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The 2007 King's Crown Outdoor Show
Thursday, April 26, 8 pm
Friday, April 27, 11:59 pm
Saturday, April 28, 8pm
Low Plaza
Columbia University
Free Of Charge
This website is still under construction. Thanks for your patience.
Our particular brand of Shakespeare has sometimes been called "nomadic," but we prefer to think of it as "too big for the stage." All of our performances are free and take place in the great outdoors, staged at different locations around Columbia's Morningside Heights campus. (Yes, the play is outside, and it moves around...) This roving art form requires audiences to be quick of foot and of mind in order to follow the show.
In addition to our annual spring Shakespeare show, we also produce a yearly fall show which is not necessarily Shakespeare nor necessarily outdoors; however, it is necessarily free, and we feel it still embodies the commitment to tasteful, quality theatre for which our group (commonly referred to as "our little family") is famous. To read about some of our past shows, visit our archives page.
The King's Crown Shakespeare Troupe is an equal-opportunity acting company that does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, or talent; however, we will not tolerate those persons not intent on having fun. If we sound like the group for you, then it's a good bet that you are the actor, designer, or technician for us. For more information on how to get involved, contact the fat cats on the King's Crown Executive Board.
Thanks for stopping by what we feel is the greatest Shakespeare site on the web. Please feel free to peruse the rest of our website or to follow our links to some of what we call Shakespeare's "lesser" or "problem" sites. Happy surfing, and, on behalf of all of us here at the King's Crown Shakespeare Troupe, God gi' good day!
Mark your calendars. Much Ado About Nothing, this year's outdoor show, will be performed on:
Thursday, April 26 at 8:00pm
Friday, April 27, at 11:59pm
Saturday, April 28, at 8:00pm
Beginning before the Steps of Low Library (116th St. and Broadway)
Columbia University, New York City
Free of Charge!
This website is still under construction.
For More information on select plays click here.
For production photos from select plays click here.
Spring 2007 Much Ado About Nothing; Egg and Peacock 24-Hour Play Festival II
Fall 2006 Fall One-Act Play Extravaganza, Vol. VI; bobrauschenbergamerica
Spring 2006 Richard III; Egg And Peacock 24-Hour Play Festival I
Fall 2005 The Merchant of Venice; Wasp
Spring 2005 Hamlet; Kaspar
Fall 2004 Fall One-Act Play Extravaganza, Vol. V
Spring 2004 The Tempest
Fall 2003 Romeo and Juliet
Spring 2003 Taming of the Shrew
Fall 2002 Fall One-act Play Extravaganza, Vol. IV
Spring 2002 King Lear
Fall 2001 The Comedy of Errors
Spring 2001 Twelfth Night
Fall 2000 Fall One-act Play Extravaganza!, Vol. III
Spring 2000 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Fall 1999 Troilus and Cressida
Spring 1999 Hamlet
Fall 1998 Fall One-act Play Extravaganza!, Vol. II
Spring 1998 Much Ado About Nothing
Fall 1997 Fall One-act Play Extravaganza!, Vol. I
Spring 1997 As You Like It
Spring 1996 Macbeth
Fall 1995 The Marriage of Bette and Boo
Spring 1995 Romeo and Juliet