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Final 2024 weekend of GreenStage’s FREE Shakespeare in the Parks!

Final 2024 weekend of GreenStage’s FREE Shakespeare in the Parks!

Double Plays in Magnuson Park & Sandel Park.

Two more weeks of FREE Shakespeare in the Parks!

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Join us for three more weeks of FREE Shakespeare in the Parks!

Four more summer weekends of FREE Shakespeare in the Park!

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2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. 2016 was a busy year! The Merry Wives of Windsor and Cymbeline were the … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2015 we brought  Much Ado About Nothing and The Two Noble Kinsmen to … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2014 we celebrated completing Shakespeare’s Canon! KABOOM!  Othello and Love’s Labour’s Lost were … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2013 we launched our popular Backyard Bard series with Twelfth Night and The … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2012 the summer plays were The Taming of the Shrew and Henry VIII, … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2011 the summer plays were The Tempest and Antony and Cleopatra, and in … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2010 The summer plays were Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It, and … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2009  The summer plays were Comedy of Errors and King John, and in the … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2008  it was all about the summer shows! The plays were Hamlet and … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2007 we presented the final play in our American Classics Series – The … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2006 we broke from our standard repertory casting of summer shows in order … Read More

Spring has sprung and we’re working hard to bring FREE Shakespeare in the Park to you this summer. We’re very excited to announce that we’ve just completed casting for the 2023 summer company. It’s a mix of veteran GreenStage actors … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2005 we continued our American Classics Series with Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2004 we continued our American Classics Series with The Man Who Came To … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. in 2003 we continued our American Classics Series with The Night of the Iguana … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. 2002 was the first year of our American Classics Series with a production of … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. In 2001 we made our final appearance in the Seattle Fringe Festival with SQUISH! … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. 2000 started with our second appearance in the Seattle Fringe Festival with and original … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. 1999 was a big year! We started the season in the Seattle Fringe Festival … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. In 1998 we took on A Midsummer Night’s Dream (which began with an indoor … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. 1997 saw Julius Caesar and As You Like It in the parks and in … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. 1996 was our second time doing two summer shows in rep with the same … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. Here’s some photos from our 1995 season. Unfortunately, few pictures can be found besides … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. Here’s “Twelfth Night”, a show that was produced two years in a row, with … Read More

2023 is our 35th Anniversary! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting going back in time every Thursday with pics from every season we’ve produced. Here’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, a show produced two years in a row, with … Read More

It’s our 35th Anniversary season this summer! In honor of our 35th year we’re posting a throwback each Thursday from every season we’ve produced. Here’s pics from 1990 “Romeo and Juliet,” our second season when we were known as Shakespeare … Read More

It’s our 35th Anniversary season this summer! In honor of that we’re going to post a throwback each week from every season we’ve produced. Starting in 1989 from “Taming of the Shrew,” our very first show! Back in those days … Read More

As we look back on 2021 we are very thankful for our successes. Though 2021 presented many COVID-related challenges–fewer parks to perform in, only one mainstage show, the uncertainty of gathering in groups–it was such a rewarding summer. Over 7,000 of you came out to see … Read More

As we near the holiday season, we here at GreenStage are busy planning for our 2022 summer season. Though 2021 presented many COVID-related challenges–fewer parks to perform in, only one mainstage show, the uncertainty of gathering in groups–it was a very successful summer for us. Over 7,000 of you came … Read More

You have one last weekend to catch the magic of our 33rd season of FREE Shakespeare in the Park. It has been an incredible summer performing for you again. It always goes by so fast. Find out what audiences have been raving about … Read More

This summer is flying by fast! Only two weekends left of 33rd season of FREE Shakespeare in the Park. Start making your plans now because we’d hate for you to miss it. This week A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be … Read More

We are officially halfway through our 33rd season of FREE Shakespeare in the Park. You have only three more weekends to catch these shows before they’re gone and the summer goes by fast! A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be performing … Read More

