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ABOUT THE WYOMING SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL COMPANY
WSFC Mission Statement:
Mission: Wyoming Shakespeare Festival Company is committed to nurturing the art of live theater through dynamic productions, vital actor training, intensive stagecraft training and an ongoing dialogue with our audience and community. Our goal is to renew and reinvent the rich theatrical traditions and literatures that are our collective legacy. Dedication to the highest standards informs every aspect of our work.
A BRIEF HISTORY
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on"
The WSFC was founded with the dual purposes of providing exposure of Shakespeare's great plays to Wyoming audiences and the touring company experience for Wyoming theatre majors and community actors. Diane Springford, who founded WSFC, currently serves as Artistic Director. Thirty to fifty actors are engaged in theatre productions in a typical year, and the WSFC performs before an audience of several thousand annually. The Company is directed by a six -member Board of Trustees, primarily supporters of the arts from the Lander area.
WSFC has developed operating partnerships with a number of other Wyoming organizations in order to provide Shakespeare to local communities. These include the Cheyenne Botanical Garden, the Pinedale Fine Arts Council, the Fremont County Library, the Fremont County Museum at Dubois, ARTCORE of Casper, the Wyoming State Honor Farm and the Wyoming Territorial Prison, among others.
Productions of the Wyoming Shakespeare Festival Company include the following shows and Directors:
2000: Taming of the Shrew (Dignon)
2001: The Cripple of Inishmaan (Springford)
Romeo and Juliet (Springford)
2002: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Dignon)
Nothing Matters (Springford)
2003: Much Ado About Nothing (Springford)
2004: The Inspector General (Springford)
Anton In Show Busines (Springford)
The Comedy of Errors (Springford)
2005: Bourgeois Gentleman (Springford)
Twelfth Night (Springford)
2006: West Side Story (Springford)
As You Like It (Springford)
2007: An Enemy of the People (Springford)
The Wyoming Shakespeare Festival Company (WSFC) was organized in 1999, and began production of classical theatre in Wyoming in 2000. WSFC is a private, non-profit corporation recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code as a tax-exempt charitable organization and registered with the Wyoming Secretary of State.
The WSFC focuses on full-length productions by Renaissance as well as contemporary playwrights; operates the Shakespeare Summer Theatre Academy; and provides customized classes and workshops through the school systems to aspiring actors and theatre technicians of all ages.
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