Shakespeare's Birthday in April
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TO BE, the free streaming celebration for Shakespeare's Birthday premiering on April 23, features a special musical performance from Eleri Ward. Photo by Chris Plevin.
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TO BE, the free streaming celebration for Shakespeare's Birthday premiering on April 23, features performances from an ensemble made up of some of Chicago’s brightest talents. Top left to right: Liam Oh, Jerica Exum, Jacquelyne Jones; Bottom left to right: Evan Tyrone Martin, Missy Aguilar, and Sawyer Smith. Photo by Ty.Optix Photography.
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Jerica Exum (at center), joined by Sawyer Smith, Jacquelyne Jones, and Liam Oh, performs in TO BE, the free streaming celebration for Shakespeare's Birthday premiering on April 23. Photo by Ty.Optix Photography.
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Behind the scenes of filming for TO BE, the free streaming celebration for Shakespeare's Birthday premiering on April 23. Pictured: Evan Tyrone Martin. Photo by Ty.Optix Photography.
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Stream & Study brings a free streaming production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and comprehensive teaching resources to classrooms across the country, April 18-May 13, 2022. Pictured: Emma Ladji as Juliet and Nate Santana as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, adapted and directed by Marti Lyons. Photo by Liz Lauren.
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Stream & Study brings a free streaming production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and comprehensive teaching resources to classrooms across the country, April 18-May 13, 2022. Pictured: Emma Ladji as Juliet the company in Romeo and Juliet, adapted and directed by Marti Lyons. Photo by Liz Lauren.
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Shakespeare's rarely seen dark comedy comes to the stage with All's Well That Ends Well, directed by Shana Cooper, at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, April 22-May 29, 2022. Pictured: Alejandra Escalante (Helen), Dante Jemmott (Bertram), Francis Guinan (King of France), and Ora Jones (Countess of Roussillon). Photo courtesy of Chicago Shakespeare Theater.