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Sage Creek Theater 1 & 2 presents this superlative rom-com directed by Genevieve Tai and created entirely by high school students, mostly freshmen too. The fun begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theater. Get tickets here. Screenshot
Poway Shakespeare is a new professional theatre company based in Old Poway Park. Their inaugural production, "Bards with Blades," features fast-paced Shakespearean scenes with live stage combat and will run as part of the San Diego International Fringe Festival, with a special preview on May 11 in Balboa Park. Buy tickets HERE. This launch represents […]
Dr. Rima Greenhill will discuss how a close reading of The Winter's Tale will reveal the author's detailed knowledge of Muscovite life, culture, climate, and Anglo-Russian marriage negotiations. And you will learn why the play contains the stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear." Dr. Greenhill is a Senior Lecturer in Russian language in the […]
This comedy is known for its blend of romance, magic, and humor, exploring themes of love's irrationality, appearance versus reality, and order versus disorder. Charlie Riendeau is our director.
Quinapalus Theater Company will be producing As You Like It in August. Audition slots for those 13 years of age and up are now open. Details here.
The Old Globe. Justice and desire collide in Shakespeare’s timeless tale of power and hypocrisy. When Vienna’s Duke suddenly disappears, his morally rigid deputy Angelo takes control—determined to rid the city of vice. But when he condemns a young man to death and then propositions the man’s sister, his actions reveal the cracks in his […]
This comedy is known for its blend of romance, magic, and humor, exploring themes of love's irrationality, appearance versus reality, and order versus disorder. Charlie Riendeau is our director.
The San Diego Museum of Art and the San Diego Shakespeare Society team up again to celebrate the summer solstice with an enchanted afternoon of performance and poetry! Patricia Elmore Costa and John Tessmer are co-directing/co-producing. Performances at 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. For museum admission prices: https://sdma.ticketapp.org/portal/product/23
What happened to the boys who played Shakespeare's women? In the summer of 1606, six boy players warm up, run lines, gossip, and fall in and out of love in the midst of rehearsals for some of Shakespeare's greatest plays. As the plague and rising religious conservatism threaten their way of life, they are all […]
Shakespeare Fellow Jack Krepps will present “Shakespeare and the Revolution.” Jack is part of the American Revolution & Constitution History Project at San Diego State University. In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, Jack has conducted exclusive research on the impact of Shakespeare and his works on the Founders and on early […]
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