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'''The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival''' is a small nonprofit [[theatre]] that produces plays by or about [[Shakespeare]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. It also has an educational program that introduces school children to Shakespeare.
'''The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival''' was a small nonprofit [[theatre]] that produced plays by or about [[Shakespeare]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. It also had an educational program that introduced school children to Shakespeare. The company existed, in different forms, from 1994 to 2010.


== History ==
== History ==
The first production of BSF was ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' which was performed at [[The Cloisters (Lutherville, Maryland)|The Cloisters]] in [[Lutherville, Maryland]] in 1994. The company was founded by Kelley Dunn-Feliz and Richard Feliz that same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypaper.com/bcp-blog-8800-20110407-story.html|title=The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival Closes|last=McCabe|first=Bret|website=citypaper.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref> In its early years, the Festival often faced financial instability, scaled back on its productions and went through several management changes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/baltimore-shakespeare-festival-receives-1-million|title=Baltimore Shakespeare Festival Receives $1 Million|last=Candid|website=Philanthropy News Digest (PND)|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>


In 2003, the festival moved to a permanent indoor space within the St Mary's Community Center in the Hampden neighborhood of North Baltimore.
The first production of BSF was [[A Midsummer Night's Dream]] which was performed at the Cloisters in [[Brooklandville, Maryland]] in 1994. The company was founded by Kelley Dunn-Feliz and Richard Feliz that same year. In its early years, the Festival often faced financial instability, but was able to persevere due to the support of its Board of Directors.


The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival closed its doors for good in 2011. The Board of Trustees made a simple public pronouncement of the difficulty of producing live theater and announced it was closing its doors due to economic challenges. The company did not maintain any archives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2011-04-baltimore_shakespeare_theatre-story.html|title=Baltimore Shakespeare Festival shuts down after 17 seasons|last=Smith|first=Tim|website=baltimoresun.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>
From 2001 to 2008, BSF was led by Artistic Director James Kinstle. During his tenure BSF started its residence at the Meadow at Evergreen House, an outdoor performance space that has held hundreds of patrons for outdoor productions. Over the years, residents of North Baltimore have brought picnics and chairs to spend a summer evening with Shakespeare.


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==Production history ==
In addition, Kinstle established BSF's home at the St. Mary's Community Center in Hampden. In the church space, an Elizabethan style stage was designed and constructed by master woodwright and Shakespeare scholar Thomas Brown, complete with balcony and parquet floors. Indoors, BSF produced Shakespeare, reworked classics and original work.


===1994===
'''The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival''' is listed as a Major Festival in the book ''Shakespeare Festivals Around the World'' by Marcus D. Gregio ([[editing|Editor]]), 2004.
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*''A Midsummer Night's Dream''


===1995===
In 2008, the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival announced the hiring of Michael Carleton as the theatre's new Producing Artistic Director.
*''Romeo and Juliet''


===1997===
A highlight of the BSF year and a unique contribution to the field is the annual presentation of a Shakespeare production performed entirely by students. The Teen Performance Program began in 2003 with a production of ''[[Macbeth]]'' followed by 2004's production of ''[[Love's Labor's Lost]]'', 2005's production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' 2006's production of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' and 2007's Comedy of Errors. In 2008, BSF explored The Tempest through the lens of a high school. Teens from around the Baltimore area come together to work in a semi-professional theatrical process. The teens' outstanding performances are inspired by such outstanding teacher/directors as Tony Tsendeas (Macbeth and Hamlet), Lewis Shaw (Love's Labour's Lost), Joan Weber (Much Ado About Nothing), Ian Bellknap (Comedy of Errors) and Courtney Weber (The Tempest).
*''Macbeth''


===1998===
== Producing Artistic Directors<br /> ==
*''Twelfth Night''


===2000===
<br />'''1993-1997''' Kelly Dunn Feliz<br />
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*''Love for Words'' by Kimberley Lynne - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
<br /> '''1999-2000''' Christopher Marino<br />
*''I Hate Hamlet'' - Directed by Joseph Brady
<br />'''2000-2008''' James Kinstle<br />
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<br />'''2008-''' Michael Carleton


===2001===
*''Much Ado About Nothing'' - Directed by Laura Hackman


===2002-03===
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== <br />Production History ==
*''Cyrano de Bergerac'' - Directed by Joseph Brady
*''Hamlet'' - Directed by Laura Hackman


