Shakespeare's Tribe

Summer always means lots of Shakespeare, but with the 450th birthday approaching in just a few weeks, the classical season is shaping up a bit early this year. Below are some of the highlights of the coming season. Shakespearean comedies are heavily represented, as would be expected in a celebratory year, but surprisingly no histories this year anywhere!

The productions about which I am personally most excited appear in bold.

March 1-16
The Taming of the Shrew
College of Marin Drama
835 College Ave
Kentfield

March 6-16
Measure for Measure
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway
SF

March 7-16
The Tempest
City College of San Francisco
Diego Rivera Theatre
50 Phelan Avenue
SF

March 8-30
Medea by Euripides
African-American Shakespeare Company
Buriel Clay Theater
762 Fulton Street
SF

March 14 – April 13
Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw
Ross Valley Players
30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Ross

April 3-5
The Bacchae by Euripides
UC Berkeley Theater
Zellerbach Room 7
Berkeley

May 1-24
Romeo and Juliet
Ninjaz of Drama
Phoenix Theatre
SF

May 3-25
Much Ado About Nothing
African-American Shakespeare Company
Buriel Clay Theater
762 Fulton Street
SF

May 22 – June 22
Macbeth
We Players
Fort Point
SF

May 23 – June 15
As You Like It
Novato Theater Company
5420 Nave Dr.
Novato

June 13-29
The Taming of the Shrew
Othello (in rep)
Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company
Willow Street Park
San Jose

June 19 – July 6
Much Ado About Nothing
Livermore Shakespeare Festival
Concannon Vinyard
Livermore

June 25 – July 20
Comedy of Errors
CalShakes
Bruin Amphitheater
Orinda

June 28 – Sept. 21
The Taming of the Shrew
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
Amador Valley Community Park (6/28-7/13)
Memorial Park (7/19-8/3)
Sequoia High School (8/9-24)
The Presidio (8/30-9/21)

July 1 – August 10
As You Like It
Santa Cruz Shakespeare
Stanley-Sinsheimer Festival Glen
Santa Cruz

July 9 – August 8
Twelfth Night
Shotgun Players
Ashby Stage
Berkeley

July 11 – August 10
As You Like It
Marin Shakespeare Company
Forest Meadows Amphitheatre
San Raphel

July 13 – August 10
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Santa Cruz Shakespeare
Stanley-Sinsheimer Festival Glen
Santa Cruz

July 17 – August 11
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Vallejo Shakespeare in the Park
Hanna Park, Vallejo (7/27-28)
John Muir Amphitheatre, Martinez (8/3-4)
Peralta Hacienda Historic Park (8/10-11)

July 30 – August 24
Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
CalShakes
Bruin Amphitheater
Orinda

August 15 – September 1
As You Like It
Shakespeare Napa Valley
Veterans Memorial Park
Napa

August 23 – Sept. 14
The Tempest
Curtain Theatre
Old Mill Park Amphitheatre
Mill Valley

August 23 – Sept. 27
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Marin Shakespeare Company
Forest Meadows Amphitheatre
San Raphel

August 26 – Sept 28
Romeo and Juliet
Marin Shakespeare Company
Forest Meadows Amphitheatre
San Raphel

Sept. 3-28
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
CalShakes
Bruin Amphitheater
Orinda