Welcome to Season 33
Our Homecoming Season After over a year away from the Margeson Theater, Orlando Shakes will welcome our patrons to return to our artistic home inside the Lowndes Shakespeare Center. Orlando […]
Actors’ Equity Association Approves Lake Eola Production
As we prepare for our largest scale performance since returning to live theater, Orlando Shakes has now gained approval from the national professional actors and stage managers union, the Actors’ […]
Interesting Facts About Josephine Baker
Best known as a world-renowned dancer, Baker was a multifaceted woman who led a rich life and became an iconic symbol of the Jazz Age. The 1930s luminary pushed the […]
On Playing Marian Anderson and Mary Church Terrell
Orlando Shakes interviewed the leading of ladies of their latest Video on Demand experience, My Lord, What a Night. Filmed on the set in the Goldman Theater, this World Premiere […]
A Return to Live Theater
In a triumphant return to live theater, Orlando Shakes is delighted to announce three outdoor offerings. Our first live production will be a holiday cabaret starring Laura Hodos in the […]
An Interview with Actor Walter Kmiec
Get to Know the Actor behind Hotspur After appearing as the noble Banquo in our recent production of Macbeth, Walter Kmiec returns to the Orlando Shakes stage as the passionate […]
The Acting Profession of Shakespeare’s Time
In our 31st season we will be performing our first ever Bare Bard production of Henry VI, Part 2 as a part of our Fire and Reign series. What is […]
Playwright Spotlight: The Three Musketeers
An Interview with Playwright Catherine Bush Get to know playwright Catherine Bush, the spectacular mind behind our adaptation of The Three Musketeers! [sep] Orlando Shakes: What inspired you to tackle […]
Get to Know Shakespeare’s Falstaff
Who is Falstaff? Falstaff is a character of contradiction. He is both dishonest yet insightful, intelligent yet cowardly. In the real world, we would be disgusted by such a man […]
Stage Combat and the Tools of the Trade
An Interview with Fight Director Tony Simotes Fight Director Tony Simotes talks to us about the process of the stage combat and physical storytelling in both The Three Musketeers and […]