Hello, Theatre Patrons!
We hope that you are all staying safe and healthy.
After much thought and discussion, we've decided to shift our opening of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” By Edward Albee to our fall production slot. We are now slated to open October 14th, 2020 at the Ore Dock Brewing Company. Tickets will go on sale August 1st.
This outcome wasn’t arrived at lightly. Our work is highly collaborative and necessitates proper pacing to allow for a professional final product. The unknown that we are currently all facing, of when “things will return to normal”, when we will be safe to rehearse again makes it difficult to comfortably plan for a reasonable, or any, conclusion.
We thought our safest bet, and that is- as with everything currently- subject to change, is an October opening. Thus, an adjustment to our season is necessitated. Richard II, Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival’s August production, will be modified to a virtual performance likely opening this spring. Dr. Seward’s Dracula by Joseph Zettelmaier will be moved to our next season, opening October 2021.
“Friends of Wolfshakes” who’ve donated to us this season: Your financial contributions will be applied to both this season and next. Now more than ever we are so grateful that we have your support. Surely, we’d be a “covid casualty” if it wasn’t for the overwhelming amount of encouragement and advocacy we’ve received from this amazing community.
If you have any questions, please reach out to me. Thank you for your continued support and flexibility.
Jamie Weeder
Artistic Director, Wolf’s Head Theater Co./Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival
jamie@upshakes.org