At the end of this weekend we’ll be halfway through our 33rd season of FREE Shakespeare in the Park. This summer has been flying by quickly so don’t miss out on your chance to see these plays before they’re gone. A Midsummer Night’s Dream will … Read More

What a magical opening weekend we had. Over 1,300 of you came out to celebrate the return of FREE Shakespeare in the Park with us and share in that joyous experience. We can’t thank you enough. GreenStage has the greatest fans in the Pacific Northwest. Drama … Read More

Marie Bonfils of Drama in the Hood came out to A Midsummer Night’s Dream this weekend and posted a very nice review. Check it out here! For a schedule of all our performances this summer visit our calendar. Go see … Read More

It’s been two entire years since we saw you last but we will be reunited this Friday when FREE Shakespeare in the Park opens once again. Live and in person! Live theater is back and we don’t think there’s anything better than seeing some … Read More

2020 is in the books. It feels like we’re nearing the beginning of the end of the worst of this pandemic. We here at GreenStage are busy at work planning for a 2021 summer season, provided the dice rolls in … Read More

It has been a minute since we’ve written so we wanted to give you an update on what we’ve been up to. We miss you terribly. Even though we were able to give you a virtual summer season it’s just … Read More

Today would have marked our closing performance for the summer. Though COVID19 robbed us of a summer season there is still so much we have to be thankful for. Our Virtual Summer Season was a rousing success. We would like … Read More

BLACK LIVES MATTER GreenStage stands in solidarity with our community raging against racial injustice. We hear the anguish. It has fractured our community, our society and our humanity. We can no longer let this stand We also acknowledge that as … Read More

These are challenging times. There is a collective anxiety and uncertainty in the air. The impact that COVID-19 is having on us right now in all aspects of our life is unprecedented. Our community is in crisis. Our theme for … Read More

The next of our informal reading series of Shakespeare plays is coming up at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 8, when we’ll gather at Hattie’s Hat in Ballard for All’s Well That Ends Well. Hattie’s Hat is located at 5231 Ballard Ave NW, … Read More

Though we’re still in the middle of winter, here at GreenStage we’re preparing for summer. To keep you warm with dreams of sunshine, picnics and Shakespeare we are pleased to announce our 2020 FREE Shakespeare in the Park season: A … Read More

The next of our informal reading series of Shakespeare plays is coming up at 6 p.m. Sunday, December 8, when we’ll gather at Hattie’s Hat in Ballard for The Tempest. Hattie’s Hat is located at 5231 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107 All … Read More

We’re on the cusp of October and that means we’re just under two weeks away from our fall fundraiser and auction that is coming up October 13 at The Georgetown Stables. We have lots of good food, beverage, and fun … Read More

All of the calendars said that the GreenStage season would end August 17. It turns out the calendars were wrong! We’ll be doing one last, encore performance of our Backyard Bard version of The Merry Wives of Windsor at 7 … Read More

While we still have a couple of weeks left in our 2019 season, it’s never too early to start planning for next year, and we have a vision for 2020. Please mark your calendars for Sunday, October 13, 2019 when we’ll hold … Read More

We’re down to the last two weeks of our 2019 season, our 31st summer of doing FREE Shakespeare in the Park! This week we’ll have four performances at Lincoln Park, two at Lynndale Park, plus shows in Burien, Fall City, … Read More

The next of our informal readings of Shakespeare plays is coming up at 6 p.m. Sunday, September 8, when we’ll gather at Hattie’s Hat in Ballard for As You Like It. We decided not to do a reading in August, … Read More

GreenStage will be setting up camp this week at Lower Woodland Park, where we’ll have six performances of our Shakespeare in the Park plays. The Taming of the Shrew will be there on Thursday, July 25; Henry IV, part 2 … Read More

Our monthly series of informal readings of Shakespeare plays will continue in June with Hamlet. We’ll meet at Hattie’s Hat in Ballard for a reading to begin at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 6. Bring a script and read along or … Read More

