The San Diego Shakespeare Society
Celebrating the Bard's Works Since 2002
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Two struggling actors find solace from lockdown isolation by staging Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto Online, battling griefers as they connect through William Shakespeare. https://digitalgym.org/movies/grand-theft-hamlet/
Join us at the Mission Valley Mall (near Target) for an extended discussion of this profound tragedy as well as readings of selected scenes.
Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein provides a 90-minute exploration of the language of Shakespeare. https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/thinking-shakespeare-live/#?startDate=2025-06-01&%3FendDate=2025-06-30
The Coronado Playhouse presents this whimsical exploration of love, identity, and pastoral life. With its witty dialogue, memorable characters, and joyful resolution, As You Like It remains one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. https://www.coronadoplayhouse.org/as-you-like-it/
The Winter's Tale includes murderous passions, man-eating bears, princes and princesses in disguise, death by drowning and by grief, oracles, betrayal, and unexpected joy. Yet the play, which draws much of its power from Greek myth, is grounded in the everyday. Kevin Manley 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. The performers are Abigail Allwein, Alyssa Anne Austin, Sandy and Danny Campbell, Jon Alexander Hewitt, Kevin Manley, and Dori […]
Henry V by William Shakespeare Director: Lee Engelman Auditions: July 10th, 6-9 p.m. July 11th, 6-9 p.m. Audition sign-ups available here: https://form.jotform.com/251487079874069 Actors are requested to prepare a two minute classical monologue for auditions and self tapes. Self tapes accepted through 11:59 p.m. on July 11th to Engelman.Lee1@gmail.com If you are submitting a self tape, […]
Join us for another great open reading. Jealous and disdained, Richard of Gloucester wants to be King of England and uses manipulation and deceit to achieve his goal. He murders his brothers, nephews, and any opposition to become King Richard III. Lisa Neinchel will be our director.
A Midsummer Night's Rockin' Dream and Macbeth. For details: https://www.swcpac.com/.
Join us at the Mission Valley Mall (near Target) for an extended discussion of this complex play as well as readings of selected scenes.
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