Colorado Shakespeare Festival
colorado shakespeare festival professional acting company association university colorado boulder established making one oldest festival united state root going back early summer festival draw patron see work shakespeare well classic contemporary play mary rippon outdoor theatre indoor university theatre company made professional actor director designer artisan around united state world along student intern around nation timothy orr current producing artistic director hired serving actor company since associate producing artistic director since early april uncertainty ongoing worldwide covid pandemic csf cancelled summer season altogether resumed renovation mary rippon outdoor theater announced festival root earliest day university colorado boulder senior class performed commencement play grove cottonwood tree planted east lawn first building campus old main electric light became available university began stage evening performance tradition interrupted world war resumed george f reynolds elizabethan theater scholar professor english literature reynolds helped develop plan build mary rippon outdoor theatre rippon first female professor university believed first woman united state teach state university chair department germanic language literature also served without financial compensation dean woman death university president george norlin suggested planned outdoor theater named rippons honor construction began funding board regent federal work progress administration well private donation “alumni day” celebration held stillincomplete theater june mary rippon outdoor theatre officially completed play staged book reviewer shakespeare scholar associate director library charge acquisition james sandoe asked direct play university theatre occupied department navy due war effort sandoe also influential developing oregon shakespeare festival decided stage romeo juliet outdoor theater event popular followed merchant venice henry iv part sandoe directed nine season csf director helmed production department theatre dance professor james symons pushed mark recent year however one date— year later—has directed production shakespeare play mary rippon stage four sandoes child appeared csf son sam sandoe daughter anne sandoe continue act festival summer james sandoe jack crouch professor department english speech head cu creative art festival began discus possibility creating annual shakespeare festival campus crouch took shakespeare play performed rippon theater every year except annual production staged indoor university theater crouch directed seven play next year founded colorado shakespeare festival premiered aug featured three production julius caesar hamlet taming shrew patron attended performance year paying per ticket following year people attended end first decade csf produced play canon one duplication hamlet howard banks’ production henry v filmed television crouch stepped executive director season remained active festival csf director since albert nadeau – richard knaub martin cobin – daniel sp yang – dick devin – – jim symons philip sneed executive director arvada center art humanity timothy orr –present prominent csf alumnus include michael moriarty barry corbin karen grassle barry kraft joe spano annette bening jimmy smits val kilmer peter macon ellen mclaughlin rippon theater used originally built — threelevel stage facing open amphitheater sandstone bench seating patron university funded construction stone walkway forestage constructed two large light tower year rippon theater continually altered improved yang hired richard devin make rippon space theatrical create lighting area stage production cymbeline csf became one seven company world second american university university michigan perform shakespeare complete canon year festival also produced staged reading two noble kinsman attributed shakespeare john fletcher ben jonson volpone festival nonshakespeare production csf inaugurated young people shakespeare program performed abbreviated version twelfth night around boulder community program morphed program offering internship high school student csf began dramaturg program recruiting cu doctoral student research production festival launched csf annual later renamed onstage study scholarly journal editorship cobin yang festival began hiring professional designer technician director national reputation including robert benedetti audrey stanley tom markus yang also hired graduate student around country moving beyond confines cuboulder hired first equity actor “guest artist contract” change csfs reputation began grow shakespeare quarterly remarked festival “had stepped academic cocoon” summer issue praised experimentation “hamlet outer space topless witch macbeth commedia dell’arte shrew” csf named one top shakespeare festival nation time year festival received colorado governor award excellence art denver drama critic circle award “best season theatre company” dick devin started working csf lighting designer done design work hong kong tokyo cairo selected festival producing artistic director nine year later devin csf bumped number annual summer production three four occasional foray nonshakespeare related material tom stoppard rosencrantz guildenstern dead molières miser among devins innovation program offered free ticket production company purchase season