One of my favorite letters of the year arrived this morning, from Heather Frederick.   Allow me to quote:
 ”Dear Jane and Chris and the entire stellar cast of ‘Twelfth Night,’
I simply had to write to thank you for all your amazing, inspired, fabulous, and thoroughly enjoyable production of ‘Twelfth Night’.  My 17-year-old son was home on […]

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PCS just passed the 5,000 mark for students attending our productions, or having reservations to attend (i.e. Sometimes A Great Notion). Last year we had about 4,000 total for the year. It was a big help to have a Shakespeare play this year. Almost 3,000 of the students attending went to see […]

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 I overhead a woman in the lobby the other night trying to find her way.  The usher asked, “Which play are you here to see?”  She shook her head, “Ohhh, I don’t know.  I just have tickets to millions!  Millons!”  Had to laugh - after mounting three plays in less than a month, I think we’re all swimming a […]

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{Edward de Vere (Brent Harris), Queen Elizabeth (Carol Halstead) and William Shakspere (Darius Pierce) in Amy Freed’s The Beard of Avon. photo by Owen Carey}
In rep, we’re op’ning two most exc’lent plays
We know you’re making plans to see them both
Mark these words my mouth doth happ’ly quoth
Make haste to buy your 12th/Beard […]

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So my last posting, about who actually wrote “Shakespeare’s” plays has drawn numerous comments.  Thought you might find a website dedicated to this subject of interest.  Go to:  www.shakespeare-oxford.com.  Happy trails.

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This is an action figure of William Shakespeare that you can purchase for a modest fee at Powell’s Books.  Who knew such inspiration was possible?
Beard Of Avon has me thinking daily about the question of who actually penned the plays we have come to know and love as “Shakespeare’s”.  For most of my life, I […]

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