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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in November
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in November

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Two Tempests blow onstage this month, in Atlanta, GA, and Bethesda, MD. Meanwhile, Macbeth conquers Seattle. Here’s what the Folger’s Shakespeare theater partners are up to in November.

An Ofrenda to Shakespeare’s Afterlives
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An Ofrenda to Shakespeare’s Afterlives

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Katherine Gillen, Adrianna M. Santos, and Kathryn Vomero Santos

Katherine Gillen, Adrianna M. Santos, and Kathryn Vomero Santos write about stage adaptations of “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet” that engage with Día de los Muertos traditions, reframing Shakespeare’s meditations on life and death according to Indigenous and Latinx worldviews.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in October
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in October

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Ben Lauer

King John (2022): Jessika D. Williams in “King John,” at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Photo by Jenny Graham. The fall harvest is ready, and this year, we’ve got a bumper crop of Shakespeare plays! If you’re in the mood for…

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in September
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in September

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Ben Lauer

Find out what’s onstage at a Shakespeare theater near you in September.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Insights from Folger Theatre dramaturg Michele Osherow
actors performing a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Insights from Folger Theatre dramaturg Michele Osherow

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“Nowhere does Shakespeare attend more to theatrical enterprise and potential than in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” writes Michele Osherow, Folger Theatre’s resident dramaturg. “It makes the play irresistible to those who practice theatre and to those who crave its incomparable…

'We few, we happy few': Small-cast Shakespeare
A small-cast Shakespeare performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream
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'We few, we happy few': Small-cast Shakespeare

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Austin Tichenor

Austin Tichenor explores small-cast Shakespeare and the artistic possibilities of a few performers playing multiple roles.

Q&A: Lolita Chakrabarti - The 'Red Velvet' playwright on 19th-century Black actor Ira Aldridge
Amari Cheatom as Ira Aldridge in Red Velvet
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Q&A: Lolita Chakrabarti - The 'Red Velvet' playwright on 19th-century Black actor Ira Aldridge

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Lolita Chakrabarti shares historical context about pioneering 19th-century Black actor Ira Aldridge, the subject of her play Red Velvet, including a notable detail about his funeral in Poland which she learned after she’d written the play.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters this summer
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters this summer

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Ben Lauer

Find out what’s onstage at Shakespeare theaters across the United States this summer.

Q&A: Director Sam Gold on his 'Macbeth' with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga
Cast of Macbeth on a stage with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga sitting on purple chairs
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Q&A: Director Sam Gold on his 'Macbeth' with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga

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Director Sam Gold shares what he loves most about Macbeth, why it stands out from other Shakespeare tragedies he’s directed, and how his ideas about the play changed over time.

Q&A: Allan Clayton on playing Hamlet in Brett Dean's opera
Allan Clayton as Hamlet
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Q&A: Allan Clayton on playing Hamlet in Brett Dean's opera

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Hamlet sings! A new opera version of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is onstage now at the Metropolitan Opera, with tenor Allan Clayton resuming the title role that he played for the opera’s world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017. Read our…

Q&A: Jacob Ming-Trent on Falstaff, Bottom, and Shakespeare’s comedy
Jacob Ming-Trent in MERRY WIVES
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Q&A: Jacob Ming-Trent on Falstaff, Bottom, and Shakespeare’s comedy

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Jacob Ming-Trent shares a favorite moment from his Shakespeare in the Park performance as Falstaff in “Merry Wives,” which premieres on PBS’s Great Performances May 20.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in May
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in May

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Ben Lauer

Read our round-up of May performances from Shakespeare theaters across the country.

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