program.    Local secondary students participate in a six-week program that focuses on rehearsing and performing a Shakespeare play for the public.  The free outdoor production, inspired by the film “Moulin Rouge!,” runs from July 30 through...
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