Have you ever wanted to own a fantastic Shakespeare in the Park artifact like Hamlet’s doublet, Desdemona’s misplaced hanky, or Lear’s royal robes? You just might be able to find a gem at GreenStage’s garage sale, 10 a.m. until 3 … Read More

Our series of informal readings of Shakespeare’s plays will continue Sunday, May 12 with a reading of Titus Andronicus. We’ll begin at 6 p.m. at Hattie’s Hat in Ballard. Many of us will gather earlier for a bite and a … Read More

Our series of informal monthly play readings continues at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 14 with The Tempest! We’ll be gathering at Hattie’s Hat in Ballard. Bring your own script and join in the reading, or just grab a bite and … Read More

GreenStage is auditioning for our 2019 Shakespeare in the Park Season. Our season includes two full length, full cast productions, and our Backyard Bard series that consists of two abbreviated plays both done by the same cast of 4 actors. … Read More

GreenStage will host the next in its monthly series of informal play readings by presenting Julius Caesar at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 10 at Hattie’s Hat at 5231 Ballard Avenue Northwest in Ballard. These readings are so much fun that … Read More

Our monthly series of informal readings of Shakespeare plays continues this Sunday, February 10 at 6 p.m. We’ll be reading The Taming of the Shrew at Hattie’s Hat at 5231 Ballard Avenue Northwest. You’re welcome to read along with us! … Read More

Hi, friends! We’re planning some big fun for next Sunday, Jan. 13 at Hattie’s Hat in Ballard. We’ll be doing an informal reading of Twelfth Night! Bring a script and join in on the reading, or just come to enjoy … Read More

    We’ve made it through Black Friday and Cyber Monday to arrive at Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving to your favorite causes and organizations. At GreenStage we’ve been running a fall fund drive to back our 2019 … Read More

Join GreenStage company members, staff, and friends for an informal reading of Measure for Measure at 7 p.m Sunday, December 2, 2018 at Wayward Coffeehouse, 6417 Roosevelt Way NE, #104 (at the corner of 65th and Roosevelt.) We’ll begin to … Read More

We’re aiming to raise $5,000 by Thanksgiving in support of our 2019 season. As of last count we’re about 20 percent of the way to that goal. Please consider a contribution today to help us create our 31st season of … Read More

Theater folks love Halloween almost by default, what with all of the dressing up in fancy costumes. A witch makes a great costume, and it’s not a cliché if you do it right! Take these weird sisters, for example. The … Read More

Fall fundraising goal of $5,000 will get our 31st season off to a running start Our 30th Anniversary season has come to a close and we wanted to take a moment to thank you for your support. We presented more … Read More

A venue called simply “The Theatre” was one of the first to host a Shakespeare play. Archaeologists in London found its remains back in 2008. Now, according to an article by Brigit Katz on Smithsonian.com, the Museum of London Archaeology … Read More

We were so looking forward to staging an audience favorite, Hard Bard Titus Andronicus, again this fall, and had saved up our pennies in order to do it. (Blood is a big expense.) Alas, our planned venue for the production … Read More

Our summer season kicked off with a bang last weekend with beautiful weather and marvelous performances. GreenStage fans showed a little love for our plays! Danielle Rebecca Devine wrote on Facebook that, “The Three Musketeers was a delight! My 13 year old … Read More

If you stopped by the info booth at the Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival this weekend you probably got pitched for our raffle of a pair of tickets to an Oregon Shakespeare Festival show. We held the drawing at 8pm Sunday … Read More

GreenStage’s thirtieth summer of free Shakespeare in Seattle-area parks kicks off this Friday, July 13 with three performances: Henry IV, part 1, directed by Amelia Meckler Bowers, will play at 7 p.m. at the Magnuson Park amphitheater; The Three Musketeers, … Read More

