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SUMMER FESTIVAL

At Archmere Academy:

2003: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2004: As You Like It
2005: Love’s Labour’s Lost

At Rockwood Park:

2006: Much Ado About Nothing
2007: Richard III
2008: Romeo and Juliet
2009: Twelfth Night
2010: Macbeth
2011: The Winter’s Tale
2012: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2013: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2014: Hamlet
2015: The Taming of the Shrew
2016: The Comedy of Erorrs
2017: Henry V
2018: Much Ado About Nothing

COMMUNITY TOUR

2016: Pericles, Prince of Tyre
2017: As You Like It
2018: The Merchant of Venice

 

Del Shakes Receives First Ever NEA Grant

Delaware Shakespeare to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $27 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019.  Included in this announcement is a Challenge America grant of […]

Shakespeare Day on Market Street

CLICK HERE FOR VOLUNTEER INFORMATION SHEET Wilmington! Shakespeare Day is coming back! April 23, 2019 is William Shakespeare’s 455th birthday. To celebrate, Delaware Shakespeare would like to present every single play Shakespeare ever wrote in the course of one hour, on Market Street in downtown Wilmington. So we could use some help! After staging Shakespeare […]

“Shakespeare + St. Valentine” 2019 Playlist

Del Shakes is pleased to announce the fun mix of scenes, sonnets, song, and interactive elements that will make up the February 15 & 16 performances of Shakespeare + St. Valentine. Get your tickets here!Click here for more information. PLAYLIST Sonnet 128 “How Good It Feels” by Lake Street Dive The Taming of the Shrew – […]

Perspectives on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Tour

With twenty performances offered over four weeks, The Merchant of Venice was our longest running production ever. The production launched intense, but respectful conversations about the rise in anti-Semitism and other instance of hate speech and hate crime in our country. Producing Artistic Director David Stradley shares three highlights from the road. First State Community […]

2019 Del Shakes Season Auditions

Delaware Shakespeare is accepting headshots and resumes for actors for its 2019 season, including the Summer Festival production of The Merry Wives of Windsor,directed by Krista Apple, and the fall Community Tour production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Lindsay Smiling. Female and non-binary performers will be considered for some traditionally male roles. Performers of all ethnic […]

Summer Festival Location

Rockwood Park
4651 Washington Street Extension
Wilmington, DE 19809
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P. O. Box #7567
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-415-3373
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About Del Shakes

We envision a Delaware where people from all walks of life celebrate and explore their shared humanity through the lens of Shakespearean works.
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