Portland

Shakespeare
Project

Welcome to the Portland Shakespeare Project

For over 14 years, the Portland Shakespeare Project has entertained and enriched audiences by producing classical and contemporary works associated with classical material.

We have produced classics, such as Twelfth Night, directed by the inestimable Lisa Harrow, and commissioned and produced adaptations of classics, such as C.S. Whitcomb’s Lear’s Follies and Pericles Wet by Ellen Margolis, which was inspired and adapted from Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre, and brought you new works through Proscenium Live! You can read about some of these shows in the drop-downs “Past Seasons” and “Proscenium Live” above.

We are honored and grateful to be able to collaborate with Play On Shakespeare, which has supported Portland Shakes in doing Hamlet this past April, as well as The Winter’s Tale and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In addition to serving as our Artistic Director, Michael Mendelson is the Managing Artistic Director of The Actors Conservatory.

He wrote about directing Hamlet:

“I never thought of directing Hamlet until I did. I was afraid of the issues it would ask our creative team and me to explore. This production is an extraordinary opportunity to unite The Actors Conservatory class of 2024, Play on Shakespeare, and the Portland Shakespeare Project in powerful collaboration.

To work with students about to launch their careers, an international Shakespeare organization, world-class artists, and professional artists from our community as ensemble members and mentors was an opportunity Portland Shakespeare Project had to explore.”

We intend to keep doing what we do again next year, so keep watching us here.

You can read more about Play On Shakespeare at PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG and The Actors Conservatory at PAC.EDU.

Past Seasons