Alexandre Dumas and Gordon Carpenter are the authors who created our summer 2018 version of The Three Musketeers. Dumas was born on July 24, 1802, in Villers-Cotterêts, France. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, took the Dumas … Read More

Seattle-area parks will resound with the clanging of swordplay this summer as GreenStage’s production of The Three Musketeers makes the rounds. Director Erin Day says there’s a lot to love about the popular story. “I like the juxtaposition of d’Artagnan’s … Read More

Rehearsals are well under way for GreenStage’s 30th season of FREE summer plays in the parks. We thought we’d give you a quick peek at some of the players. GreenStage casts are truly itinerant players, touring to more than 20 … Read More

The actors have been cast for our 30th season of FREE Shakespeare in the park! Its going to be a fun summer! We’re running four “bad boy” plays with all women as directors! Erin Day (at right from The Merry Wives … Read More

GreenStage, Seattle’s Shakespeare in the Park company and the city’s longest-running Shakespeare theater company, will have a new look on its staff and a refreshed graphic identity as it heads into its thirtieth season in 2018. Natalie Gress has been … Read More

The summer of 2018 will be our thirtieth of doing free Shakespeare in the Park. We’re celebrating with a look back at past years. We know a little bit more about our second season, in 1990, than we do about … Read More

The summer of 2018 will be our thirtieth of doing free Shakespeare in the Park. We’re celebrating with a look back at past years. It all began in 1989. In our inaugural season we were known as Shakespeare Northwest and … Read More

Strike up the band and put on your dancing shoes! GreenStage is delighted to announce our 2018 season, which will mark our 30th summer of doing free Shakespeare in Seattle-area parks! Huzzah!! Here’s what we have planned for you: The … Read More

Well, it’s the holiday time of year once more, and GreenStage has made it through another fantastic season of Shakespeare in the Park. It’s a milestone for us, since 2018 will be our 30th Anniversary! To help us celebrate three … Read More

Time sure flies when you’re having fun, and this summer’s shows have been a blast! It’s hard to believe we’re already at the last week of GreenStage performances this summer. But it’s true; we wrap up on August 19! Now, … Read More

The August 18 performance of Richard II originally scheduled for Othello Park has been moved to Seward Park because of a scheduling mixup at the original venue. We still will have three performances at Othello Park. Our Backyard Bard Hamlet … Read More

Time flies when you’re having fun! It’s hard to believe that the GreenStage season of FREE summer Shakespeare is half over. We’re back in action again this evening, and plays run through August 19. We have four shows at Lincoln … Read More

Lower Woodland Park is a great place for a play, and we’ll have double features of our two Shakespeare in the Park shows, Richard II and The Comedy of Errors, on both Saturday and Sunday. Meanwhile Backyard Bard takes Hamlet … Read More

Our 29th season of FREE Shakespeare in the Park opens this week! We’re excited to be bringing you full-cast versions of Richard II and The Comedy of Errors, and Backyard Bard productions of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In … Read More

Our summer shows have three weeks of rehearsals under their belts and opening is less than three weeks away. Huzzah! We’re jazzed about our production of The Comedy of Errors. We always say that Shakespeare’s plays are as relevant to … Read More

Rehearsals are well under way for GreenStage’s 29th summer of FREE Shakespeare in the Park. With opening just four weeks from tomorrow, we share with you the first photos of some of our plays! At right is this year’s Backyard Bard … Read More

Want to promote an event, business or service? GreenStage’s summer program may be just the ticket. Each summer our shows are seen by over 13,000 Seattle area residents and visitors. Our program is a full color, magazine style book, that … Read More

GreenStage’s summer theatre camps are perfectly geared toward kids ages 5-18. Whether you are looking for camps for very young kids (ages 5-7), or theatrically experienced teens, we have Shakespeare camps to fit all age groups. Our camps take students on … Read More

