Shakespeare Theatre Company

Cause Area

  • Arts & Culture
  • Education & Literacy

Location

516 8th Street SEWashington, DC 20003 United States
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Mission Statement

Since its founding in 1985, the Shakespeare Theatre Company has endeavored to be the nation's leading force in the presentation and preservation of classic theatre. Our core mission is to present classic theatre in an accessible, skillful, imaginative, American style that honors playwrights' language and intentions while viewing their plays through a 21st-century lens. With the formation of the Harman Center for the Artsâ which includes the new Sidney Harman Hall and the existing Lansburgh Theatreâ the Shakespeare Theatre Company will become a national destination theatre offering a broad range of works to audiences in the greater-Washington area and across the nation.

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Heralded as â the nation's foremost Shakespeare companyâ by The Wall Street Journal and â the best classical theatre in the country, bar noneâ by The Christian Science Monitor, the Shakespeare Theatre Company annually produces five plays in its 451-seat theatre in Washington, D.C.'s Pennsylvania Quarter and one free play in Rock Creek Park's 3700-seat Carter Barron Amphitheatre. Artistic Director Michael Kahn has led the organization for 20 years, establishing a reputation for artistic excellence on stage as well as a series of community-minded education programs and, in 1999, the Academy for Classical Acting, a one-year MFA Acting program in conjunction with The George Washington University.

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