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Audition Update: The Porters – Timon of Athens, CityShakes – As You Like It
The Porters of Hellsgate: Timon of Athens The Porters of Hellsgate are accepting submissions for auditions for Timon of Athens to be held Saturday, March 23 and Monday, March 25, directed by Charles...
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Audition Update: City Shakes and Sacramento Shakespeare Interns
City Shakes City Shakes is casting the roles of Silvius and Duke Senior/Duke Frederick for their summer production of As You Like It. The Dukes will both be played by a single actor using a hat – and...
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City Shakes Brings Free Summer Shakespeare to West Los Angeles
Bring your picnic, blanket, and the kids – Rustic Canyon Park is about to get a little more mischievous this summer, thanks to The City Shakespeare Company’s (City Shakes’) weekend performances of...
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Join City Shakespeare Company for Macbeth: A Ceremony
In preparation for their fall 2013 run of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, The City Shakespeare Company (City Shakes) will spend Saturday August 3rd exploring the play through movement work, discussion, and an...
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City Shakes’ Site-Specific MACBETH to Open on Halloween
The City Shakespeare Company has converted a warehouse unit to be its performance space for Macbeth opening October 31 at 8:00 pm. The space is located behind an empty art gallery at 1454 Lincoln Blvd....
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City Shakes opens The Merchant of Venice with a Red Carpet Masquerade
The City Shakespeare Company is kicking off its 2014 season with a bash. The Santa Monica-based theater company is hosting a red carpet masquerade ball on opening night, Thursday, March 27....
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Review: City Shakes Offers a Milder Version of The Merchant of Venice
The young, relatively new, City Shakespeare Company is offering a 90-minute modern take on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice now through April 12, but the well-intentioned effort produces mixed...
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City Shakes Produces Macbeth Film Adaptation, The Heat of Deeds
The City Shakespeare Company invites you to a staged reading of their latest project on May 22nd; a feature film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth titled The Heat of Deeds, currently scheduled to...
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Interview: Allison Volk and City Shakes Ponder “To Live or Die” in Life and Art
On Friday, July 11th, The City Shakespeare Company will open a gritty production of Romeo & Juliet that asks: What would you die for? Allison Volk, co-founder of City Shakes who also plays Lady...
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Santa Monica Filmmaker Goes International with OTHELLO Adaptation
Congratulations to City Shakespeare Company co-founder Allison Volk whose short film adaptation of Othello, which she produced with Loyola Marymount University professor and director, Mikael...
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City Shakespeare Company’s Family Un-Friendly Twelfth Night Opens Dec. 5
Bullying, pot smoking, heavy drinking and sexual innuendo will color The City Shakespeare Company’s no-holds-barred approach to Twelfth Night. The family un-friendly production will open in downtown...
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Trailer: First Look at Macbeth Adaptation, Innocent Sleep
Producers Allison Volk and Brooke Bishop, the team behind Santa Monica’s City Shakespeare Company, have released a trailer for their upcoming film adaptation of Macbeth, Innocent Sleep. The completed...
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Innocent Sleep, CityShakes’ Adaptation of Macbeth Featured at IFS Film Festival
This year’s Independent Filmmakers Showcase will include an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, produced by Santa Monica-based City Shakespeare Company. The screening will take place at Laemmle Music...
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