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Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) theatre company based in Los Angeles, California, that stages outdoor and indoor Shakespeare plays and produces the Simply Shakespeare series of benefit readings around Los Angeles. The Center also provides arts-based opportunities for veterans and at-risk youth.
The Center was founded in 1986 by Ben Donenberg, who serves as its artistic director.
The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles was founded in 1986 as Shakespeare Festival/LA, by Ben Donenberg, a graduate of The Juilliard School. His goal was to replicate the tradition of summertime Shakespeare performances in New York's Central Park. He secured funding from Citicorp/Citibank, the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and Leonore Gershwin, the widow of composer Ira Gershwin, and staged the first Shakespeare Festival/L.A. in 1986, presenting Twelfth Night in Pershing Square. Attendees were asked to donate canned food in exchange for admission, a program the Center named "Food for Thought". Louis Fantasia serves as Artistic Associate to SCLA.
In 1989, actress Rita Wilson, who had recently married the actor Tom Hanks, appeared in the Center's production of As You Like It. Starting in 1991, Wilson and Hanks went on to host Simply Shakespeare, the Center's annual benefit reading of Shakespeare's plays.
In the early 90s, the Center began hosting outdoor Shakespeare theatre performances at the West Los Angeles Veteran's Administration Medical Center's (VA) Japanese Garden.
In 1993, a partnership with Los Angeles city government, led to the creation of the SCLA’s Will Power to Youth program that employs at-risk teenagers to put on Shakespeare-adapted plays.
In 1997, the Center staged Julius Caesar at LA's City Hall.
In 2000, Shakespeare Festival/LA purchased a 13,400 square feet building at First and Bixel streets in downtown L.A. for rehearsals and hosting youth programs, and to include a future theatre. In June and July, it staged its production of Much Ado About Nothing in Marina Del Rey, Pershing Square and Palos Verdes.
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Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) theatre company based in Los Angeles, California, that stages outdoor and indoor Shakespeare plays and produces the Simply Shakespeare series of benefit readings around Los Angeles. The Center also provides arts-based opportunities for veterans and at-risk youth.
The Center was founded in 1986 by Ben Donenberg, who serves as its artistic director.
The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles was founded in 1986 as Shakespeare Festival/LA, by Ben Donenberg, a graduate of The Juilliard School. His goal was to replicate the tradition of summertime Shakespeare performances in New York's Central Park. He secured funding from Citicorp/Citibank, the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and Leonore Gershwin, the widow of composer Ira Gershwin, and staged the first Shakespeare Festival/L.A. in 1986, presenting Twelfth Night in Pershing Square. Attendees were asked to donate canned food in exchange for admission, a program the Center named "Food for Thought". Louis Fantasia serves as Artistic Associate to SCLA.
In 1989, actress Rita Wilson, who had recently married the actor Tom Hanks, appeared in the Center's production of As You Like It. Starting in 1991, Wilson and Hanks went on to host Simply Shakespeare, the Center's annual benefit reading of Shakespeare's plays.
In the early 90s, the Center began hosting outdoor Shakespeare theatre performances at the West Los Angeles Veteran's Administration Medical Center's (VA) Japanese Garden.
In 1993, a partnership with Los Angeles city government, led to the creation of the SCLA’s Will Power to Youth program that employs at-risk teenagers to put on Shakespeare-adapted plays.
In 1997, the Center staged Julius Caesar at LA's City Hall.
In 2000, Shakespeare Festival/LA purchased a 13,400 square feet building at First and Bixel streets in downtown L.A. for rehearsals and hosting youth programs, and to include a future theatre. In June and July, it staged its production of Much Ado About Nothing in Marina Del Rey, Pershing Square and Palos Verdes.