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Now in its sixth season, the Texas Shakespeare Festival Roadshow is a traveling set of performances and workshops that bring abridged productions of Shakespeare plays to schools and performance venues across the state. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, these productions were filmed at Odessa College’s Globe of the Great Southwest. In accordance with CDC protocols, no audience was present during filming. The Texas Shakespeare Festival is East Texas’ only professional theatre, in residence at Kilgore College. To learn more about these organizations, visit texasshakespeare.com and kilgore.edu HAMLET Written by William Shakespeare Adapted & Directed by Matthew Simpson FEATURING: Jeffrey Salsbury.....................Hamlet DJ Canaday……………...............Claudius/Ghost Lauren Ufkes..........................Gertrude/Francisco Libby Zabit..............................Ophelia Anna Rock…………....................Polonius/Gravedigger Marco Antonio Vega..............Laertes/Bernardo/Player King Psacoya Guinn.......................Marcellus/Guildenstern/Osric/Player Charleston Owensby..............Horatio/Rosencrantz/Player This project is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Special Thanks to: Kilgore College The Texas Shakespeare Festival Foundation and Guild Texas Commission on the Arts T.L.L. Temple Foundation East Texas Communities Foundation Humanities Texas Odessa College Odessa Arts Basin PBS

Now in its sixth season, the Texas Shakespeare Festival Roadshow is a traveling set of performances and workshops that bring abridged productions of Shakespeare plays to schools and performance venues across the state. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, these productions were filmed at Odessa College’s Globe of the Great Southwest. In accordance with CDC protocols, no audience was present during filming. The Texas Shakespeare Festival is East Texas’ only professional theatre, in residence at Kilgore College. To learn more about these organizations, visit texasshakespeare.com and kilgore.edu MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Written by William Shakespeare Adapted & Directed by Meaghan Simpson FEATURING: Psacoya Guinn.............Beatrice Marco Antonio Vega....Benedick DJ Canaday...................Leonato Charleston Owensby....Don John/Don Pedro/Watch Jeffrey Salsbury...........Claudio/Verges Libby Zabit....................Hero/Watch Anna Rock....................Ursula/Dogberry Lauren Ufkes................Borachio/Friar This project is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Special Thanks to: Kilgore College The Texas Shakespeare Festival Foundation and Guild Texas Commission on the Arts T.L.L. Temple Foundation East Texas Communities Foundation Humanities Texas Odessa College Odessa Arts Basin PBS

Raymond Caldwell, Founder of the Texas Shakespeare Festival, is interviewed by Matthew Simpson about his life and career in the theatre. Filmed and edited by Overton Films. PURCHASE A "VIRTUAL TICKET" HERE: https://texas-shakespeare-festival-foundation.networkforgood.com/projects/108904-2021-annual-campaign

Take a look behind the scenes of the Texas Shakespeare Festival's Roadshow, an educational tour now in it's sixth season, that brings abridged productions of Shakespeare throughout the Ark-La-Tex region.

