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Shakespeare Theatre Company

The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company located in Washington, D.C. The theatre company focuses primarily on plays from the Shakespeare canon, but its seasons include works by other classic playwrights such as Euripides, Ibsen, Wilde, Shaw, Schiller, Coward and Tennessee Williams. The company manages and performs in the Harman Center for the Arts, consisting of the Lansburgh Theatre and Sidney Harman Hall. In cooperation with George Washington University, they run the Academy for Classical Acting.

Shakespeare Theatre Company
Theatre logo
Formation1970
TypeTheatre group
Purpose"...to present classic theatre of scope and size in an imaginative, skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights' language and intentions while viewing their work through a 21st-century lens".
Location
  • Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F Street NW, Washington, DC; Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th Street NW, Washington, DC
Artistic director(s)
Simon Godwin
Websitehttp://www.shakespearetheatre.org/

The company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres. Its current artistic director (since 2019) is Simon Godwin, who previously was based in London, serving as associate director of London's Royal National Theatre, associate director of the Royal Court Theatre and associate director at Bristol Old Vic.

History

 
Folger Library Theater, circa 1932

The Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill includes a replica of an Elizabethan theatre, originally used for lectures and tours. In 1970 this space was transformed into a functioning playhouse, and soon Folger Theatre Group (later The Folger Theatre) was organized to perform in the space.[1]

After years of discussion, Amherst College, administering body of the Folger Shakespeare Library, in 1986 withdrew financial support for the company.[2][3] To save the company, concerned citizens led by R. Robert Linowes reincorporated it as the non-profit Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger, later hiring Michael Kahn as artistic director.[4] The company continued to perform at the Folger for the next six years.[1]

Changing its name to The Shakespeare Theatre, the troupe moved in 1992 to the Lansburgh Theatre, a newly built space in the original Lansburgh's Department Store building in the Penn Quarter. At the start of the 2005–06 season, it adopted the current name, Shakespeare Theatre Company. The company constructed another theatre, Sidney Harman Hall, which opened in 2007 in the lower part of an office building in the quarter, and the two theatres were joined to become the Harman Center for the Arts.[5][6][7]

Meanwhile, after initially importing traveling shows from the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express the Folger Shakespeare Library developed a new Folger Theatre company to present plays in its Elizabethan replica.

Facilities

 
Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F Street NW, Washington, DC
 
Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th Street NW, Washington, DC

STC has two current performance venues. The newer and larger Sidney Harman Hall occupies the lower half of an 11-story office tower. The exterior is distinguished by a glass façade curtain wall on a projected bay window. The 761-seat performance space can be configured as a proscenium, thrust, semi-arena, corridor or bare stage.[8][9] The smaller Klein Theatre (formerly the Lansburgh Theatre) is in the restored former Lansburgh's Department Store flagship store, originally built in 1882. The performance space is 451-seat classic proscenium stage. The seating arrangement is reminiscent of a Greek Amphitheater. It has been described as "an intimate space for dramatic theatre, ensemble music and dance"[10]

In the past the company has performed shows at the Terrace Theater in the Kennedy Center.[11]

In addition to its performance spaces, the company maintains administrative offices, rehearsal studios, and a costume shop in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.[12][13] A set construction and painting shop is near Catholic University in Northeast D.C.[14] Finally a stage properties shop for the construction and storage of furniture, decorative items, hand props and a variety of set dressing items is located just outside D.C. on the northeast side of the city.[15]

Theatrical focus

The Shakespeare Theatre Company's self professed mission is "...to present classic theatre of scope and size in an imaginative, skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights' language and intentions while viewing their work through a 21st-century lens".[16] Their vision is to "... endeavor to be an important resource to an expanded national and international community—as the nation’s premier destination for classic theatre, as a training ground for the next generation of theatre artists and as a model provider of high-quality educational content for students and scholars."[16]

Artistic directors

  • Richmond Crinkley (1970–1973) (while Folger Theatre Group)[17]
  • Louis W. Scheeder (1973–1980) (while Folger Theatre Group)[2][18]
  • John Neville-Andrews (1980–1986) (name changed to Folger Theatre then Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger)[2][18]
  • Michael Kahn (1986–2019) (while Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger, then Shakespeare Theatre Company)[19][20]
  • Simon Godwin (2019–)[21][22]

