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    Text Dive: Romeo and Juliet
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    • Aug 31, 2020

    Text Dive: Romeo and Juliet

    Summit Players Theatre's most recent production was ROMEO AND JULIET, one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays. We brought this...
    Behind the Scenes at the Wisconsin State Parks
    summitplayers
    • Aug 28, 2020

    Behind the Scenes at the Wisconsin State Parks

    Summit Players Theatre presents Shakespeare in the Wisconsin state parks every year with the help and collaboration of the Wisconsin...
    Wednesdays With Will #18 - Reviewing Summer
    summitplayers
    • Aug 26, 2020

    Wednesdays With Will #18 - Reviewing Summer

    We've had a great time with you this summer, but all good things must come to an end! Caroline is ready to commemorate our No Bummer...
    Text Dive: Twelfth Night
    summitplayers
    • Aug 21, 2020

    Text Dive: Twelfth Night

    In the company's fourth season, Summit Players Theatre produced TWELFTH NIGHT, a play full of humor, love and deep reflections on...
    Wednesdays With Will #17 - Adapting Shakespeare
    summitplayers
    • Aug 19, 2020

    Wednesdays With Will #17 - Adapting Shakespeare

    When Summit Players Theatre does Shakespeare plays, we don't do them exactly how they were originally done. We change costumes,...
    The Heroes and Villains of Shakespeare - Digital Workshop
    summitplayers
    • Aug 17, 2020

    The Heroes and Villains of Shakespeare - Digital Workshop

    Shakespeare's plays are full of interesting characters we love - or love to hate. Heros and villains both play major roles in these...
    Wednesdays With Will #16 - Outdoor Theatre
    summitplayers
    • Aug 12, 2020

    Wednesdays With Will #16 - Outdoor Theatre

    Summit Players Theatre performs Shakespeare plays outside for several reasons: It's fun It highlights the important natural resources...
    Wednesdays With Will #15 - Quartos, Folios, Zines
    summitplayers
    • Aug 5, 2020

    Wednesdays With Will #15 - Quartos, Folios, Zines

    In Shakespeare's time (and directly after), his plays were published in two primary formats: quartos, small booklets that contained a...
    Text Dive: The Comedy of Errors
    summitplayers
    • Aug 3, 2020

    Text Dive: The Comedy of Errors

    Mistaken identities and hilarious hijinks abound in Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, Summit Players Theatre's 2017 production. For our...
    Wednesdays With Will #14 - Recipes
    summitplayers
    • Jul 29, 2020

    Wednesdays With Will #14 - Recipes

    Characters in Shakespeare's plays eat and drink a lot of different kinds of dishes. From ale to meat pies, there's plenty of quaffing and...
    Music with Mike
    summitplayers
    • Jul 27, 2020

    Music with Mike

    Music is a vital part of Summit Players Theatre's Shakespeare performances! From the song lyrics that Shakespeare himself wrote to the...
    Wednesdays With Will #13 - Conventions
    summitplayers
    • Jul 22, 2020

    Wednesdays With Will #13 - Conventions

    Shakespeare wasn't the only playwright creating theatre during the Elizabethan period, and a lot of his contemporaries, like Ben Johnson,...
    Making Shakespeare Accessible
    summitplayers
    • Jul 20, 2020

    Making Shakespeare Accessible

    Summit Players Theatre's Shakespeare in the State Parks program isn't just about performing Shakespeare, it's about performing accessible...
    Text Dive: As You Like It
    summitplayers
    • Jul 17, 2020

    Text Dive: As You Like It

    All the world's a stage in Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT, which Summit Players Theatre presented in 2016 along with a remount of A...
    Wednesdays With Will #12 - The Plague
    A.J. Magoon
    • Jul 15, 2020

    Wednesdays With Will #12 - The Plague

    In the early 1600s, Shakespeare, and most of London, faced a situation that many of us can understand today: an outbreak of the plague....
    The Magic of Shakespeare - Digital Workshop
    summitplayers
    • Jul 13, 2020

    The Magic of Shakespeare - Digital Workshop

    Shakespeare included a lot of magic in his plays. Witches, wizards, fairies and others play pranks, make mischief and even cause...
    Wednesdays With Will #11 - Shakespeare's Background
    summitplayers
    • Jul 8, 2020

    Wednesdays With Will #11 - Shakespeare's Background

    We've talked for weeks about elements of Shakespeare's plays, but who was this Shakespeare guy anyway? This week, we take a deep dive...
    Text Dive: A Midsummer Night's Dream
    summitplayers
    • Jul 6, 2020

    Text Dive: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Shakespeare's magical, nature-based comedy, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, is the first play Summit Players Theatre ever produced! In 2015,...
    Wednesdays With Will #10 - Disguises
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    • Jul 1, 2020

    Wednesdays With Will #10 - Disguises

    Lots of characters in Shakespeare's plays wear disguises for different reasons - to get information, to play tricks or even to go into...
    Costuming the Players
    summitplayers
    • Jun 28, 2020

    Costuming the Players

    With only six actors in every Summit Players Theatre production, it takes a great deal of planning, skill and creative thinking to make...
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