Get ready because our annual PlayFest presented by Harriett's Charitable Trust (PlayFest) is coming at you this fall! We have expanded the festival to two weekends this year so that a greater number of patrons can…
Help Aladdin and the Genie of the Lamp wish away hunger in our Central Florida community by donating to the Orlando Shakespeare Theater's (Orlando Shakes) Second Harvest food drive! Present any canned good or nonperishable food…
Orlando Shakes has commissioned playwright Mark St. Germain to adapt a world premiere stage adaption of John Updike’s best-selling novel, Gertrude and Claudius. For those who don’t know, Updike’s novel tells the story of Gertrude…
Antony and Cleopatra director Joseph Discher answers questions about his past work and Orlando Shakes' production. Joseph Discher OST: Tell us a little bit about your past work in theatre? JD: I've been directing…
In Orlando Shakes’ production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, Jim Helsinger, Artistic Director at Orlando Shakes, takes on the role of Don Armando de Armado. I recently got the opportunity to speak with Jim about…
With the 9th Annual John R. Hamilton Mock Trial scheduled for Tuesday, March 14, 2017, Advocates Kimberly A. Ashby, partner at Foley and Lardner LLP, and Nicholas A. Shannin, Esq. are busy investigating the facts…
This Orlando Shakes spotlight falls on Kathryn Miller soon to be performing in the Theater’s production of The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan. Before stepping foot on an Orlando Shakes stage, Miller was a core…
In Blackberry Winter, Vivienne struggles with caring for her mother, an Alzheimer’s patient whose condition is showing signs of deterioration. In some of Steve Yockey’s most poignant writing to date, she confesses and confronts the…
Stringing lights on your own Christmas tree is hard enough. Can you imagine having to string them for a theater production of A Christmas Carol, Frosty the Snowman, It’s a Wonderful Life, and every other Christmas…
Have you ever wondered how Orlando Shakes gets so many great playwrights, directors, and actors to the Theater for PlayFest? Well, you’re in luck! Just the other day, we were able to get a behind the…