About Us

The People’s Shakespeare Project, a non-profit organization founded in 2006, is committed to help foster a love of Shakespeare through performance and performance-based instruction. Shakespeare was one of the world’s wisest observers of the human heart and even though he wrote over four hundred years ago, our human natures have not changed. We believe that by developing active, personal approaches to Shakespeare’s texts, the beauty, breadth and wisdom of his plays and characters can be readily accessed. The knowledge and insight gained in these explorations are extremely empowering no matter the age, racial or cultural background of our students, actors and audiences. But just as importantly as intellectual lives are broadened so, too, are personal lives. By immersing ourselves in the beauty of his poetry and the lives of his characters we gain in wisdom and compassion as we navigate the complexities of our world.