African-American Shakespeare Company
| Ticket Information Preview Performance - March 14 Opening Night - March 15 Regular Price: $45 Jazz Pass (21 and Under): $18 Group of 10+: 15% Discount Ticket prices include all fees. Run Time: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes General Admission |
Shaxspeare Reimagined is a bold re-envisioning that takes Shakespeare’s timeless poetry and reboots them through the lens of Black culture, creating a high-octane, genre-bending experience that propels us forward while honoring the past. With the creative visions of six innovative Black directors, this show explodes through the boundaries of time and space, merging history with futuristic possibilities. Audiences will be taken on a fantastic 90-minute voyage featuring scenes from some of Shakespeare's iconic plays, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry VI, and MacBeth mixed with movement and sound. It’s a stunning reawakening of Shakespeare's exploration of humanity—one that speaks powerfully to our present, inviting audiences from all walks of life to join in a journey that reclaims, redefines, and electrifies envisioning the classics with color.
About African-American Shakespeare Company:
The award-winning African-American Shakespeare Company (AASC) was established in 1994 as an alternative answer to the “Color Blind Casting” initiative that began in the early 90s. African-American Shakespeare Company aspires to highlight the dynamic cultural vibrancy that artists of color bring to classical productions. African-American Shakespeare Company received a Certificate of Honor from Mayor London Breed and California Governor Gavin Newsom; named “Best Live Theatre” by San Francisco Magazine in 2018; received a Jefferson Award for Public Service (Silver Recipient) in 2018; The Paine Knickerbocker Award in 2014 for Outstanding Achievement for a Theater Company by the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle; along with a Community Partner Award from University of San Francisco's Leo T. McCarthy Center for outstanding collaboration in providing a quality Service-Learning program.
African-American Shakespeare Company is funded in part by San Francisco Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco’s Dream Keeper’s Initiative; Grants for the Arts; California Arts Council; Black Seed Fund; Wattis Foundation; Kimball Foundation; The Shubert Foundation.
African-American Shakespeare Company is funded in part by San Francisco Arts Commission, City and County of San Francisco’s Dream Keeper’s Initiative; Grants for the Arts; California Arts Council; Black Seed Fund; Wattis Foundation; Kimball Foundation; The Shubert Foundation.
For more information, visit www.African-AmericanShakes.org