Current and recent productions

Resident theatre company pioneer Zelda Fichandler has stated that for resident theatre companies "repertory is destiny" – a theatre company acquires its audience by the productions it presents.[23] Most of The Shakespeare Theatre Company's productions are from The Bard's canon. However each year up to half of the productions are classical works by other authors. The oldest has been Aeschylus's The Persians, the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre.[24] The youngest plays include works by Tennessee Williams (Camino Real, Sweet Bird of Youth) and Harold Pinter (Old Times). The company has also produced modern interpretations of classical texts such as Mary Zimmerman's Argonautika (adapted from The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts).[25]

2017–2018 season
Fully staged productions:[26]
Shakespeare Theatre Company presentation:[27]
2016–2017 season
Fully staged productions:[28]
Shakespeare Theatre Company Presentation:[29]

Notable guest artists

In addition to its troupe of regular and frequently appearing actors, the Shakespeare Theatre Company invites guest performers and directors each season.

Commissioned works

The Shakespeare Theatre Company commissioned playwright David Ives to translapt (translate and adapt) a series of rediscovered European comedy masterpieces, as follows:

All plays featured Ives's rhyming wordplay and were directed by Michael Kahn.

The Liar subsequently opened off-Broadway, again directed by Michael Kahn.[76]

Notable events

Black Iago in Othello

In 1990 artistic director Michael Kahn and black director Harold Scott cast black actors as Iago and Emilia, the trusted ensign who incites the Moor's fatal jealousy and his wife. With Avery Brooks as Othello, Andre Braugher as Iago and Franchelle Stewart Dorn as Emilia, the resulting production was critically acclaimed.[77][78][79]

Race-reversed Othello

In 1997 the Shakespeare Theatre Company produced an Othello in which Othello was white with an otherwise all-black cast. Actor Patrick Stewart approached artistic director Michael Kahn with the concept: "I've been imagining myself playing Othello and, in a sense, preparing for it, since I was about 14. When the time came that I was old enough and experienced enough to do it, it was the same time that it no longer became acceptable for a white actor to put on blackface and pretend to be African. One of my hopes for this production is that it will continue to say what a conventional production of Othello would say about racism and prejudice... To replace the black outsider with a white man in a black society will, I hope, encourage a much broader view of the fundamentals of racism."[80][81] Ron Canada performed the part of Iago.[45] During the Meet the Cast event before the production Stewart remarked that he realized that while he had never performed this role, all of the principal male actors in the cast had, and he would learn from them.[82][better source needed]

The Oedipus Plays at the Athens Festival

After seeing The Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of The Oedipus Plays in September 2001, officials from the Greek Embassy in Washington arranged for an invitation to the company to perform it as part of the 2003 Athens Festival. The show was a single-evening adaption by Michael Kahn of Sophocles' three plays Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. He changed the setting from Greece to central Africa, and used an all-black cast headed by Avery Brooks. The performance was on 10–11 September 2003 in the semicircular 5,000-seat Odeon theater on the south slope of the Acropolis. As an historical footnote, the original production had just opened the week before the September 11 attacks. After a single performance cancellation that night, the show went on the next night (9/12) with a new meaning for cast and audience. The second Athens' performance was two years to the day after the attack.[83][84]

Love's Labor's Lost at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works Festival

The Shakespeare Theatre Company took its production of Love’s Labor’s Lost to England to participate in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Complete Works Festival. Performances were from 17 to 26 August 2006 in the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.[85][86][87]

Shakespeare in Washington Festival

From January through June 2007 The Shakespeare Theatre co-hosted the International Shakespeare in Washington Festival. This celebration was conceived by Michael Kaiser, President of the Kennedy Center, and was curated by Michael Kahn. Over 60 arts organizations produced over 100 presentations.[88]

Opening of Sidney Harman Hall

On 1 October 2007, Sidney Harman Hall opened with a gala performance emceed by Sam Waterston and featuring ballet dancers Nina Ananiashvili and Julio Bocca, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, actress Patti LuPone, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Washington Ballet, Washington Performing Arts Society’s (WPAS) Men and Women of the Gospel Mass Choir and actors from the Shakespeare Theatre Company.[89]

Special performances of The Great Game: Afghanistan

At the request of US Department of Defense officials and with support funding from private sources, the Shakespeare Theatre Company donated Harman Hall and provided logistical support for two all-day special performances of the full cycle of The Great Game: Afghanistan. The 10–11 February 2011 performances were offered free to soldiers, wounded veterans and government officials in the Washington DC area.[90][91][92]

Awards

The Shakespeare Theatre Company both presents and receives awards. Annually it presents The Will Award and The Emery Battis award. Additionally it regularly receives awards for its productions.

