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Wrapping Up a Momentous Year

January 9, 2015 By Jeff Fickes

We’ve been taking time to reflect on the year gone by and to start setting our sights on the horizon. It’s been a busy and exciting time for the company, and we are enormously proud of the achievements of the past year. When we compared our personal lists of highlights, they differed slightly, so we […]

Filed Under: Camp Bill, Education, Julius Caesar, King Lear, News, Richard II, Short Shakes, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Touring, Wooden O

2013-2014: An Outstanding Season

July 24, 2014 By Jeff Fickes

After closing out the financial records for Seattle Shakespeare Company’s 2013-2014 season, Managing Director John Bradshaw announced that the company ended the year in the black with revenues of $1.6 million, a record high for the company.  This is the 13th straight year that the company has ended the year with a positive fund balance. “In […]

Filed Under: Education, Henry V, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, News, Richard II, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Tempest, Touring, Wooden O

Short Shakes “Earnest” – Youth Performances

April 3, 2014 By Jeff Fickes

This spring nine young actors flex their comedy muscles in our Short Shakes Youth Performances of “The Importance of Being Earnest.”  Jack loves Gwendolen. His best friend Algernon loves Cecily, but both ladies are in love with a man named Ernest. Find out how they untangle this comic knot. Short Shakes is more than just […]

Filed Under: Education, News, Short Shakes, The Importance of Being Earnest

A First Peek at “The Importance of Being Earnest”

March 12, 2014 By Jeff Fickes

Take a peek into rehearsals for “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

Filed Under: News, The Importance of Being Earnest

Charting ‘Earnest’

March 6, 2014 By Jeff Fickes

When a director sets out to stage a play, it’s a journey of discovery, and at times you really wish you had a road map to help get you to where you want to be.  We stumbled upon this fun info graphic created to map out Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” It brings […]

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First Rehearsal for “Earnest”

February 26, 2014 By Jeff Fickes

[soliloquy id=”6429″]     Only one other writer could compete with Shakespeare for the title of the most quoted playwright, and that is Oscar Wilde. Seattle Shakespeare Company produces their first production of a Wilde play with The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Victor Pappas this spring. The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar […]

Filed Under: News, The Importance of Being Earnest

What Did You Think of “The Importance of Being Earnest?”

February 24, 2014 By Jeff Fickes

Tell us your opinion of “The Importance of Being Earnest.” What did you appreciate? What was challenging? We’d love to hear from you. Leave a comment below.

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Seattle Shakespeare Company to Transfer Productions to Walla Walla

January 27, 2014 By Jeff Fickes

Richard II

Starting with our production of “Richard II” and continuing on with our Spring production of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Seattle Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare Walla Walla are embarking on a partnership to bring professional classical theatre productions to Eastern Washington.    “I’m thrilled that we’ll be returning to Walla Walla with our indoor productions,” […]

Filed Under: News, Richard II, The Importance of Being Earnest

Casting News for “The Importance of Being Earnest”

December 4, 2013 By Jeff Fickes

Connor Toms and Hana Lass

Husband and wife actors Connor Toms and Hana Lass will play two of the four romantic leads in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s upcoming production of “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Toms, who last appeared as Duke Orsino in our Wooden O production of “Twelfth Night”, is set to play Jack Worthing, and Lass, who played Rosalind […]

Filed Under: News, The Importance of Being Earnest

Know Thyself – George Mount on the 2013-2014 Season

September 30, 2013 By Jeff Fickes

Before rehearsals started up for “Much Ado About Nothing,” we sat down with Artistic Director George Mount to get his thoughts on Seattle Shakespeare Company’s 2013-2014 season.  “Know Thyself” is the organizing idea behind all of the play choices this year. Find out why George chose the plays he did and learn about some of […]

Filed Under: King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Podcast, Richard II, The Importance of Being Earnest

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