George Mount News

Seattle Shakespeare Company Board Chairman Phil Miller today announced the Board of Directors has found an "an outstanding artist and great leader" in George Mount, saying Mount's leadership within the Seattle arts community, demonstrated experience as a producer, and passion for Shakespeare and the classics make him the ideal candidate to lead Seattle Shakespeare Company to a new horizon.

Seattle Shakespeare Company announced plans to produce half its season at Intiman Playhouse and half its season at Center House Theatre for 2011-2012. A Midsummer Night's Dream and Pygmalion will be performed at Intiman Playhouse, while Coriolanus and As You Like It will be performed at Center House Theatre. Also, the previously announced performance dates for As You Like It have changed to May 30 through June 24.

The Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival will consist of the following participants.

Coming off of a record-setting anniversary season, where more patrons attended the Company's indoor shows than in any other year, Seattle Shakespeare Company announces plans for the Theatre's 2011-2012 season.

At a special meeting to approve a management plan for the Company, Seattle Shakespeare Company's Board of Directors adopted a motion to allow John Bradshaw to withdraw his resignation, re-instating him as Managing Director.

ACT's annual Young Playwrights Festival returns March 10-12 for its ninth year, featuring an inspired mix of dramatic and comedic new works from talented student writers ages 13 to 18.

Mysticism and mirth pair up this summer for Seattle Shakespeare Company's free Wooden O outdoor productions of Macbeth and The Comedy of Errors. Both productions, which feature elements of the supernatural (one dark and foreboding, the other lampooned), will be performed in parks throughout Puget Sound starting on July 7. Wooden O's Artistic Director George Mount will stage a vaudeville-inspired production of The Comedy of Errors while Tim Hyland helms Macbeth, Shakespeare's eerie tale of ambition. All performances are free and open to the public with donations encouraged at the site.

14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival returns to ACT for a third year, January 7-8 and 14-15, 2011.

14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival returns to ACT for a third year, January 7-8 and 14-15, 2011.

14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival returns to ACT for a third year, January 7-8 and 14-15, 2011.

Seattle Shakespeare Company's summer of Shakespeare with its Wooden O free, outdoor plays - Much Ado About Nothing and Othello - ends run August 1.

Greenstage presented Seattle's Outdoor Theater Festival in Capitol Hill's Volunteer Park over the weekend of July 10th and 11th to kick off the many Summer park shows around the Puget Sound area. The festival encompassed 11 shows from eight different companies and while they mostly followed a Shakespearean bent there were also a few decidedly non-Shakespearean shows but all good fun for all ages and it's all FREE.

Coming off of a remarkable year that saw a 15% growth in subscription ticket sales and where each production exceeded single ticket goals, Seattle Shakespeare Company announces plans for the theatre's 20th anniversary season.

Seattle Shakespeare Company has added two performances of its new touring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream to the company's season schedule of plays. Directed by George Mount, Director of Outdoor and Touring Productions, A Midsummer Night's Dream will play Sunday, March 21 at 7:30 PM and Saturday, March 27 at 10:30 AM at the Center House Theatre.

Seattle Shakespeare Company is gearing up for a summer of Shakespeare with its Wooden O free, outdoor plays - Much Ado About Nothing and Othello - which will run July 8 through August 1.

Seattle Shakespeare Company announced that it has added Sophocles' Electra to the 2009-2010 indoor season. Sheila Daniels, who staged the company's production of Pericles and is Artistic Associate at Intiman, will direct Frank McGuinness' adaptation. Electra replaces the previously announced production of Hamlet.

Seattle Shakespeare Company announces its Wooden O free, outdoor summer plays - The Taming of the Shrew and Richard III - which will run July 9 through August 2. Both plays will perform in park venues throughout King County (please see attached schedule). All performances are free and open to the public. Donations are heartily encouraged.

Free Wooden O SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS present The Taming of the Shrew & Richard III at parks throughout King, Pierce and Snohomish counties July 9-August 2, 2009

With a limited time on earth, how do you reconcile the good and bad in your life and prepare for the next transition? Do your rail like a storm at the misdeeds and scramble to tie up loose ends? Or go gently into that good night surrounded by love? Prospero is about to find out in Seattle Shakespeare Company's production of The Tempest.

Seattle Shakespeare Company announced plans for the theatre's 2009-2010 indoor season of plays as well as for a state-wide tour to schools and performing arts centers. The theatre's indoor season at the Center House Theatre at Seattle Center begins in December with a holiday-themed production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.