SEASON THIRTEEN ON TOUR: PERICLES
Touring Sep 5-Oct 8 - schedule coming soon Stone Soup Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre, invites the entire audience to travel on the sea with Pericles as he finds love, danger, family, and home. Our cast of five take on all the characters that Pericles comes across, using puppets, music, and movement to offer a story of adventure as epic as Game of Thrones with a slightly more consistent ending. |
Season 13: A Season to WANDER
a note from our artistic director As we adventure into our thirteenth season of Shakespeare we are inviting you to wander with us as we going on adventures with PERICLES, run away from disaster in AS YOU LIKE IT, face shipwrecks in THE TEMPEST, and return to all the differing wanderings that take place in HAMLET. Our tour is PERICLES. A play I first encountered in Washington, DC. Mary Zimmerman's magical staging of it infused me with inspiration at the time, and it is my hope that as I wander into the realm of directing this fantastical piece we will offer an adventure so compelling that our audiences will be swaying with our cast as they sail the seas and travel throughout the region. This year we also return to staged readings. If you have missed our kitschy blend of Shakespeare and Trivia and community camaraderie you are not alone. Throughout the year we will be inviting actors that we have missed working with, and have been dying to collaborate with to a tavern near you to take part in performances with a twist. We are also wandering into the world of VISUAL ARTS as we launch the PERICLES PROJECT. We're inviting all visual artists to submit work inspired by the tale of PERICLES. While we will be hosting gallery showings of the pieces submitted, we will also be using them in quilt-like creations for our tour posters, bookmarks, and postcards. Speaking of postcards, that is our final bit of wandering - we want to wander with you! We have such fun on the road, seeing familiar faces, meeting new ones, and exploring so many places. When we are on the road we will be sharing postcards with our audiences. We ask that you share your thoughts to friends, family, and us as you travel on your own adventures. Where are your favorite places to wander? When was the last time you wandered? Is there a location that you have always hoped to wander to, but haven't yet? We want to explore with you. We want to hear your stories. Whether you wander to escape, to find friends, to find adventure, or because you simply need to change your perspective every now and again, we hope you will be able to wander with us on all of our adventures this year. -Julia Check back for more information soon! |
How We Bring Shakespeare to Life
Stone Soup Shakespeare presents the plays of Shakespeare as if they are brand new stories because to many people they are. We hope that our audiences' first experience with Shakespeare will be lively and entertaining. For those already acquainted with Shakespeare, we hope they can come and see these plays as new stories told again for the first time.
Shakespeare's plays were meant to be seen and heard— not read in a classroom. We strive to mimic the energy and inventiveness of the troupes of players popular in Shakespeare’s day making them accessible to a modern audience.
Our performances are free to the public to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to experience these plays as they come to life.
Shakespeare's plays were meant to be seen and heard— not read in a classroom. We strive to mimic the energy and inventiveness of the troupes of players popular in Shakespeare’s day making them accessible to a modern audience.
Our performances are free to the public to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to experience these plays as they come to life.