Take a look into fun moments from our past.
Videos From Past Years
The News Journal preview video for the 2016 Summer Festival production of The Comedy of Errors.
WHYY First segment featuring the 2015 Summer Festival production of The Taming of the Shrew.
Click here for “I Am Hamlet” Videos – interviews with Delawareans about key Hamlet speeches.
Click here for several behind the scenes videos from our journey to create the 2013 Festival production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
View “Anti-Racism Next Steps” Shakespeare is not a voice we naturally turn to for racial justice. There are elements of his work that are problematic for Black artists and audience members. But at his best what Shakespeare tries to do in his plays is to see every person as a full and complete human being. […]
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON SHAKESPEARE, POE & FIENDS by Gail Obenreder, Arts Journalist-in-Residence For the past nine seasons, Delaware Shakespeare has welcomed fall with a dramatic evening of dramatic readings focused on spirits, mystery, and hauntings, huddling audiences together in atmospheric and vaguely sinister sites around the region. This year there’s no huddling, […]
As part of Delaware Shakespeare’s journey to become an antiracist theatre company, we offer these two online discussions looking at the role race plays when casting and conceiving Shakespeare productions. Both of these events are “pay-what-you-decide.” Registration is free for the Zoom program. Immediately after the event, you’ll be sent a link inviting you to […]
Purchase Tickets Here! Shakespeare, Poe & Fiends at Fort ChristinaAn Autumnal Story StrollSunday, November 1Timed Admissions at 2pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, and 4pm(Rain date: Sunday, November 8) $20 Adults$15 Youth 18 and under Purchase Tickets HERE. While COVID-19 means it is not wise for 40 souls to sit closely inside historic buildings, we invite you to […]
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN by Gail Obenreder, Arts Journalist-in-Residence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” Of course, in Sonnet 18 Shakespeare is speaking about the eternal beauty of his love. But in September in Delaware, the days are – indeed […]
A look at the {Mostly} Virtual Festival by Gail Obenreder, Arts Journalist -in-Residence A festival – by nature and by definition – is a gathering often held annually and in the same place, built around a community, or a theme, or a cultural centerpiece. In England’s Elizabethan age – the time of Shakespeare – there […]
Matthew S. Meyer, County Executive. New Castle County's Rockwood Park is the summer home of Delaware Shakespeare. www.rockwood.org
Delaware Shakespeare is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on delawarescene.org.
Delaware Shakespeare is delighted to have Janssen's Market as our Picnic Sponsor. www.janssensmarket.com
Highmark Delaware is our Children's Activity Tent Sponsor.
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Swigg is our Wine Shop Sponsor.
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Delmarva Power have generously donated assistance and resources to Delaware Shakespeare. www.delmarva.com
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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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