The Will Award

The William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre (The Will Award) has been presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company since 1988. The Will Award is an annual honor to recognize an artist who has made a significant contribution to classical theatre in America.[93] Since at least 2008 the award ceremony has been held under the patronage of the British Ambassador and his wife.[94]

Recipients:[93]

The Emery Battis Awards

The Emery Battis Award for Acting Excellence is presented annually at the first opening night of the new season to recognize two actors whose work in a mainstage production demonstrates outstanding classical technique. The award is funded by an anonymous donor and includes a cash prize.[citation needed] It is named for the long time and beloved Shakespeare Theatre Company actor Emery Battis.[103][104]

Award recipients include:[105][106]

Actor Production Role Season
Adam Green The Liar Cliton (the valet) 2009–2010
Michael Hayden Richard II, Henry V Richard II, Henry V 2009–2010
Holly Twyford Old Times Anna 2010–2011
Mark Nelson The Merchant of Venice Shylock 2010–2011
Carson Elrod The Heir Apparent Crispin 2011–2012
Steven Epp The Servant of Two Masters Truffaldino 2011–2012
Diane D'Aquila Coriolanus Volumnia 2012–2013
Patrick Page Coriolanus Coriolanus 2012–2013
Bianca Amato Private Lives Amanda 2013–2014[107]
Matthew Amendt Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 Prince Hal 2013–2014[107]
Amber Iman Man of La Mancha Aldonza 2014–2015[108]
Robert Stanton The Critic & The Real Inspector Hound Puff & Moon 2015–2016[109]
Robyn Hurder Kiss Me Kate Bianca/Lois Lane 2015–2016[109]

Received awards

  • Over the past 29 years,[when?] the Shakespeare Theatre Company has won over 80 Helen Hayes Awards for producing, acting, directing, and design achievements.
  • 2012: The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, received the Tony Award for Regional Theatre.[110]

Press notices

  • 2017: The Washington Post said, "The quality of its seasons has taken a hit over the past several years" and "Where once it regularly ventured into daring terrain...it is making a conscious choice to lead from behind."[111]
  • 2007: The New York Times said the Shakespeare Theatre has "a repertory of classics that no New York theater of similar size and scale can match."[112]
  • 2001: The Christian Science Monitor printed, "The Shakespeare Theatre: The best classical theater in the country, bar none."[113]
  • 1999: The Economist named the Shakespeare Theatre Company as one of the "world's three great Shakespearean theatres"[114]

Other activities

Free for All

In 1991, the Shakespeare Theatre Company began its annual Free For All productions at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in D.C.'s Rock Creek Park. Each summer the company remounts a production from the previous season. Until 2009, these productions were held at the outdoor Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park. However, in 2009 the company moved the free performances downtown and indoors[115] For a complete list of the productions, see Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All.

Rediscovery Series

Works for the ReDiscovery Series are chosen by Artistic Director Michael Kahn and presented under the direction of Shakespeare Theatre artistic staff. Guest artists join members of the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Washington theatrical community to investigate these great but lesser known plays of world literature. The readings occur at the Lansburgh on at least three Mondays throughout the year and are hosted by company member Ted van Griethuysen. Guest scholars, translators and adaptors involved with the evening's reading also frequently participate in the rehearsal, performance and occasional post-performance discussion when time permits.[116]

STC Academy

The Shakespeare Theatre Company and George Washington University offer a one-year intensive graduate program leading to a Master of Fine Arts degree. The curriculum focuses on the specific craft of acting Shakespeare and other classical texts. George Washington University provides accreditation for an MFA degree, resources and strong links to the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Library of Congress.[117][118] The program has graduated over 100 actors who are now performing on stages in New York, Washington D.C. and across the country.[119]