===2003-04===
*''As You Like It'' - Directed by Laura Hackman
*''Othello'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
*''Dickens of a Carol'' - Directed by Kathy Feininger
**'''''Teen Performance Program:''''' ''Macbeth'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas


===2004-05===
*''The Tempest'' - Directed by Laura Hackman
*''Julius Caesar'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
*''Dickens of a Carol'' - Directed by Kathy Feininger
**'''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''Love's Labour's Lost'' - Directed by Lewis Shaw


===2005-06===
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'''1994'''<br /> ''Midsummer Night's Dream''<br />
* ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' - Directed by Drew Kahl
<br />'''1995'''<br /> ''Romeo and Juliet''<br />
*''Romeo and Juliet'' - Directed by Pat Diamond
<br />'''1996''' <br /> ''Twelfth Night''<br />
*''Something Dickens This Way Comes'' - Directed and written by Kathy Feininger
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<br />'''2000'''<br /> ''Love for Words'' by Kimberley Lynne - Directed by Tony Tsendeas<br /> ''I Hate Hamlet'' - Directed by Joseph Brady<br />
<br />'''2001'''<br /> ''Much Ado About Nothing'' - Directed by Laura Hackman<br />
**'''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''Hamlet'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
**''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' - Directed by James Kinstle
<br />'''2002-03'''<br /> ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' - Directed by Joseph Brady<br /> ''Hamlet'' - Directed by Laura Hackman<br />
<br />'''2003-04'''<br /> ''As You Like It'' - Directed by Laura Hackman<br /> ''Othello'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas<br /> ''Dickens of a Carol'' - Directed by Kathy Feininger<br /> '''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''Macbeth'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas<br />
<br />'''2004-05'''<br /> The Tempest - Directed by Laura Hackman<br /> Julius Caesar - Directed by Tony Tsendeas<br /> ''Dickens of a Carol'' - Directed by Kathy Feininger<br /> '''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''Love's Labour's Lost'' - Directed by Lewis Shaw<br />
<br />'''2005-06'''<br /> ''Merry Wives of Windsor'' - Directed by Drew Kahl<br /> ''Romeo and Juliet'' - Directed by Pat Diamond <br />''Something Dickens This Way Comes'' - Directed and Written by Kathy Feininger <br />'''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''Hamlet'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas <br />''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' - Directed by James Kinstle<br />
<br />'''2006-07'''<br /> ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' - Directed by Laura Hackman<br /> ''Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas <br />''Desdemona, a Play about a Hankerchief'' by Paula Vogel - Directed by Raine Bode <br />'''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''Much Ado About Nothing'' - Directed by Joan Weber <br />All's Well That Ends Well - Directed by Donald Hicken<br />
<br />'''2007-08'''<br /> ''Macbeth'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas <br />''Antigone by Bertolt Brecht'' - Directed by Raine Bode <br />'''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''Comedy of Errors'' - Directed by Ian Belker <br />''A Winter's Tale'' - Directed by Kathleen Akerley<br />
<br />'''2008-09'''<br /> ''Twelfth Night'' - Directed by Laura Hackman<br /> ''Taming of the Shrew'' - Directed by Joseph Brady <br />''Every Christmas Story Ever Told!'' - Directed and Written by Michael Carleton<br /> '''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''The Tempest'' - Directed by Courtney Weber<br />''Wittenberg'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas<br/><br />'''2009-10'''<br />''Hamlet'' - Adapted and Directed by Michael Carleton


==External links==
===2006-07===
* ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' - Directed by Laura Hackman
* [http://www.baltimoreshakespeare.org Baltimore Shakespeare Festival] - official site
*''The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
*''Desdemona, a Play About a Handkerchief'' by Paula Vogel - Directed by Raine Bode
**'''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''Much Ado About Nothing'' - Directed by Joan Weber
**''All's Well That Ends Well'' - Directed by Donald Hicken


===2007-08===
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*''Macbeth'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
*''Antigone by Bertolt Brecht'' - Directed by Raine Bode
**'''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''The Comedy of Errors'' - Directed by Ian Belker
**''A Winter's Tale'' - Directed by Kathleen Akerley