subscription instance bought csf subscription also received ticket production denver center nomad theatre denver curious theatre colorado music festival university colorado concert series devin named honorary lifetime member award u institute theatre technology inc served president festival began experience budget shortfall periodically covered college art science devin cited funding challenge one reason decided step year trying find half million dollar year get struggle get make happen every year thats principal reason told daily camera arrival philip sneed csf began producing six play year including nonshakespeare work woody guthrie’s american song kill mockingbird kill mockingbird widely praised critic earned prestigious ovation award denver post director jane page sneed cuboulder graduate former csf actor came festival serving director foothill theatre company nevada city california sneed seen willing experiment invited tina packer founder shakespeare company present fivepart work woman performed pack nigel gore special performance condensed version also launched plan perform shakespeare henriad — richard ii henry iv part henry iv part henry v three season – festival also produced holiday show including child’s christmas wale – christmas carol it’s wonderful life also established “cultural exchange” maxim gorky theatre vladivostok russia csf hosted gorky director efim zyenyatsky russian actor bilingual production nikolai gogol inspector general october traveled frequent csf actor jamie ann romero geoffrey kent vladivostok performed bilingual version michael frayns noise csf produced previous summer june daily camera reported festival restructuring accumulating shortfall previous three season citing university festival official said economic downturn weather concern west nile virus negatively affected revenue festival sought halt mounting loss cutting rehearsal time staff payroll reducing number outdoor performance even continuing emphasize innovation july college announced justretired dean todd gleeson “relieved colorado shakespeare festival obligation repay shortfall ” order “remove distraction” steven leigh began tenure dean july pressure university board regent college initiated restructuring shifting responsibility director new accounting associate producing director position creating new executive board “share management responsibilities” director addition november csfs boxoffice marketing communication function integrated along cuboulder department theatre dance cu present program college music provides service ticketed event campus including artist series takács quartet holiday festival change directed campus provost rus moore intended improve efficiency increasing visibility revenue jan sneed announced leaving csf take position executive director arvada colorado center art humanity associate producing artistic director timothy orr tapped interim director season — midsummer night’s dream macbeth complete work william shakespeare abridged richard ii woman overview — saw percent increase ticket revenue allowed festival pay loan capital improvement rippon theater make voluntary contribution college effort repay debt underwriting festival bucking trend seen collapse two prominent shakespeare program santa cruz announced resurrected north carolina shakespeare festival previous year season also drew critical praise particularly geoffrey kent unconventional production midsummer “the performer provide moment comedy insight pure delight” wrote denver westword former denver post theater critic john moore associate director content strategy denver center performing art declared “in summer colorado shakespeare festival mover shaker” following national search college art science announced april named interim director orr producing artistic director interim director orr oversaw planning upcoming season included tempest merry wife windsor hate hamlet paul rudnicks comedy young actor haunted ghost shakespearean actor john barrymore henry iv part two “original practices” performance henry iv part season well received critic particularly hate hamlet starring veteran denver center performing art actor sam gregory barrymore — “an absurdly magnificent turn make ‘i hate hamlet’ lovable” wrote denver post critic also praised soldout performance henry iv part using original practice aim recreate staging rehearsal performance condition elizabethan england “the verisimilitude original practice delightful” wrote coloradodramacom researching hate hamlet cuboulder theater graduate student roxxy duda stumbled upon large allbutforgotten archive barrymore material — letter photograph personal item including content wallet death actor association university willed material friend theater critic gene fowler denver native wrote biography barrymore goodnight sweet prince season also boxoffice success csf topped ticket sale first time november csf announced summer lineup outdoor stage much ado nothing othello emmy awardwinning stage tv film actor peter macon title role indoor stage regional premier david davalos’s comedy wittenberg pit martin luther dr faustus battle will student hamlet final chapter henriad henry v two “original practices” performance henry vi part blue mountain art celebrated year festival primary season sponsor insert program festival performed second third part henry vi completing shakespeare