Director Doug Graham describes his vision of The Tempest and it's magical, mystical and musical themes...
Magic, Music, and The Tempest
Caesar, Censorship, and What Happens Next For Shakespeare in America
Full disclosure--this blog post isn't about The Fern but rather about the controversy surrounding The Public's production of Caesar. As an Artistic Director I have many thoughts, which I've written below- this blog is long and filled with gifs, but hey, that is the way I roll. Also there may be some cursing this post--you've been warned that I'm a nerd and I like to curse.....
Mackers, Tickets, Oh My!
2017 is off to a great start for The Fern! In February, The Fern Shakespeare Company made their Seattle debut to a sold out run for Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Complete Works was a fundraiser for our upcoming production of Macbeth and the funds raised will help fund Macbeth--we cannot thank you enough for coming out to see it! Speaking of Mackers...
Happy New Year From The Fern!
Welcome to the new Fern Shakespeare Company blog! Happy 2017!!!! You may notice something different in our name—We are now officially The Fern Shakespeare Company (previously The Fern Theatre).
Why did we change our name? Well, simply, we decided that we wanted our company’s focus to be on Original Practice Shakespeare performance. We’ve already produced four Shakespeare plays and we realized that we wanted to devote our company’s mission to the production of amazing & accessible classical theatre. To emphasize this, we decided to change our name to The Fern Shakespeare Company. Yay! With the new name, comes a new web address—you can find us on the web at FernShakespeare.com and on Facebook & Twitter! ....