See also

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External links

  • Calendar of events at Shakespeare Theatre
  • Official website

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This article is about the theatre company in Washington DC For other Shakespeare Theatres see Shakespeare Theatre The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company located in Washington D C The theatre company focuses primarily on plays from the Shakespeare canon but its seasons include works by other classic playwrights such as Euripides Ibsen Wilde Shaw Schiller Coward and Tennessee Williams The company manages and performs in the Harman Center for the Arts consisting of the Lansburgh Theatre and Sidney Harman Hall In cooperation with George Washington University they run the Academy for Classical Acting Shakespeare Theatre CompanyTheatre logoFormation1970TypeTheatre groupPurpose to present classic theatre of scope and size in an imaginative skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights language and intentions while viewing their work through a 21st century lens LocationSidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW Washington DC Lansburgh Theatre 450 7th Street NW Washington DCArtistic director s Simon GodwinWebsitehttp www shakespearetheatre org The company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres Its current artistic director since 2019 is Simon Godwin who previously was based in London serving as associate director of London s Royal National Theatre associate director of the Royal Court Theatre and associate director at Bristol Old Vic Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Theatrical focus 3 1 Artistic directors 3 2 Current and recent productions 3 3 Notable guest artists 3 4 Commissioned works 4 Notable events 4 1 Black Iago in Othello 4 2 Race reversed Othello 4 3 The Oedipus Plays at the Athens Festival 4 4 Love s Labor s Lost at the Royal Shakespeare Company s Complete Works Festival 4 5 Shakespeare in Washington Festival 4 6 Opening of Sidney Harman Hall 4 7 Special performances of The Great Game Afghanistan 5 Awards 5 1 The Will Award 5 2 The Emery Battis Awards 5 3 Received awards 5 4 Press notices 6 Other activities 6 1 Free for All 6 2 Rediscovery Series 6 3 STC Academy 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory Edit Folger Library Theater circa 1932 The Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill includes a replica of an Elizabethan theatre originally used for lectures and tours In 1970 this space was transformed into a functioning playhouse and soon Folger Theatre Group later The Folger Theatre was organized to perform in the space 1 After years of discussion Amherst College administering body of the Folger Shakespeare Library in 1986 withdrew financial support for the company 2 3 To save the company concerned citizens led by R Robert Linowes reincorporated it as the non profit Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger later hiring Michael Kahn as artistic director 4 The company continued to perform at the Folger for the next six years 1 Changing its name to The Shakespeare Theatre the troupe moved in 1992 to the Lansburgh Theatre a newly built space in the original Lansburgh s Department Store building in the Penn Quarter At the start of the 2005 06 season it adopted the current name Shakespeare Theatre Company The company constructed another theatre Sidney Harman Hall which opened in 2007 in the lower part of an office building in the quarter and the two theatres were joined to become the Harman Center for the Arts 5 6 7 Meanwhile after initially importing traveling shows from the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express the Folger Shakespeare Library developed a new Folger Theatre company to present plays in its Elizabethan replica Facilities Edit Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW Washington DC Lansburgh Theatre 450 7th Street NW Washington DC STC has two current performance venues The newer and larger Sidney Harman Hall occupies the lower half of an 11 story office tower The exterior is distinguished by a glass facade curtain wall on a projected bay window The 761 seat performance space can be configured as a proscenium thrust semi arena corridor or bare stage 8 9 The smaller Klein Theatre formerly the Lansburgh Theatre is in the restored former Lansburgh s Department Store flagship store originally built in 1882 The performance space is 451 seat classic proscenium stage The seating arrangement is reminiscent of a Greek Amphitheater It has been described as an intimate space for dramatic theatre ensemble music and dance 10 In the past the company has performed shows at the Terrace Theater in the Kennedy Center 11 In addition to its performance spaces the company maintains administrative offices rehearsal studios and a costume shop in the Capitol Hill neighborhood 12 13 A set construction and painting shop is near Catholic University in Northeast D C 14 Finally a stage properties shop for the construction and storage of furniture decorative items hand props and a variety of set dressing items is located just outside D C on the northeast