News About The Winter's Tale

Seattle Weekly Names “Coriolanus” Best Play of 2012

Coriolanus

It feels a little bit like awards season around here. (Hey! Where’s our red carpet?!) On the same day that we got notice about the Teen Tix Award, the Seattle Weekly came out with their “Best of ” issue naming “Coriolanus” as Best Play of 2012. How cool is that? In their review of the [...]

The Winter’s Tale: Cast and Crew

July 12–August 12, 2012 By William Shakespeare | Directed by Mary Machala Design Team Craig B. Wollam (Scenic Designer) K.D. Schill (Costume Designer) Johanna Melamed (Sound Designer) Sean Patrick Taylor (Composer) Marleigh Driscoll (Properties Designer) Cast In Order of Appearance Therese Diekhans (Paulina) Sean Patrick Taylor (Ensemble / Musician) Libby Barnard (Ensemble) Derek Petropolis (Ensemble) [...]

The Winter’s Tale: Photos

Alyson Bedford as Hermione and Mike Dooly as Polixenes in Seattle Shakespeare Company's 2012 Wooden O production of "The Winter's Tale." Photo by Alan Alabastro

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The Winter’s Tale: Synopsis

July 12–August 12, 2012 Leontes, the king of Sicily, and Polixenes, the king of Bohemia, have been friends since childhood. Polixenes is at the end of a six-month visit with his old friend. Leontes begs him to stay longer and asks his wife, Hermione, to help persuade him. Because Hermione succeeds with ease, Leontes imagines [...]

The Winter’s Tale

The Winter's Tale

Jealousy and suspicion tear at the heart of King Leontes, a man who seems to have everything. Accusing his wife of infidelity, his rash choices plunge himself and those he loves into a winter of despair and regret. Yet true love can work miracles and forgiveness can heal deep wounds as an exiled princess and [...]