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STONE SOUP SHAKESPEARE
THE MISSION To create a space for communities to come together and share a storytelling experience. Through professional theatrical performances and events that explore the universal elements of the human experience in the works of William Shakespeare, we strive to be a catalyst for families, colleagues and neighbors to deepen their understanding of themselves, their communities, the world and the human condition. |
SEASON 15: STUDY SESSIONS
Season 15 started as a "SEASON OF LOVE." Love of Shakespeare, love of theater, love of the outdoors, love of poetry. If you love it, so do we! BUT, as we looked at all the love, and all the years of Shakespeare, we realized that just like Navarre and his BFFs, we need to do some STUDYING. So we're digging into our own ACT I, and making sure we set time aside to study. Summer of 2025 will include a short tour of Love's Labour's Lost, a chance to explore Shakespeare with actors from across the state, a chance to return to playmaking in Southern Illinois, where it began, and make sure that we STUDY voices from Southern Illinois when we do so. At the same time we are rehearsing we will also be encouraging other young artists to STUDY with us with our Green Ensemble Intensive, a two-week Shakespeare intensive for 12-20 year olds where we plan to learn as much as our intensive participants. Later in the Summer we partner with Filament Theatre in Chicago, inviting more young talented participants to STUDY with us for Shakespeare Shenanigans, a two-week program for 10-15 year olds that focuses on combining Shakespeare with Filament's devising style in Portage Park. The season continues with ongoing performances of our 2024 tour of MACBETH. The show now lives in our library of shows as one that we intend to tour whenever and wherever it is needed. If you want to see Macbeth this year, let us know, we'll find a way together to make it to your backyard. It's our first time keeping a show going more than one year, we're STUDYING on just how to do it. Finally, we've teased with Soups and Scripts, our return to staged readings, and this year we've STUDIED enough, that we think we're ready to make it happen. Look for dates to watch King Lear, Richard II, Much Ado About Nothing, and Two Gentlemen of Verona. |
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.