side of the city 15 Theatrical focus EditThe Shakespeare Theatre Company s self professed mission is to present classic theatre of scope and size in an imaginative skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights language and intentions while viewing their work through a 21st century lens 16 Their vision is to endeavor to be an important resource to an expanded national and international community as the nation s premier destination for classic theatre as a training ground for the next generation of theatre artists and as a model provider of high quality educational content for students and scholars 16 Artistic directors Edit Richmond Crinkley 1970 1973 while Folger Theatre Group 17 Louis W Scheeder 1973 1980 while Folger Theatre Group 2 18 John Neville Andrews 1980 1986 name changed to Folger Theatre then Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger 2 18 Michael Kahn 1986 2019 while Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger then Shakespeare Theatre Company 19 20 Simon Godwin 2019 21 22 Current and recent productions Edit Further information Shakespeare Theatre Company production history Resident theatre company pioneer Zelda Fichandler has stated that for resident theatre companies repertory is destiny a theatre company acquires its audience by the productions it presents 23 Most of The Shakespeare Theatre Company s productions are from The Bard s canon However each year up to half of the productions are classical works by other authors The oldest has been Aeschylus s The Persians the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre 24 The youngest plays include works by Tennessee Williams Camino Real Sweet Bird of Youth and Harold Pinter Old Times The company has also produced modern interpretations of classical texts such as Mary Zimmerman s Argonautika adapted from The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts 25 2017 2018 seasonFully staged productions 26 The Lover and The Collection by Harold Pinter Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Hamlet by William Shakespeare Noura by Heather Raffo Camelot book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe dd Shakespeare Theatre Company presentation 27 Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett created and presented by Druid dd 2016 2017 seasonFully staged productions 28 Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon and based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Charles III by Mike Bartlett Macbeth by William Shakespeare The School for Lies adapted by David Ives and based on a play by Moliere dd Shakespeare Theatre Company Presentation 29 The Select The Sun Also Rises based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway adapted and presented by Elevator Repair Service dd Notable guest artists Edit In addition to its troupe of regular and frequently appearing actors the Shakespeare Theatre Company invites guest performers and directors each season Jane Alexander Ghosts Mrs Alving 30 Elizabeth Ashley Mrs Warren s Profession Mrs Warren 31 The Little Foxes Regina 32 Michael Attenborough director As You Like It 33 Rene Auberjonois The Imaginary Invalid Argan 34 Keith Baxter actor Measure For Measure Duke Vincentio Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 Henry IV The Merchant of Venice Antonio 35 director Lady Windermere s Fan 36 The Imaginary Invalid 34 The Rivals 37 The Country Wife 37 Henry IV Part 1 38 Mrs Warren s Profession 39 An Ideal Husband 40 The Importance of Being Earnest 41 Andre Braugher Othello Iago 42 Avery Brooks Othello Othello 42 The Oedipus Plays Oedipus 43 Tamburlaine Tamburlaine 44 Ron Canada Othello Iago 45 Dixie Carter Lady Windermere s Fan Mrs Erlynne 36 Jeffrey Carlson Hamlet Hamlet 46 Pat Carroll Romeo and Juliet Nurse 47 The Merry Wives of Windsor Falstaff 48 Mother Courage and Her Children Mother Courage 49 Volpone Volpone 50 Gale Edwards director Edward II 37 Titus Andronicus Richard III Hamlet Harry Hamlin Henry V Henry V 51 Hal Holbrook The Merchant of Venice Shylock 52 Tom Hulce Hamlet Hamlet 53 Stacy Keach Richard III Richard 54 King Lear Lear 55 Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 Falstaff 56 Sabrina LeBeauf Love s Labour s Lost Rosaline 57 The Taming of the Shrew Kathrine 58 Marsha Mason All s Well That Ends Well Countess of Rousillon 59 Kelly McGillis The Merchant of Venice Portia 60 Twelfth Night Viola 61 Mourning Becomes Electra Lavinia 62 MacBeth Lady MacBeth 63 The Duchess of Malfi Duchess As You Like It Rosalind Measure for Measure Isabella All s Well That Ends Well Helena Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice 64 Patrick Page Othello Iago 65 Macbeth Macbeth 63 Coriolanus Coriolanus 66 King Lear King Lear Sian Phillips The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell 41 Richard Schiff Hughie Erie Smith 67 Jean Stapleton Romeo and Juliet Nurse Patrick Stewart Othello Othello 68 Rebecca Taichman director The Taming of the Shrew Twelfth Night Cymbeline The Winter s Tale 37 69 Richard Thomas Richard II Richard 70 Paul Winfield Merry Wives of Windsor Falstaff 71 Hannah Yelland The Winter s Tale Hermione 69 Mary Zimmerman director Pericles