Shakespeare in the Windy City

Setting the scene for Shakespeare in Chicago: an interview with Brooke Flanagan.

From the dreamy, pastoral world of Bailey’s Harbour, we headed towards Chicago where we were met by the lovely Marilyn Halperin, Director of Education and Communications for Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. She organised an wonderful line-up of interviewees for us to tell the story of Shakespeare in the Windy City.

And we start with Brooke Flanagan, the Director of Institutional Advancement, who told us about how Chicago’s own sense of entrepreneurship is empowered by Shakespeare’s own…

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Photo Recaps

Images from the Road

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'In Shakespeare's Steps'

In posting this last poem from the Road, written while we were towards the...

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What would Shakespeare do?

In this interview with the Co-Founder of the American Shakespeare Center and its Artistic...

10.2.14
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Infectious Enthusiasm

The American Shakespeare Center has a flourishing education programme which is based at the...

9.16.14
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Actor-Centricity!

It was pleasure to meet with Glenn and Sara, Residential and Touring Troupe Managers...

9.12.14
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Actor Insights

Actors’ Voices from the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Greg Vinkler on Falstaff’s self-awareness and on being visited by the fat knight in...

9.11.14
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Life at the Blackfriars

Our time with the last of our fourteen partners, The American Shakespeare Center at...

9.11.14
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Energetic, Connecting Shakespeare

Denice Hicks is the Artistic Director of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. It was our...

9.8.14
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Eddie George and David Olney among the Stars of Nashville Shakes

Well, we’re back in Stratford-upon-Avon after our Shakespeare road-trip adventure. But in some ways...

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The Song of the Bluegrass Bard

In this land of musician and poet, Through our Country, our Blues, and our...

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Follow our journey across North America in search of Shakespeare