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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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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,...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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,...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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....
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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,...
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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...
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- 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...