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Shakespeare, Poe & Fiends

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Shakespeare, Poe & Fiends at Fort Christina
An Autumnal Story Stroll
Sunday, November 8
Timed Admissions at 2pm (SOLD OUT), 2:30pm, 3:30pm, and 4pm

$20 Adults
$15 Youth 18 and under

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While COVID-19 means it is not wise for 40 souls to sit closely inside historic buildings, we invite you to join us outdoors for tales of spirits, mystery, and hauntings as we reimagine our annual fall tradition in a new, evocative setting – with room for social distancing.

Purchase a timed admission slot, and then choose your path throughout Fort Christina where you will find actors ready to transfix you with readings of six different thrilling stories.

Take in all six stories, or choose those that interest while you also enjoy the atmosphere provided by a live musician. In addition, a Fort Christina guide will be present to share history of the site.

All six stories can be heard in just over an hour.

Fort Christina
1110 East 7th Street
Wilmington, DE 19801

Special thanks to: Fort Christina (First State National Historic Park), Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, Quaker Hill Historic Preservation Foundation, Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware, City of Wilmington Preservation Planning Office, and the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania.


AUDIENCE & PERFORMER GUIDELINES

There will be a maximum of thirty people per thirty-minute timed admission slot. Multiple stories will be occurring at all times to allow audience to be spread throughout the park.

All audience members will be required to wear masks. At each reading location, audiences will be requested to keep social distance between audience groups and be placed at least 13’ from the performers.

Audience members will be walking to and standing at each story location. The walking paths throughout the park are uneven flagstone walkways, with the total path about a ½ mile in length. 

There will be no public restroom facilities.  

Del Shakes requests audience members to refrain from attending if they are sick or symptomatic. (Refunds will be offered.)

While the performers will not be wearing masks, performers will undertake the following pre-performance health assessment:

  • Temperature Check
  • Healthy survey for COVID symptoms

Black Lives Matter

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. […]

The Spirit of the Holidays – with wine and cheese

by Christian Wills, Arts Journalist-in-Residence What makes cheese and wine so special when paired together? Why do we often combine the two with the performing arts? How do we apply these to the holidays? For as long as we can remember, dining and entertainment have always gone hand and hand. Spending time with friends and […]

Shakespeare Book Club

“Knowing that I lov’d my books, he furnish’d me from mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.” – The Tempest As winter turns to spring, join Del Shakes for a monthly book club diving into the world of Shakespeare-inspired literature. These online Zoom discussions will be held the last Sunday of the […]

An ancient tale told anew

by Gail Obenreder, Arts Journalist-in-Residence To end a challenging season – an amalgam of virtual events and safely distanced outdoor presentations – Delaware Shakespeare rounded out 2020 with an online reading of a challenging play, William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. After a year spent offstage, exploring the canon’s scenes, monologues, and nooks and crannies, Del Shakes actors […]

Building Bridges Through Culture

by Christian Wills, Arts Journalist-in-Residence The topic around race and culture among Shakespeare productions is an ongoing conversation with those in the theatre. Audience members can gleam onto an actor’s struggle between their true selves and what’s being represented on stage. For Del Shakes, the discovery of what a culturally-specific production is and how impactful […]

Book Drive for Brevity Bookspace

This holiday season, we’re inviting you to take part in a Diverse Book Drive to support Brevity Bookspace, a mobile bookshop that aims to provide all humans of Wilmington with woke words and wisdom! Take a look at this book list of titles by culturally diverse authors, make some purchases (due to COVID-19, Brevity is requesting new books only), and then drop-off at Grace United Methodist Church. Brevity will […]

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