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Cal Shakes to pause theater productions in 2023, hopes to return in 2024

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel March 22, 2023, 8:00 a.m.March 22, 2023

Amid declining ticket sales and donations, the theater is shifting its business model to rely more on renting out Bruns Amphitheatre, which a survey shows is valued more highly than the plays the company produces.

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‘We’re a theater, not a museum’: As he leaves Cal Shakes, Eric Ting reflects on making the classics relatable

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel Sept. 27, 2022, 2:41 p.m.September 27, 2022

Ting says he’s grateful for the community who “practice their art with a sense of justice at its core.”

The cast of 'Lear' on stage at Cal Shakes
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The king is a Fillmore District real estate magnate in Cal Shakes’ twist on ‘Lear’

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel Sept. 20, 2022, 12:38 p.m.September 20, 2022

The production, by Oakland’s Marcus Gardley, mirrors Shakespeare’s story, but reimagines it with a 21st-century, modern-verse vocabulary.

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Buffoonery, tragedy, live theater: Cal Shakes’ ‘The Winter’s Tale’ is a delight

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel Sept. 13, 2021, 12:20 p.m.August 4, 2022

“The Winter’s Tale” is the California Shakespeare Theater’s first live, in-person performance since October 2019.

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Exciting ‘Macbeth’ successfully ends Cal Shakes’ season

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel Sept. 26, 2019, 9:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

In this production under the stars of “the Scottish play” the sword action is exciting, the witches are scary and there is enough blood shed to reinforce the theatrically of the work.

Actors in House of Joy
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Cal Shakes’ glimmering adventure story ‘House of Joy’ explores women’s roles in India’s Mughal empire

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel Aug. 20, 2019, 11:41 a.m.October 4, 2022

The world premiere by emerging playwright Madhuri Shekar is set in a harem during the impending collapse of the storied 17th-century empire.

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‘The Good Person of Szechwan’ explores goodness at Cal Shakes

Avatar photo by Emily S. Mendel July 08, 2019, 10:30 a.m.October 4, 2022

What does it mean to be good?  How can good people manage in this world? These weighty questions are entertainingly and breezily explored in Cal Shakes’ diverting and charming production.

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