Wooden O Memories from Vanessa Miller
Vanessa Miller was the Managing Director of Wooden O before it merged with Seattle Shakespeare. As with many theatre spaces, she wore MANY hats during her time with Wooden O:
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Reflections on Early Years from Wooden O’s Founder and SSC Artistic Director George Mount
Bringing Our Whole Selves: A Letter from Pilar O’Connell, Diversity Programs Associate
Growing up in New Mexico I wasn’t often offered a chance to see Shakespeare. When I did see it, it always seemed untouchable; like there was never a place for
Reimagining Henry IV
During my undergraduate years (2005-2009) and graduate years (2010-2013), I was actually cast in a few Shakespeare plays. Guess how my professors cast me?
Classical Theatre is Trans
Back in Shakespeare’s day, theatre was already a hotbed of cultural rebellion—from the moment poor actors broke laws to dress as royals. Elizabethan politicians regularly denounced boys wearing dresses to
How to Crusade
What does it take to create a sense of war on stage? How could it be possible to embody the violence and invasion of a country with less than a