3 Questions for SF Shakes’ New Technical Director
Beyond the other reasons for SF Shakes to be excited this year, we are THRILLED to now have a full-time Technical Director on board! Neal Ormond joined our team in March and will spend his time building sets for Free Shakespeare in the Park and residency productions, organizing/mastering our scene shop, magically helping us to find more space […]
Camp Fan of the Month: Skylar Tang
Last month we interviewed a camp parent. This month, we thought it’d be nice to hear from a current camper. Skylar Tang, who started coming to Bay Area Shakespeare Camps when she was seven, is currently a fifth grader in the San Mateo Foster City School District GATE Program at College Park Elementary School. Fun story about Skylar that we […]
Casting “Hamlet” to Reflect Today: A Conversation between Rebecca Ennals and Stephen Muterspaugh
We’re thrilled about our recently announced cast list for this summer’s Hamlet. We’re especially thrilled about the way that this cast reflects our commitment to inclusive casting. Putting that commitment into practice, however, takes a LOT of consideration and a spirit of exploration. SF Shakes Artistic Director Rebecca Ennals sat down with Stephen Muterspaugh, SF Shakes […]
Top 7 Lesser-Known Shakespeare Couples
Romeo and Juliet get a lot of love (pun intended) every February. As do Beatrice and Benedick. And Viola and Orsino. And Rosalind and Orlando. And the young lovers of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Even Antony and Cleopatra turn up on Shakespearean valentines everywhere. But there are plenty of lesser-known couples in Shakespeare–many of whom actually […]
The Stranger’s Case, and Mountainish Inhumanity
Last night, we hosted the Kickoff Event of our “35 Famous Speeches in 35 Famous Places” Series at the Presidio Officer’s Club. The event included a look back at the three successful speeches we’ve performed so far, a brief history of the past 35 years of San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and a sneak peek at […]
Behind the Scenes for “35 Speeches”
It’s finally time…our 35 Famous Speeches in 35 Famous Places series starts tomorrow! But why did we choose this particular project, for this particular year? And what does it look like to manage such an ambitious series? SF Shakes’ Artistic Director, Rebecca Ennals, fills you in. 1) What can audiences expect to see in these […]
Camp Fan of the Month: Cynthia Francis
Cynthia Francis loves our Bay Area Shakespeare Camps. In fact, she loves them so much that she joined our Board of Directors to help them keep reaching more children every summer! A mother of three daughters (twins, now 22 years old, and a younger daughter, age 19), Cynthia sent all three to our camps as […]
Busy Busy Shakespeare Bees
Whew! 2017 is barely four weeks old and things are already full speed ahead at SF Shakes (and we’re willing to bet your January has been the same). A mere 20 days ago, we posted some resolutions that our company has made for our 35th Anniversary Season, and we asked you to hold us to […]
We the People
Last Friday at 9:00am, members of our community braved the early morning rain to gather with SF Shakes actors and staff at the Bayview Opera House. We then spent the next hour or so reading selections aloud from the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, civil rights speeches, famous modern poems…and, of course, Shakespeare. We’re so proud that the […]
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow: A Farewell Interview with Stephen Muterspaugh
At the start of 2017, we said a fond farewell to SF Shakes Associate Artistic Director Stephen Muterspaugh, congratulating him as he began his new job as Managing Artistic Director forJewel Theatre Company in Santa Cruz. Since joining our company in 2010, Steve founded the Shakespeare For All residency program, creating community-based productions featuring first-time […]