2020 VIRTUAL Season: September—December
Out of the Garden — From Our Hearts to Your Home
WELCOME TO DOOR SHAKESPEARE’S 2020 VIRTUAL SEASON
We were so excited to return to the Garden at Bjorklunden this summer. We even added a third production to our list of offerings in order to give you more options! But, then, you know what happened. Rather than close our doors, we regrouped and decided to go virtual! Learning curve? You bet! Exciting? You bet!
Up next:
The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Stebbins
Five actors are unexpectedly called upon to put on a virtual performance of The Comedy of Errors. “Hollywood Squares meets Noises off,” in this delightful merry-go-round of a play featuring both familiar faces and Door Shakespeare debuts!
Read all about it here.
Already have a ticket? Watch The Comedy of Errors here.
To view our full 2020 virtual season, click here.
Shakespeare’s Plays Will Return to a Magical Door County Garden
From June – August, the finest professional actors, directors, designers and musicians from around the country come together to share classic and timeless plays with Door County audiences.
The productions unfold before your eyes. As a member of the audience, you are up close and personal to the action. As dusk falls over the course of the evening, you may take on the role of a confidante or a voyeur. By the end of the evening, when the stars are out and the actors take their final bow, you will feel as though you have come to know this talented ensemble of players. Such is the magic of live theatre, when performed in an outdoor setting so enchanting that many in attendance come back year after year since Door Shakespeare’s inception in 1995.
A number of Door Shakespeare performances feature pre-show lectures and family activities, including Will In The Woods and Shake It Up Saturdays, as well as our very popular Wine Nights. Refreshments are available at every performance. There is also our annual gala on August 2.
In addition to our main-stage productions, Door Shakespeare’s youth theatre program, Camp Will, offers three one-week sessions (Monday – Friday) led by members of our Acting Company. Over the course of five days, students are introduced to the world, stories and characters of William Shakespeare through a combination of theatre games, exercises, activities, and word play. The week culminates in a sharing of the fruits of their labor – on the same stage where the productions are presented.
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Thank you to Russ Bickerstaff of THE SMALL STAGE, for your lovely review of Door Shakespeare's second virtual offering - THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, running NOW - NOVEMBER 16!
GET YOUR TIX TODAY: www.doorshakespeare.com/the-comedy-of-errors/
"A TOTALLY '80s VIDEO-STYLE COMEDY OF ERRORS
DOOR SHAKESPEARE HAS ... SHOWN A CLEVER APPROACH (to the unique challenges of producing video content) ... THAT IS DISTINCT FROM ALL OF THE REST OF THE FARE THAT'S AVAILABLE OVER THE INTERNET.
A sharp cast is edited together in a ... whimsical mutation of a classic comedy ... it’s satisfying in a wholly unique fashion ... clever retro-whimsy ...
Cheesy, low-budget very early 1980s cable-access-style video ... complete with the occasional 8-bit-like video game-style animations, silly editing techniques and more.
Locations change ... to various places in and around the Ephesus Shopping Mall ... accompanied by ’80s-style ... synth-pop music.
... there IS a fun, Shakespearian comedy that rests at the heart of a pleasantly weird pre-produced video package.
The cast is remarkably well-balanced ...
Duane Boutté carries a smart balance between comedy and dramatic weight as both Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus ...
Charles Frasier matches Boutté’s performance as identical twin Dromios. Frasier is as good in the comic relief roles as Boutté is in the more balanced pair of leads.
Linda Stein wields a canny empathy about her as Adriana ...
Rayne Kleinofen plays to a deeper compassion as Adriana’s sister Luciana.
James Carrington's ... got a dramatic gravitas about him as the condemned merchant Egeon. He dials-down the intensity with a comic nuance in the role of a courtesan who gets mixed-up in the action."
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Staging Shakespeare on the internet has been an interesting challenge for local theatre companies. Zoom, YouTube and Facebook Live and Twitch all have their own issues. It’s painfully difficult...