===2008-09<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/william-shakespeares-works-come-alive-in-baltimore|title=William Shakespeare's works come alive in Baltimore|date=2008-07-05|website=Washington Examiner|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>===
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[[Category:Shakespeare festivals]]
*''Twelfth Night'' - Directed by Laura Hackman
*''The Taming of the Shrew'' - Directed by Joseph Brady
*''Every Christmas Story Ever Told!'' - Directed and written by Michael Carleton
**'''''Teen Performance Program''''': ''The Tempest'' - Directed by Courtney Weber
**''Wittenberg'' - Directed by Tony Tsendeas

===2009-10===
*''Hamlet'' - Adapted and directed by Michael Carleton
*''Richard III'' - Directed by Michael Carleton
*"Comedy of Errors" Directed by Joe Brady
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*"Scapin" Directed by Michael Carleton

==References==
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[[Category:Festivals in Baltimore]]
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[[Category:Shakespeare festivals in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 03:41, 30 May 2022

The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival was a small nonprofit theatre that produced plays by or about Shakespeare in Baltimore, Maryland. It also had an educational program that introduced school children to Shakespeare. The company existed, in different forms, from 1994 to 2010.

History

[edit]

The first production of BSF was A Midsummer Night's Dream which was performed at The Cloisters in Lutherville, Maryland in 1994. The company was founded by Kelley Dunn-Feliz and Richard Feliz that same year.[1] In its early years, the Festival often faced financial instability, scaled back on its productions and went through several management changes.[2]

In 2003, the festival moved to a permanent indoor space within the St Mary's Community Center in the Hampden neighborhood of North Baltimore.

The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival closed its doors for good in 2011. The Board of Trustees made a simple public pronouncement of the difficulty of producing live theater and announced it was closing its doors due to economic challenges. The company did not maintain any archives.[3]

Production history

[edit]

1994

[edit]
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

1995

[edit]
  • Romeo and Juliet

1997

[edit]
  • Macbeth

1998

[edit]
  • Twelfth Night

2000

[edit]
  • Love for Words by Kimberley Lynne - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
  • I Hate Hamlet - Directed by Joseph Brady

2001

[edit]
  • Much Ado About Nothing - Directed by Laura Hackman

2002-03

[edit]
  • Cyrano de Bergerac - Directed by Joseph Brady
  • Hamlet - Directed by Laura Hackman

2003-04

[edit]
  • As You Like It - Directed by Laura Hackman
  • Othello - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
  • Dickens of a Carol - Directed by Kathy Feininger
    • Teen Performance Program: Macbeth - Directed by Tony Tsendeas

2004-05

[edit]
  • The Tempest - Directed by Laura Hackman
  • Julius Caesar - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
  • Dickens of a Carol - Directed by Kathy Feininger
    • Teen Performance Program: Love's Labour's Lost - Directed by Lewis Shaw

2005-06

[edit]
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor - Directed by Drew Kahl
  • Romeo and Juliet - Directed by Pat Diamond
  • Something Dickens This Way Comes - Directed and written by Kathy Feininger
    • Teen Performance Program: Hamlet - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
    • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Directed by James Kinstle

2006-07

[edit]
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream - Directed by Laura Hackman
  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
  • Desdemona, a Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel - Directed by Raine Bode
    • Teen Performance Program: Much Ado About Nothing - Directed by Joan Weber
    • All's Well That Ends Well - Directed by Donald Hicken

2007-08

[edit]
  • Macbeth - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
  • Antigone by Bertolt Brecht - Directed by Raine Bode
    • Teen Performance Program: The Comedy of Errors - Directed by Ian Belker
    • A Winter's Tale - Directed by Kathleen Akerley

2008-09[4]

[edit]
  • Twelfth Night - Directed by Laura Hackman
  • The Taming of the Shrew - Directed by Joseph Brady
  • Every Christmas Story Ever Told! - Directed and written by Michael Carleton
    • Teen Performance Program: The Tempest - Directed by Courtney Weber
    • Wittenberg - Directed by Tony Tsendeas

2009-10

[edit]
  • Hamlet - Adapted and directed by Michael Carleton
  • Richard III - Directed by Michael Carleton
  • "Comedy of Errors" Directed by Joe Brady
  • "Scapin" Directed by Michael Carleton

References

[edit]
  1. ^ McCabe, Bret. "The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival Closes". citypaper.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  2. ^ Candid. "Baltimore Shakespeare Festival Receives $1 Million". Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  3. ^ Smith, Tim. "Baltimore Shakespeare Festival shuts down after 17 seasons". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  4. ^ "William Shakespeare's works come alive in Baltimore". Washington Examiner. 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
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