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Since opening in 2022, Tom Patterson Theatre is a part of the yearly festival which showcases Shakespeare plays and other theatre productions. It also has a secondary performance hall. [citation needed] The Stratford Festival provides educational experiences for both students and teachers which includes workshops, meet and greets, and camps. [6]
The Festival was founded as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, by Tom Patterson, a Stratford-native journalist who wanted to revitalize his town's economy by creating a theatre festival dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare, as the town shares the name of Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
In April 2021, the Stratford Festival announced a season of plays and cabarets, most of which took place under canopies outside the Festival and Tom Patterson Theatres with reduced cast sizes and social distancing. Only Three Tall Women was presented indoors at the Studio Theatre. [10] The 2021 season theme was metamorphosis. [11] Plays
While Stratford’s fortunes were waning, an outdoor Shakespeare movement took hold in the 1980s and ‘90s, fueled by arts grants and a demand for summer cultural activities.
The Stratford Festival has increased its diversity efforts on stage in recent years. In 2011, famed actress Seana McKenna crossed the gender line by starring as the king in “Richard III”.
McKenna has played over 40 stage roles over the course of 36 years at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and major ones from very early on, specializing since the 2000s in strong-willed women but also mesmerizing as an actress looking very different from one role to another.
Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Antony and Cleopatra: Cleopatra Three Sisters: Masha Measure for Measure: Mistress Overdone The Guardsman: The Actress Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Ahmanson 1977 A Midsummer Night's Dream: Titania/Hippolyta Richard III: Queen Elizabeth: Stratford Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It: Rosalind Hay Fever: Judith ...
Stratford Shakespeare Festival credits [ edit ] Peacock began her association with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 1984 and over the course of 30 years and 60 productions (up to 2023) has played major stage roles in classical theater, including over 30 by William Shakespeare , as well as several musicals.