Aah, we’ve made it to the year-end holidays, and the merry wives of Santa have a small request: that you consider a gift to GreenStage as you resolve to make some charitable contributions to close out 2016.This is, of course, … Read More

There are just two weeks left in GreenStage’s 28th season of FREE Shakespeare in the park. Start making your plans now to catch all four of our shows—or to see them all again if you’ve already enjoyed them this summer. … Read More

We’re halfway through our season of Shakespeare! There are just three weeks left to see our four touring shows: Cymbeline, directed by Vince Brady, The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Daniel Wood, and Backyard Bard versions of Pericles and … Read More

We’re delighted to share the first photos of the cast from our summer plays! The photo above (by Ken Holmes) is from our production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Daniel Wood. Sir John Falstaff (Paul Shapiro at … Read More

It’s one of our favorite days of the year! Rehearsals begin today, May 31, for the four summer shows of our 28th season! GreenStage will stage full-length productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Daniel Wood, and Cymbeline, directed … Read More

One of the few surviving copies of the First Folio, the book that gave us Shakespeare, is on display at the main downtown branch of the Seattle Public Library through April 17. As part of the celebration of this rare treasure, … Read More

Sure and begorrah, this is the final weekend for our Hard Bard production of The Duchess of Malfi, starting with a special performance this evening, when we will turn St. Pat’s Day into St. SPLAT’s Day! Watch for the pot … Read More

Fans are showing their love for our Hard Bard production of The Duchess of Malfi directed by Tony Driscoll. Our favorite so far was posted on our Facebook page by John Strobel: “The cast and acting were exceptional…Don’t let the threat … Read More

We just got some photos in from last night’s dress rehearsal of The Duchess of Malfi and it’s just as we hoped. No, as we FEARED: There’s lots of blood! This year’s Hard Bard play opens tonight and runs through … Read More

Our generous audiences dig deep to support GreenStage when we pass the hat at our shows, have special fundraising events, or participate in efforts such as the Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG. (GiveBIG will be on May 3 this year, so mark … Read More

We’re as excited as can be to be on the verge of opening another Hard Bard show after taking a year off! The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, directed by Tony Driscoll, opens Feb. 26 at Stage One at … Read More

GreenStage performances are always free, and that includes our upcoming production of The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster and directed by Tony Driscoll. For this show, reservations are a good idea; the show will be at Stage One at … Read More

The long awaited return of GreenStage’s Hard Bard productions is finally on the calendar. Moving from Halloween to a space that fits neatly between Valentine’s Day and the Ides of March. So join us for a Bloody Valentine season of … Read More

It has been a great summer, but GreenStage’s 27th season of FREE Shakespeare in the Park must wrap up this week. We will give the final six of our 62 performances between now and Saturday evening, with five of the … Read More

Time flies when you’re having fun, and we’ve been having a total blast with our four plays this summer. But, friends, it is August and you have just two more weeks to catch The Two Noble Kinsmen, Much Ado About … Read More

One of the challenges of doing touring productions of Shakespeare in the Park is getting all of your costumes, props, and gear from point A to point B. Sadly, sometime after last Saturday’s Backyard Bard play and before Sunday’s matinees, … Read More

Well, the folks who had been doing rain dances and hoping for cooler weather came through this past weekend. We got a little bit of rain. OK, it was quite a lot at times! The show must go on, however, … Read More

GreenStage has been doing FREE Shakespeare in the Park for 27 years, but we’re still finding new places to play. We’ll visit three of them this week. Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. we will perform our Backyard Bard version … Read More

GreenStage has performed Shakespeare in a lot of places, but next week we are in for a first. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, Backyard Bard Macbeth will take to the stage at the Hotel Albatross in Ballard–call it “Tiki … Read More

GreenStage’s 27th season of FREE Shakespeare in the Park got under way last week. We were fortunate to have lovely weather, as the very hot temperatures let up a bit, and nice crowds turned out, especially for the Seattle Outdoor … Read More