canon second time hamlet julius caesar taming shrew midsummer night dream richard ii macbeth henry iv part antony cleopatra twelfth night henry v king lear love labour lost romeo juliet comedy error othello measure measure richard iii much ado nothing like king john troilus cressida hamlet tempest henry iv part merchant venice coriolanus merry wife windsor midsummer night dream henry vi part titus andronicus macbeth two gentleman verona henry vi part romeo juliet taming shrew henry vi part othello richard iii alls well end well king lear henry viii love labour lost ben jonson volpone antony cleopatra winter tale twelfth night hamlet pericles macbeth midsummer night dream timon athens cymbeline like romeo juliet comedy error tempest king john much ado nothing merchant venice richard ii twelfth night othello henry iv part midsummer night dream king lear henry iv part love labour lost hamlet henry v taming shrew julius caesar alls well end well macbeth like winter tale richard iii measure measure comedy error twelfth night richard ii othello antony cleopatra merry wife windsor romeo juliet king lear two gentleman verona henry iv part tempest macbeth merchant venice midsummer night dream hamlet titus andronicus taming shrew othello love labour lost like romeo juliet much ado nothing comedy error julius caesar richard iii oscar wilde importance earnest alls well end well henry v winter tale richard brinsley sheridan rival merry wife windsor tempest king lear pericles macbeth antony cleopatra twelfth night two gentleman verona hamlet coriolanus like tom stoppard rosencrantz guildenstern dead midsummer night dream merchant venice othello molières miser troilus cressida romeo juliet much ado nothing molières wouldbe gentleman taming shrew measure measure love labour lost richard ii henry iv part henry iv part comedy error merry wife windsor twelfth night julius caesar henry v tempest king lear two gentleman verona like queen margaret midsummer night dream macbeth shakespeare brief richard iii hamlet taming shrew much ado nothing cymbeline comedy error antony cleopatra romeo juliet winter tale twelfth night othello tempest like merchant venice unexpected shakespeare midsummer night dream julius caesar alls well end well carlo goldoni servant two master around world day macbeth three musketeer henry viii love labour lost peter glazer woody guthrie american song hamlet much ado nothing kill mockingbird two gentleman verona adam longdaniel singer jess winfields complete work william shakespeare abridged king lear taming shrew measure measure harvey schmidt tom jones fantasticks thornton wilder town romeo juliet comedy error little prince gogol government inspector twelfth night treasure island richard iii michael frayns noise tina packer woman midsummer night dream macbeth complete work william shakespeare abridged richard ii woman overview tempest merry wife windsor paul rudnicks hate hamlet henry iv part henry iv part much ado nothing othello david davaloss wittenberg henry v henry vi part comedy error bill cain equivocation troilus cressida cymbeline henry vi part taming shrew hamlet julius caesar tom stoppard rosencrantz guildenstern dead henry vi part love labour lost richard iii edmond rostand cyrano de bergerac george kaufmman moss hart cant take edward iii twelfth night like romeo juliet mike bartlett king charles iii king john season postponed season resumed midsummer night dream pericles mary zimmermans odyssey play two gentleman verona alls well end well lauren gundersons book coriolanus ben jonson alchemist much ado nothing winter tale king lear richard bean one man two guvnor comedy error arden faversham macbeth merry wife windsor necessarily complete list season one bright spot csf financial difficulty creation threepronged education program program included camp shakespeare school theatre child age school tour developed cuboulders center study prevention violence present abbreviated shakespeare play — twelfth night tempest much ado nothing others — workshop teach student thing bullying harm gossip program brought revenue grant funding – csfs antiviolence school tour received national attention including story pb newshour end program presented colorado school child colorado shakespeare garden established maintains public garden featuring plant referred work shakespeare organization provides educational support colorado shakespeare festival free garden tour public presentation research goal grow plant authentic shakespeare time organization mission statement read learn teach understand plant meaning play help assist colorado shakespeare festival colorado shakespeare guild whenever able volunteer member design plant maintain thyme garden romeo juliet garden long bed garden knot garden courtyard adjacent mary rippon outdoor theatre hellems art science education building among plant featured chamomile cowslip lily hawthorn rosemary colorado shakespeare garden currently planning expansion upgrade garden expected take several year musical entertainment group performs shakespeare garden evening onstage show picnicker listener green show start minute play begin last minute boulder renaissance consort appeared frequently since early thirty year chuck wilcox played william shakespeare answered question picnicker play performed year reference sylvia pettem silvia pettem colorado shakespeare festival