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"The Best on Stage in 2008: Top Newcomer: Dan McCleary, for starting the Tennessee Shakespeare Company in Germantown. His vision is an eventual Shakespeare festival that would take place in a specially designated park. (As You Like It) is the stuff that local theatergoers' dreams are made of...McCleary's first effort at Shakespeare in the park has the communal spirit of a camp meeting in the October night. It's a unique experience that we hope will become a regular one in years to come." - The Commercial Appeal; gomemphis.com Nearly 3,600 adults and children came to the inaugural production of AS YOU LIKE IT this past October, putting our 17 performances at near-capacity. Thank you for an extraordinary pilot season, and we will see you in the autumn! 
Welcome to Tennessee Shakespeare CompanySeason Sponsors:Barbara B. Apperson, Nancy & Dan Copp, City of Germantown, Germantown Association, Milton T. Schaeffer, Audrey Taylor, University of Tennessee Cancer Institute, George Walters Exclusive Media Sponsor:GoMemphis.com, The Commercial Appeal What's in a Name? William Shakespeare deserves a vital, dynamic home in the Mid-South. Tennessee deserves a classical theatre of regional and national significance. And our part of the state deserves the national opportunity to showcase its long-standing commitment to the arts, education, and southern literary culture. Germantown/Memphis and the greater Mid-South region should be home to the Tennessee Shakespeare Company, a not-for-profit classical theatre company committed to: - the vibrant performance of Shakespeare’s plays outdoors
- the creation of innovative education and training programming for students and professionals of all ages
- the performance of signature and Southern playwrights indoors
- a new play festival for southern writers of all ages
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Our depot office in Germantown, across from The Commissary. Thanks to all who attended As You Like It in October! Please join our e-newsletter and be the first to know our schedule for the upcoming season. 
| The Forest of Arden adjacent to St. George's. | |
Artistic Director Dan McCleary on the train depot loading platform with Executive Director E. Frank Bluestein and founding Board member Dr. Ray Osarogiagbon. |
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| Chris Ensweiler (Touchstone), Julie Webster (Celia), Melania Levitsky (Rosalind), DeVere Jehl (Orlando). Photo: Skip Hooper. |
(Note: this production closed on October 19. Thank you for attending!) In the Church and Under the Stars! You will have fun with Shakespeare like never before. This production of William Shakespeare’s romantic woodland comedy will take you into the usurping Duke Frederick’s court, cousins Rosalind and Celia’s royal chambers, and penniless Orlando’s orchard: all in St. George’s Church, played in the round and promenade configurations. The action will take place all around you. Then, when Rosalind, Celia, and Touchstone escape, they will take you with them, outdoors to… The magical Forest of Arden, where the rustics play: Silvius, Phebe, Corin, and Audrey. And in this country amphitheatre, where the rightful Duke Senior holds forth with his musical court by the water, the four lovers (including Rosalind as a convincing boy) find themselves, fall in love, and get married under the moon. All despite the melancholy antics of Jaques (“All the world’s a stage…”). |
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