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'''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 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 1994-2010. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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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, |
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, scaled back on its productions and went through several management changes. |
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In 2003, the festival moved to a permanent indoor space within the St Mary's Community Center in the Hampden neighborhood of North Baltimore. |
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the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival closed its doors for good in 2011. By |
Despite the generous support of an individual donor, who bestowed an endowment of $1,000,000 in 2007, the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival closed its doors for good in 2011. By 2010 the endowment's principal, which had been improperly used to pay for operating expenses, had been completely drained in three short years. 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 a lack of funds. No other explanation was made to the public or its private and public donors. The company did not maintain any archives. |
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The highlight of the BSF year was a Shakespeare production performed entirely by children. 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 ''[[The 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''). |
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== Artistic directors== |
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*'''1993-1997''' Kelly Dunn Feliz |
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*'''1997-2000''' Christopher Marino |
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*'''2000-2008''' James Kinstle |
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*'''2008-2011''' Michael Carleton |
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==Production history == |
==Production history == |
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Revision as of 16:01, 10 July 2011
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 1994-2010.
History
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, scaled back on its productions and went through several management changes.
In 2003, the festival moved to a permanent indoor space within the St Mary's Community Center in the Hampden neighborhood of North Baltimore.
Despite the generous support of an individual donor, who bestowed an endowment of $1,000,000 in 2007, the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival closed its doors for good in 2011. By 2010 the endowment's principal, which had been improperly used to pay for operating expenses, had been completely drained in three short years. 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 a lack of funds. No other explanation was made to the public or its private and public donors. The company did not maintain any archives.
Production history
1994
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
1995
- Romeo and Juliet
1997
- Macbeth
1998
- Twelfth Night
2000
- Love for Words by Kimberley Lynne - Directed by Tony Tsendeas
- I Hate Hamlet - Directed by Joseph Brady
2001
- Much Ado About Nothing - Directed by Laura Hackman
2002-03
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
References
External links
- Baltimore Shakespeare Festival - official site
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