The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival
philadelphia shakespeare festival annual shakespearean theatre festival philadelphia every year festival produce two three production shakespeare play starting red heel theatre changing name purpose philadelphia shakespeare festival region theatre devoted entirely shakespeare work engaged intensive planning board director cultural community leader decided rebrand rename company better reflect programming philadelphia shakespeare theatre several program adult student including lecture series featuring worldrenowned shakespeare scholar shakespeare school tour also tour school classical acting academy providing early career actor intense classical training culminating free summer shakespeare play public summer city council philadelphia passed resolution honoring theatre excellence performance educational programming recognizing impact theatre made philadelphia cultural landscape particularly student open door project festival educational outreach includes school matinee artistinresidence program comprises third overall performance entire festival thousand student come see festival every year part school matinee many take part artistinresidence program place actor classroom teach student shakespeare work addition philadelphia shakespeare festival creates original curriculum play produce technically part open door project young professional company sort training ground coming actor new philadelphia theatre community since started company continued produce play free public known classical acting academy offer great opportunity young actor audience shakespeare café new program introduced season following trend trying make shakespeare digestible festival new less formal show featuring show based bard work plan improvisation comedy show comedysportz well jazz performance arpeggio jazz quartet new play featuring shakespeare fight romeo juliet pericles prince tyre othello taming shrew tempest much ado nothing complete work william shakespeare abridged hamlet like julius caesar complete work william shakespeare abridged othello macbeth midsummer night dream king lear cymbeline twelfth night measure measure romeo juliet taming shrew winter tale hamlet festival site theatre alliance greater philadelphia philadex