PURCHASE A "VIRTUAL TICKET" HERE: https://texas-shakespeare-festival-foundation.networkforgood.com/projects/108904-2021-annual-campaign 35 Sonnets recorded by 35 fantastic alums of the Texas Shakespeare Festival. This video is a love letter to you, our patrons, and a thank you for everything you have done to keep the Festival thriving for 35 years. FEATURING: Andi Dema Sonnet 3 at 0:12 Matthew Simpson Sonnet 12 at 1:36 Mary Candler Sonnet 15 at 2:55 Meaghan Simpson Sonnet 17 at 3:54 Nathan Salstone Sonnet 18 at 5:14 Arthur Lazalde Sonnet 23 at 7:08 John Dodd Sonnet 27 at 9:25 Raymond Caldwell Sonnet 29 at 11:41 Andy Nagraj Sonnet 30 at 12:53 Caitlin Cavannaugh Sonnet 34 at 14:04 Liz Krane Nagraj Sonnet 40 at 14:54 Micah Goodding Sonnet 42 at 15:59 Shunté Lofton Sonnet 53 at 17:15 Lea DiMarchi Sonnet 56 at 18:46 Joy Jones Sonnet 57 at 19:59 Bri Sudia Sonnet 61 at 21:08 Domonique Champion Sonnet 67 at 22:23 Kathleen Mulligan Sonnet 71 at 23:20 Taylor Alexis Bass Sonnet 75 at 24:40 Cordell Cole Sonnet 76 at 25:47 DJ Canaday Sonnet 87 at 26:51 Lauren Ufkes Sonnet 90 at 27:57 Val Winkelman Sonnet 97 at 28:57 Emily Chang Sonnet 104 at 29:40 Tim Sailer Sonnet 113 at 30:50 Rick Higginbotham Sonnet 116 at 32:07 Brian Baylor Sonnet 120 at 33:26 Jason Richards Sonnet 130 at 34:53 Stephen Shore Sonnet 138 at 35:58 Grace Abele Sonnet 139 at 37:03 Andrew Goldwasser Sonnet 140 at 38:10 Brock Vickers Sonnet 141 at 39:19 Peter Hargrave Sonnet 147 at 40:27 Kendra Emmett Goldwasser Sonnet 151 at 41:57 Jennifer Burke Sonnet 154 at 43:00

PURCHASE A "VIRTUAL TICKET" HERE: https://texas-shakespeare-festival-foundation.networkforgood.com/projects/108904-2021-annual-campaign The Texas Shakespeare Festival's 2015 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Steve Tague Fight Director: Lee Ernst Vocal Director: Jennifer Burke Scenic Design: Fred M. Duer Costume Design: Jeff Sturdivant Lighting Design: Chelsea Touchet Sound Design: Anthony Narciso Featuring: Matthew Simpson as Theseus/Oberon Carley Cornelius as Hippolyta/Titania Michael Pine as Philostrate Rick Higginbotham as Egeus Fred Geyer as Demetrius Caitlin Cavannaugh as Hermia Braden Spear as Lysander Caitlin Hargraves as Helena Goran Norquist as Bottom Micah Goodding as Peter Quince Jeff Raab as Robin Starveling Henry Ayres-Brown as Tom Snout Billy Reed as Francis Flute Peter Hargrave as Snug James Romney as Puck Shunté Lofton as Fairy Marian van Noppen as Fairy Nathan Salstone as Fairy Nick Bryant as Waitstaff/Mustardseed Jesse Hinton as Waitstaff/Cobweb/Servant Kelcie Bush as Moth Mason Conrad as Peaseblossom/Servant

PURCHASE A "VIRTUAL TICKET" HERE: https://texas-shakespeare-festival-foundation.networkforgood.com/projects/108904-2021-annual-campaign The Texas Shakespeare Festival's 2011 production of The Book of Luke. Adapted and Directed by Raymond Caldwell Featuring Meaghan Simpson and Matthew Simpson Live Music and Chimes by Trenton Bennett Lighting by Chelsea Sliger Recorded by Media Kitchen Films

PURCHASE A "VIRTUAL TICKET" HERE: https://texas-shakespeare-festival-foundation.networkforgood.com/projects/108904-2021-annual-campaign The Texas Shakespeare Festival's 2012 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor Written by William Shakespeare Directed by John Neville-Andrews Vocal Director: Jennifer Burke Scenic Design: Jesse Dreikosen Costume Design: Stephanie Shaw Lighting Design: Tony Galaska Sound Design: Benjamin G. Stickels Featuring: Arthur Lazalde as John Falstaff Jason Richards as Pistol Parker Arnold as Nym and Servant Robert Jacob Buras as Bardolph Erika Peckhardt as Robin Tobin Mitnick as Fenton Jacob Dresch as Master Ford Vanessa Sterling as Mistress Ford Tommy Kearney as Master Page Alice Sherman as Mistress Page Sarah Laughland as Anne Page Andi Dema as Robert Shallow Philip Orazio as Slender Michael Pine as Hugh Evans Jared Van Heel as Doctor Caius Aaron Johnson as Host of the Garter Inn Lea Mckenna-Garcia as Mistress Quickly Trenton Bennett as John Rugby Tim Murray as Peter Simple Garrett Haley as Servant John