Pocono Shakes

Pocono Shakes Theatre company dedicated to education and performance of Shakespeare. We seek to perform Shakespeare's texts showing off their relevance to a modern audience.

This writer was able to surrender to the pleasures of words and make-believe, creating incredible plays, which, so uniquely define what it means to be human. This does not change from age to age, from gender to gender, from race to race, from culture to culture nor from person to person. These plays are as vital today as ever.

01/29/2018

From a theater company where audiences drink along with the actors to a book of cocktails inspired by his plays, alcohol has long been "a great provoker" in making the Bard's work more relatable.

A sad loss to the world of theatre.
01/19/2018

A sad loss to the world of theatre.

British theatre director John Barton, a co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), has died aged 89.

11/30/2017

Playwright Mia McCullough discusses how teaching classic plays in high school alienates future young audiences, and advocates for contemporary playwrights to craft comprehensive anthologies of their work.

11/28/2017

To reblog, or not to reblog?

11/24/2017

Shakespeare and his plays crop up in science fiction in a number of surprising places, from classic stories like Isaac Asimov’s “The Immortal Bard” to TV shows like Star Trek and Doctor Who, as you'll hear on this episode of the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast.

08/19/2017

Some theatre light bulb jokes, for National Tell A Joke Day.

08/12/2017

The first time I saw Shakespeare, I fell asleep. My high school theater class had just spent the whole day driving from Portland to Ashland (home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival) and then gone directly into a very long production of “Richard III”, and…. Okay, I don’t have an excuse. I ha

07/26/2017

Children can appreciate adults’ plays and movies if you explain the references, the complex ironies, the double entendres.

07/12/2017
07/07/2017

credit: Shakespeare Memes

06/28/2017

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