September 13th 2011: Thank You!

In this Issue

    Thank You!
    How You Can Help
    Shakespeare Around Town

Thank you!

Dear Friends of Willamette Shakespeare,

Our third season is over, and we would like to thank all of you who made it possible: the actors, the technical team, musicians, donors, volunteers, the board and, of course, our wonderful audiences. We averaged more than 200 people per show, and your donations were the most generous we have ever had.

Craig Currier, Sarah McGregor and Frank Woodman in All's Well That Ends Well.

Thank you, too, to our hosts, Reed College, Stoller Vineyards and Montinore Estate, for providing us with beautiful locations for us to perform.

Every year is a learning experience for us, organizationally and artistically. We experiment with format, content and production style to provide ever more engaging experiences to our audience. We want to know how we did, so I encourage you to email your comments or suggestions to info@willametteshakespeare.org.

Stay tuned for our 2012 season announcement and off-season events. They will be posted on our website, our Facebook page and in our newsletter. In the meantime, please try to attend other productions in the area. Summer is almost over, but there is still classical theatre to see in the greater Portland area. We will send out occasional updates over the course of the year to keep you up-to-date on all the Shakespeare productions we hear about.

Thank you and enjoy the rest of your summer!

Daniel R Somerfield
Artistic Director

How You Can Help

Brian Allard and Nathan Wright in All's Well That Ends Well.

If you want to participate in Willamette Shakespeare's upcoming season, there are a number of ways to do so.  If you are an actor, we encourage you to attend our open auditions that we hold at the beginning of the year.

If you are interested in participating in the design or technical aspects of the production, please send a resume to daniel@willametteshakespeare.org.   If you are not experienced in theatre on or off-stage but still would like to participate, there are other ways you can help.  We always need volunteers as ushers, as house-managers, and for poster placement, etc.

And, of course, we welcome donations.  We are committed to keeping the shows free, and we can't do that without help from people who can afford to make a contribution.  Willamette Shakespeare is a 501(c)(3) public charity, and any contribution made to the organization is tax deductible and can be matched with the Oregon Cultural Trust for a tax credit.  More information on contributing via check or online is available at our website.

 

Shakespeare Around Town

This was certainly the "Summer of Shakespeare," but just because summer is nearly over, doesn't mean that there aren't other shows to see.

OPS Fest - Twelfe Night / Much Adoe About Nothing

Ops Fest or the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival uses the first Folio and essentially no rehearsals. Actors learn roles and find out which one of a number of roles they will be playing the day before the show. Performances are fast-paced, energetic and lots of fun. Performances are free!

• 9/24 2 PM - Marine Park, Cascade Locks - Much Adoe About Nothing
• 9/25 1 PM - Fern Hill Park, Portland - Twelfe Night

Portland Actor's Ensemble - Richard III

Portland Actor's Ensemble moves indoors to present the story of Shakespeare's hunchbacked tragic villian. Performances are free!

October 7th - October 31st.
Free

Concordia University

2811 NE Holman St

Portland

Northwest Classical Theatre Company - Good Will

Northwest Classical's Artistic Director Grant Turner performs in a one man show about the life of William Shakespeare, featuring stories, history and the Bard's own work.

September 23 - October 2nd

$20 Adults / $18 S
The Shoebox Theatre
2110 SE 10th Ave
Portland

More Shakespeare to report? Email info@willametteshakespeare.org. We will add your show to our list.