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Twelfth Night

October 27, 2021

How are we doing? Dive into the SDSS audience survey results for 2021!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our survey earlier this year. Below are many of our findings and will help us to plan in 2022 and beyond.

Category iconUpdate Tag iconaudience,  feedback,  hybrid,  survey

August 20, 2021

Discover all our Shakespeare Books of the Month

Starting earlier this year, we've begun featuring a different Bard-related book each month on social media. Now you can find all of them in one spot!

Category iconResources Tag iconblog,  books,  bookstore,  news,  reading,  resources

August 10, 2021

NEW: share your IDEAS and add your EVENTS!

We've opened two opportunities up to our entire community! First: share your thoughts in our news! Write about your thoughts, reviews, opinions

Category iconUpdate Tag iconblog,  calendar,  events,  news

The Shakespeare Prison Project - FREE Lecture Series

July 21, 2021

Watch Now: The Shakespeare Prison Project with its founder and director Jonathan Shailor

Founder and Director Jonathan Shailor shares a brief history of the project, with evidence of its effectiveness, and stories that highlight pivotal

Category iconLectures Tag iconchange,  empathy,  imagination,  prison,  shakespeare,  wisconsin

July 10, 2021

Enter to win $150 in Amazon Gift Cards!

As we all return to both NEW and NORMAL, we'd love to hear your opinion on events and items you'd like us to continue (or new ones!), both in-person

Category iconContests Tag iconamazon,  audience,  events,  feedback,  gift card,  opinions,  suggestions,  survey

July 1, 2021

Watch Now: History of Joy performance with co-founder Tom Haine

Our co-founder Tom Haine begins with a brief discussion about the Society and Shakespeare before performing "The Seven Ages of Man" (from As You Like

Category iconPerformances Tag iconas you like it,  generations,  history,  interview,  joy,  love,  san diego,  shakespeare,  sonnets,  vanguard culture

June 12, 2021

Watch Now: Enjoy the 2021 Shakespeare Showcase!

To continue our motto that "we do Shakespeare all year 'round", we've asked members to share a sonnet or speech in our third online Showcase! We hope

Category iconPerformances Tag iconcoronavirus,  covid,  hamlet,  henry v,  online,  san diego,  sheltering,  showcase,  sonnet

April 28, 2021

Watch now: Students perform Shakespeare in our 2021 Virtual Festival!

Thanks to our producing partner Write Out Loud and ALL the students, teachers, and families that participated! Enjoy a number of selections here

Category iconPerformances Tag iconcovid,  pandemic,  shakespeare festival,  student festival,  students,  virtual,  zoom

Rude Growing Briars: Queer Pregnancy in Shakespeare - FREE Lecture Series

March 17, 2021

Watch Now: “Rude-Growing Briars: Queer Pregnancy in Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Andronicus'” with Dr. Alicia Andrzejewski

In this talk, Dr. Alicia Andrzejewski will bring together queer and feminist theory; performance studies; and archival research to address a

Category iconLectures Tag iconfeminist,  pregnant,  queer,  shakespeare,  theory,  titus andronicus,  women

February 16, 2021

Watch Now: Romantic Art Stops performances at the San Diego Museum of Art

Enjoy our annual love-inspired SDMA performance—virtually this year—combining art from the Museum’s collection and spooky poetry and selections from

Category iconPerformances Tag iconart,  balboa park,  covid,  museum,  pandemic,  romantic,  virtual,  zoom

Border

January 13, 2021

Watch Now: “California Dreamin’: Shakespeare and the Border” with Dr. Letty García

Letty García is the UC President's Postdoctoral Scholar in English at UC Santa Barbara. She is primarily interested in Shakespeare and Race, cultural

Category iconLectures Tag iconborder,  california,  chicano,  culture,  hispanic,  immigrant,  latino,  mexico,  race,  shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing

December 8, 2020

Announcing Our Open Readings Series for 2021

6 wonderful plays and 6 fantastic leaders! We're so excited to have the following plays and directors for our next season! Thanks to our

Category iconReadings Tag icon2021,  as you like it,  caesar,  cymbeline,  julius caesar,  much ado,  Much ado about nothing,  open readings,  readings,  tempest,  titus andronicus,  virtual,  zoom

November 25, 2020

New Podcast: Appreciating Shakespeare with Dr. Rap

Episode 1: What's So Great about Shakespeare? Series I, Chapter 1, Session 1 Find more episodes here! Don't miss this new show, produced and

Category iconResources Tag iconaudio,  gideon rappaport,  language,  lecture,  mastery,  podcast,  presentations,  series,  shakespeare,  study,  theatre

November 4, 2020

Watch Now: Spooky Art Stops performances at the San Diego Museum of Art

Enjoy our annual Halloween-inspired SDMA performance—virtually this year—combining art from the Museum’s collection and spooky poetry and selections

Category iconPerformances Tag iconart,  balboa park,  covid,  death,  ghosts,  halloween,  macbeth,  museum,  othello,  pandemic,  spirits,  spooky,  tempest,  virtual,  zoom

October 28, 2020

Watch Now: “Shakespearean Sonnets as Dialogue” with Prof. Paul Majkut

Download an audio version here. In this discussion, Paul will present a short restructuring of the sonnets to give voice for two characters:

Category iconLectures Tag icondark lady,  may december,  shakespeare,  sonnets

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