Piedmont Shakespeare Company to Perform “Hamlet” in Summer 2025 Free Performances at Six Regional Venues in North Carolina
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“This summer, the Piedmont Shakespeare Company will open its inaugural season performing Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” across six locations in the Piedmont-Triad area.”
Co-Artistic Director Kim Shively discusses Piedmont Shakes on Fox 8 News.
“ Shakespeare meets us at every age and stage. It tells the stories of our shared humanity.”
Co-Artistic Director Carl Forsman joins The Local Vibe on WXII.
“ Shakespeare speaks powerfully to the human condition. These plays are available to teenagers, people who are working, retired. They speak to everyone about everything we care about.”
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Piedmont Shakespeare Company will offer original productions of Shakespeare’s plays in all their complexity to provide transformative, profound experiences for audiences across the Piedmont Triad.
Yes! Weekly
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A new theater organization aims to begin offering live, free performances of Shakespeare at outdoor venues around the Triad starting in summer 2025.
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The new company is headed by three veteran producers of theatre. Carl Forsman, a professor at the School of Drama at UNCSA, and Kim Shively, associate professor of drama at Elon, will serve as co-artistic directors. David McGraw, associate professor of arts administration, will serve as executive director.
American Theatre Magazine
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'Hamlet' to be performed this summer in Snow Camp
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“It’s the kind of play that everybody thinks they know, but very few people have actually seen a good production of,” Forsman said. “It just feels like it would be so tragic to go through life and never see a good production of Hamlet, what a disaster that would be.”
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