A Synopsis of As You Like It: a new musical
In the Court of a near-future city, we meet Orlando, busking on the street. He is accompanied by Adam, a servant from the house of Orlando’s late father, Sir Rowland de Boys. Enter Oliver, brother to Orlando, a ruthless politician returning from a business trip. He is embarrassed by his brother’s performance and the […]
Modern Renaissance Man: Meet Resident Artist Phil Wong
Our Resident Artist company is one of SF Shakes’ most unique features, and we’d love for you to get to know our RA company better. The Resident Artists of San Francisco Shakespeare Festival are a core group of actors, designers, directors, and teaching artists who bring their expertise to all of our programs. They uphold […]
Words We Get from Shakespeare
Our tour has wrapped for the fall, but the words continue. In The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare made the first recorded use of the term “fortune teller.”
Words We Get from Shakespeare
Fun fact: The Comedy of Errors is the first recorded use of the word “sportive.”
Theatre with a Mission: Meet Resident Artist Radhika Rao
Our Resident Artist company is one of SF Shakes’ most unique features, and we’d love for you to get to know our RA company better. The Resident Artists of San Francisco Shakespeare Festival are a core group of actors, designers, directors, and teaching artists who bring their expertise to all of our programs. They uphold […]
Shakespeare Screen Time
Holidays, rainy days, vacation days, sick days- when the mood for some Shakespeare strikes, you’ve got to be ready. When you can’t make it out to the park for some Free Shakespeare or to a library for a tour show, here’s a roundup of some of our favorite Shakespeare shows now appearing on screens in […]
Words We Get from Shakespeare
Yet another word that Shakespeare pioneered in The Comedy of Errors!
Words We Get From Shakespeare
A nice way to connect Shakespeare and football.
A Teacher’s-Eye View: Independence High School
This month we’ll begin our 26th school year of Shakespeare on Tour, packing Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors into a van that will travel about 10,000 miles across California before April. In celebration of our tour program, we’ve asked teachers at a couple of our long-time school partners to explain how watching a Shakespeare on […]
Words We Get from Shakespeare
Ever heard someone say “it’s high time” for something? Shakespeare invented that phrase, like so many other famous sayings, in The Comedy of Errors.