Productions of “Hamlet” and “Twelfth Night” will travel to cities in Los Angeles and Orange counties this summer, beginning Thursday.
Shakespeare by the Sea will bring the Bard’s timeless tales to Los Angeles and Orange counties once again this summer, with the traveling theater troupe set to begin its 26th season this week.
Longtime collaborators and co-producers Suzanne Dean and Stephanie Coltrin have taken over as co-artistic directors of the admission-free theater company, which Lisa Coffi founded in 1998. Coffi retired after SBTS’s 2022 season, but her legacy has survived. Coltrin reread the classic play when her father was dying last year and found a different meaning, she said. This time, she saw it more as a production about the grief of a child losing a parent.
Shakespeare by the Sea will bring two tales from the Bard to Los Angeles and Orange County for the 26th season beginning June 22 with the comedy “Twelfth Night” at Point Fermin Park in San Pedro. A week later, the tragedy of “Hamlet” will open at the same park. Pictured are Olivia and Malvolio during dress rehearsal of ‘Twelfth Night’ on June 19.
“When you think of what what got us through some of our darkest times, it was the television shows like ‘Ted Lasso’ or ‘Making It,’ really uplifting, lovely, caring people caring for each other,” Vest said. “And so we’re trying to bring that to our ‘Twelfth Night.’”The nonprofit theater company, which survives mainly through grants and donations, has seen its costs increase substantially since the onset of the pandemic. It’s hit every aspect of the business, Dean said.
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