Argonautika Candide The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci 37 Commissioned works Edit The Shakespeare Theatre Company commissioned playwright David Ives to translapt translate and adapt a series of rediscovered European comedy masterpieces as follows The Liar by Pierre Corneille 72 The Heir Apparent by Jean Francois Regnard 73 The Metromaniacs by Alexis Piron School for Lies based on Moliere s The Misanthrope 74 The Panties The Partner and the Profit inspired by The Underpants The Snob 1913 and The Fossil by Carl Sternheim 75 All plays featured Ives s rhyming wordplay and were directed by Michael Kahn The Liar subsequently opened off Broadway again directed by Michael Kahn 76 Notable events EditBlack Iago in Othello Edit In 1990 artistic director Michael Kahn and black director Harold Scott cast black actors as Iago and Emilia the trusted ensign who incites the Moor s fatal jealousy and his wife With Avery Brooks as Othello Andre Braugher as Iago and Franchelle Stewart Dorn as Emilia the resulting production was critically acclaimed 77 78 79 Race reversed Othello Edit In 1997 the Shakespeare Theatre Company produced an Othello in which Othello was white with an otherwise all black cast Actor Patrick Stewart approached artistic director Michael Kahn with the concept I ve been imagining myself playing Othello and in a sense preparing for it since I was about 14 When the time came that I was old enough and experienced enough to do it it was the same time that it no longer became acceptable for a white actor to put on blackface and pretend to be African One of my hopes for this production is that it will continue to say what a conventional production of Othello would say about racism and prejudice To replace the black outsider with a white man in a black society will I hope encourage a much broader view of the fundamentals of racism 80 81 Ron Canada performed the part of Iago 45 During the Meet the Cast event before the production Stewart remarked that he realized that while he had never performed this role all of the principal male actors in the cast had and he would learn from them 82 better source needed The Oedipus Plays at the Athens Festival Edit After seeing The Shakespeare Theatre Company s production of The Oedipus Plays in September 2001 officials from the Greek Embassy in Washington arranged for an invitation to the company to perform it as part of the 2003 Athens Festival The show was a single evening adaption by Michael Kahn of Sophocles three plays Oedipus Rex Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone He changed the setting from Greece to central Africa and used an all black cast headed by Avery Brooks The performance was on 10 11 September 2003 in the semicircular 5 000 seat Odeon theater on the south slope of the Acropolis As an historical footnote the original production had just opened the week before the September 11 attacks After a single performance cancellation that night the show went on the next night 9 12 with a new meaning for cast and audience The second Athens performance was two years to the day after the attack 83 84 Love s Labor s Lost at the Royal Shakespeare Company s Complete Works Festival Edit The Shakespeare Theatre Company took its production of Love s Labor s Lost to England to participate in the Royal Shakespeare Company s Complete Works Festival Performances were from 17 to 26 August 2006 in the Swan Theatre in Stratford upon Avon 85 86 87 Shakespeare in Washington Festival Edit From January through June 2007 The Shakespeare Theatre co hosted the International Shakespeare in Washington Festival This celebration was conceived by Michael Kaiser President of the Kennedy Center and was curated by Michael Kahn Over 60 arts organizations produced over 100 presentations 88 Opening of Sidney Harman Hall Edit On 1 October 2007 Sidney Harman Hall opened with a gala performance emceed by Sam Waterston and featuring ballet dancers Nina Ananiashvili and Julio Bocca Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis actress Patti LuPone violinist Anne Sophie Mutter The Washington Ballet Washington Performing Arts Society s WPAS Men and Women of the Gospel Mass Choir and actors from the Shakespeare Theatre Company 89 Special performances of The Great Game Afghanistan Edit At the request of US Department of Defense officials and with support funding from private sources the Shakespeare Theatre Company donated Harman Hall and provided logistical support for two all day special performances of the full cycle of The Great Game Afghanistan The 10 11 February 2011 performances were offered free to soldiers wounded veterans and government officials in the Washington DC area 90 91 92 Awards EditThe Shakespeare Theatre Company both presents and receives awards Annually it presents The Will Award and The Emery Battis award Additionally it regularly receives awards for its productions The Will Award Edit The William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre The Will Award has been presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company since 1988 The Will Award is an annual honor to recognize an artist who has made a significant