Ohio Shakespeare Festival

From Stan Hywet to Greystone Hall, Ohio Shakespeare Festival performs year-round in Akron’s richest cultural venues.

THE MISSION STATEMENT OF OHIO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
“Don’t Read Shakespeare. See Shakespeare live.”

The Ohio Shakespeare Festival regards the actors, the script, and the audience as the quintessential elements of the theatre. As a professional theatre company, we are dedicated to articulating the inherently theatrical components of Shakespeare and his fellow playwrights throughout the ages in a manner that enables the collected imaginations of the artists to meet the collective imagination of the audience in a public celebration that transforms the world in which we live.