Ah, summer, sweet summer! Sunshine and Shakespeare! We’re wrapping up June, Independence Day is this weekend, and that means GreenStage and FREE Shakespeare returns to a park near you next week! Our summer season opens Friday, July 10 with three … Read More

  The excitement is mounting at GreenStage! Rehearsals are well under way and our 27th summer of FREE Shakespeare in the Park gets under way one month from today! What to do if you’re not rehearsing, directing, costuming, stage managing, … Read More

“Best Othello I have ever seen…I wept. What a great way to finish the canon!” Customer Name:  Donna King Customer Description:  on Facebook Source: current GS content

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage has completed Shakespeare’s canon! We’re continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today’s play is the one with which we completed the canon: this year’s Othello!  Teresa Thuman directs, Johnny Patchamatla plays the Moor, … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage has completed Shakespeare’s canon! We’re continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today’s play is Cardenio, GreenStage’s Hard Bard production in 2012. Scholars continue to debate whether Cardenio is the work of Shakespeare, John … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage has completed Shakespeare’s canon! We’re continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today’s play is The Winter’s Tale, a rare indoor production for GreenStage at Hugo House in 2000. Tony Driscoll directed and played Antigonus. … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage has completed Shakespeare’s canon! We’re continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today’s play is Twelfth Night. GreenStage has performed it five times, in 1991, 1992, 1995, 2008, and 2013. It is tied with … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage has completed Shakespeare’s canon! We’re continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today’s play is The Two Gentlemen of Verona, performed by GreenStage in 2007. Ken Holmes directed, and the cast included Ryan Higgins, Andrew … Read More

“With GreenStage, the story comes alive through the expression and emotions of the actors… we are so lucky to have them here in Seattle!” Customer Name:  Kelly Rogers Flynt Customer Description:  Seattle’s Child Source: current GS content

“The production is hilarious, and I was continually amused and laughed myself silly. Consider yourself fortunate if you are able to pull up a lawn chair and witness this truly entertaining troupe of Shakespereans!” Customer Name:  Janet Wasner Customer Description:  … Read More

“All four actors were adept at physical, slapstick comedy, which had the audience laughing out loud, especially the kids. The intimate nature of the setting pulled us in; being able to see the actors’ facial expressions added to the experience.“ Customer Name:  Tiffany … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage has completed Shakespeare’s canon! We’re continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today’s play is The Two Noble Kinsmen, performed by GreenStage in 1998. The Two Noble Kinsmen is a play that has been on … Read More

“This Othello isn’t just a final box to be checked off, but an invigorating, exciting take on the revenge drama.” Customer Name:  Dusty Somers Customer Description:  Seattle Times Source: current GS content

“I loved today’s Backyard Bard by GreenStage: Four actors, minimal set/props/costumes/script. Fresh! Funny! Free!” Customer Name:  Mary Menard Customer Description:  on Twitter Source: current GS content

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage has completed Shakespeare’s canon! We’re continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today’s play is Troilus and Cressida, performed by GreenStage in 2001. Our Troilus was directed by David Nochimson. Jason Marr, who is playing … Read More

“The play and its players seemed to gather strength throughout the afternoon in the park and can be proud of their solid rendition of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy and the completion of presenting his entire canon.” Customer Name:  Alan Sydney Customer Description:  … Read More