contribution to classical theatre in America 93 Since at least 2008 the award ceremony has been held under the patronage of the British Ambassador and his wife 94 Recipients 93 1988 Joseph Papp1989 Kevin Kline1990 Christopher Plummer1991 Kenneth Branagh1992 Mel Gibson1993 Morgan Freeman1994 Christopher Walken1995 Lynn Redgrave1996 Sam Waterston1997 Patrick Stewart 95 1998 Hal Holbrook1999 Dame Maggie Smith 96 2000 Sir Anthony Hopkins2001 Ralph Fiennes2002 Michael Kahn2003 Fiona Shaw2004 Dame Judi Dench 97 2005 Jeremy Irons2006 Kevin Spacey2007 The Shakespeare Theatre Company s Acting Company 2008 Rennie Harris Peter Martins and Chita Rivera2009 Sir Ian McKellen2010 Annette Bening2011 Michael Kahn in honor of his 25th Anniversary as Artistic Director2012 F Murray Abraham 98 2013 Elizabeth McGovern 99 2014 John Hurt Stacy Keach and Diana Rigg 100 2015 Julie Taymor 101 2016 Charles Dance2017 Laura Linney 102 The Emery Battis Awards Edit The Emery Battis Award for Acting Excellence is presented annually at the first opening night of the new season to recognize two actors whose work in a mainstage production demonstrates outstanding classical technique The award is funded by an anonymous donor and includes a cash prize citation needed It is named for the long time and beloved Shakespeare Theatre Company actor Emery Battis 103 104 Award recipients include 105 106 Actor Production Role SeasonAdam Green The Liar Cliton the valet 2009 2010Michael Hayden Richard II Henry V Richard II Henry V 2009 2010Holly Twyford Old Times Anna 2010 2011Mark Nelson The Merchant of Venice Shylock 2010 2011Carson Elrod The Heir Apparent Crispin 2011 2012Steven Epp The Servant of Two Masters Truffaldino 2011 2012Diane D Aquila Coriolanus Volumnia 2012 2013Patrick Page Coriolanus Coriolanus 2012 2013Bianca Amato Private Lives Amanda 2013 2014 107 Matthew Amendt Henry IV Part 1 and Part 2 Prince Hal 2013 2014 107 Amber Iman Man of La Mancha Aldonza 2014 2015 108 Robert Stanton The Critic amp The Real Inspector Hound Puff amp Moon 2015 2016 109 Robyn Hurder Kiss Me Kate Bianca Lois Lane 2015 2016 109 Received awards Edit Over the past 29 years when the Shakespeare Theatre Company has won over 80 Helen Hayes Awards for producing acting directing and design achievements 2012 The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC received the Tony Award for Regional Theatre 110 Press notices Edit 2017 The Washington Post said The quality of its seasons has taken a hit over the past several years and Where once it regularly ventured into daring terrain it is making a conscious choice to lead from behind 111 2007 The New York Times said the Shakespeare Theatre has a repertory of classics that no New York theater of similar size and scale can match 112 2001 The Christian Science Monitor printed The Shakespeare Theatre The best classical theater in the country bar none 113 1999 The Economist named the Shakespeare Theatre Company as one of the world s three great Shakespearean theatres 114 Other activities EditFree for All Edit In 1991 the Shakespeare Theatre Company began its annual Free For All productions at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in D C s Rock Creek Park Each summer the company remounts a production from the previous season Until 2009 these productions were held at the outdoor Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park However in 2009 the company moved the free performances downtown and indoors 115 For a complete list of the productions see Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All Rediscovery Series Edit Works for the ReDiscovery Series are chosen by Artistic Director Michael Kahn and presented under the direction of Shakespeare Theatre artistic staff Guest artists join members of the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Washington theatrical community to investigate these great but lesser known plays of world literature The readings occur at the Lansburgh on at least three Mondays throughout the year and are hosted by company member Ted van Griethuysen Guest scholars translators and adaptors involved with the evening s reading also frequently participate in the rehearsal performance and occasional post performance discussion when time permits 116 STC Academy Edit The Shakespeare Theatre Company and George Washington University offer a one year intensive graduate program leading to a Master of Fine Arts degree The curriculum focuses on the specific craft of acting Shakespeare and other classical texts George Washington University provides accreditation for an MFA degree resources and strong links to the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Library of Congress 117 118 The program has graduated over 100 actors who are now performing on stages in New York Washington D C and across the country 119 See also Edit Theatre portalHelen Hayes Award Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All Theater in Washington D C References Edit a b About Folger Theatre 1970 1991 Folger Theatre Group Archived 17 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine a b c Gussow Mel 9 June 1985 THE FOLGER 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