Seattle Shakespeare Company’s free Wooden O productions for summer 2017 will be Much Ado About Nothing and Pericles. Both shows will start performances in parks on July 6.
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Bluff Your Way Through the Play: Hamlet
Our handy guide with tips to make you feel smarter when you see Hamlet.
Casting News: Wooden O 2016
Are you counting down the days until summer? We are! And we can’t wait for these two great casts to join us for our Wooden O productions of Hamlet and Love’s Labour’s Lost.
Make It a Sensational Summer of Shakespeare
Wooden O summer 2016 plays announced: Hamlet and Love’s Labour’s Lost.
Bluff Your Way Through the Play: Henry IV
Is “Henry IV part 1” really a re-telling of English history? What character got Shakespeare into some hot water with the royals? Find out these answers and more in our At A Glance guide to “Henry IV part 1.”
Bluff Your Way Through the Play: As You Like It
What Shakespeare play has the most songs in it? Does Rosalind really have the most lines of any female character? Just how many marriages are there in this play? Find out these answers and more in our At A Glance guide to “As You Like It”
Creating Summer Magic
Rehearsals for Wooden O summer 2015 began this week as the companies for As You Like It and Henry IV part 1 gathered together for a potluck dinner and to hear design presentations. Below is a transcript of Artist Director George Mount’s welcome to the company. I don’t care what the calendar says…today’s the first […]
Casting News: Wooden O 2015
We’re thrilled to announce our casting for this summer’s free Wooden O productions of Henry IV part 1 and As You Like It which start performances on Thursday, July 9. Lots of favorite artists from past Seattle Shakespeare Company productions will be in the parks this summer. Artistic Director George Mount will stage Henry IV […]
Wrapping Up a Momentous Year
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 […]
2013-2014: An Outstanding Season
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 […]