“Free Shakespeare in the park is a wonderful experience, a life blood coursing through the veins of healthy urban environments.  Way to go, Seattleites.  Way to go, GreenStage.  Keep it up.” Customer Name:  Bird Watcher Customer Description:  on The Ptarmigan … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage has completed Shakespeare’s canon! We’re continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today’s play is The Tempest, performed by GreenStage in 2005 and 2011. Cara Anderson Ahrens directed the 2005 show with Richard Clairmont (pictured … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare’s canon! We’re continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today’s play is The Taming of the Shrew, performed by GreenStage in 1989, 2002, and 2012. The Taming of the Shrew was the … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Pericles, Prince of Tyre, performed by GreenStage in 1995. David J. “All We Need is a Cart” Dodge directed this … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Much Ado About Nothing, performed by GreenStage in 2000. Stacy Lind directed and Ken Holmes played Dogberry. The photo above … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is A Midsummer Night's Dream, our most often-performed play; we’ve done it five times over the years. The reasons are simple. … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Tutis Andronicus, which GreenStage performed in 1995 and again in 2009. Tony Driscoll cooked up the Hard Bard concept for … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is The Merry Wives of Windsor, which GreenStage performed in 2003, and again as a Backyard Bard production in 2013. Ken … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Richard III, which GreenStage performed in 2007. Tony Driscoll directed this play, the final in our series of Shakespeare's histories. … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Timon of Athens, which GreenStage performed in 1999. Ken Holmes, now GreenStage's managing director, directed this production and Erin Day, now … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is The Merchant of Venice, which GreenStage performed in 2003. Amelia Meckler directed this show; pictured above are Peter Diseth as Saleria … Read More

Only nine other theater companies in the world have performed every play in Shakespeare's canon. With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will become the tenth! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Richard II, which GreenStage staged in … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! Only about 10 theater companies in the entire world have done it! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Romeo and Juliet, which GreenStage has performed twice, in … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Why such a big deal? Our best information is that only nine other theater companies IN THE WORLD have performed all of … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's plays are Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3, which GreenStage performed in 2006. This was something of an epic GreenStage show, with … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Macbeth, which GreenStage has staged twice: a 2001 production outdoors and a Hard Bard version in 2010. Ken Holmes directed … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Love's Labour's Lost, performed by GreenStage in 1996. We'll stage it again this summer in a production directed by Vince … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Henry V, performed by GreenStage in 2005. Linda Lombardi came back as director, as she was for Henry IV, Part … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is King Lear performed by GreenStage in 2013. Lear was the play that brought us within one of completion of the … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Cymbeline performed by GreenStage in 1997. Tony Driscoll directed this production, which was performed indoors at the Nippon Kan Theatre. … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Henry IV, Part 2, performed by GreenStage in 2002. Linda Lombardi, who directed Part 1 in 2000, was back at … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're continuing our celebratory look back at every play. Today's play is Julius Caesar, performed by GreenStage in 1997. The show was directed by David J. Dodge, and the cast featured Tom … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're celebrating with a look back at every play. Today's play is All's Well That Ends Well, performed by GreenStage in 2004. We'll perform it for a second time this summer; it … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're celebrating with a look back at every play. Today's play is Coriolanus, performed by GreenStage in 2004. Coriolanus was directed by David Robinson and featured Christopher J. Domig, pictured above, in … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're celebrating with a look back at every play. Today's play is Henry IV, part 1, performed by GreenStage in 2000. Henry IV was directed by Linda Lombardi, who also directed Henry … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're celebrating with a look back at every play. Today's play is King John, performed by GreenStage in 2009. King John was directed by Teresa Thuman, who is directing this summer's canon-completing … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're celebrating with a look back at every play. Today's play is Hamlet, performed by GreenStage in 2008. Hamlet was directed by Susanna Wilson. The cast included Shawn Law, Vince Brady, Macall … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're celebrating with a look back at every play. Today's play is As You Like It, performed by GreenStage in 2010. AYLI was directed by Teresa Thuman, who is directing this summer's … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're celebrating the canon with a look back at every play. Today's play is Henry VIII, performed by GreenStage in 2012. It was directed by Teresa Thuman and featured … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare's canon! We're celebrating with a look back at every play. Today's play is The Comedy of Errors, performed by GreenStage in 2009. COE was directed by Ryan Higgins, and the … Read More

With our 2014 production of Othello GreenStage will complete Shakespeare’s canon! We’re celebrating the canon with a look back at every play. Today: Antony and Cleopatra.