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The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) is a
theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...
company based in
Baltimore Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-large ...
, Maryland. Founded in 2002 by Ian Gallanar and Heidi Busch-Gallanar, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company has grown into one of the twenty largest Shakespeare theaters in the United States under the leadership of founding
artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogu ...
Ian Gallanar and producing executive director Lesley Malin. The company has performance spaces in Baltimore and
Ellicott City Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States. Part of the Baltimore metropolitan area, its population was 75,947 at the 2020 census, making it the mo ...
, Maryland. Its main indoor space, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Theater, opened in 2014. They perform outdoor every summer at the
Patapsco Female Institute Patapsco Female Institute (PFI) is a former girls' boarding school, now a partially rebuilt historical site, located on Church Road in Ellicott City, Maryland, United States. The grounds are home to outdoor theatrical performances by The Chesape ...
Historic Park in Ellicott City, Maryland.


Production history

2002 ''Twelfth Night'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2003 ''Romeo and Juliet'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2003 ''The Comedy of Errors'' Directed by Christopher Marino 2004 ''Troilus & Cressida'' Directed by Patrick Kilpatrick 2004 ''Much Ado About Nothing'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2004 ''Measure for Measure'' Directed by Christopher Niebling 2005 ''The Dog in the Manger'' by Lope de Vega Directed by Isabelle Anderson 2005 ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2005 ''Coriolanus'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2006 ''The Imaginary Invalid'' by Molière Directed by Ken Elston 2006 ''King Lear'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2006 ''The Taming of the Shrew'' Directed by Patrick Kilpatrick 2006 ''Love's Labor's Lost'' Directed by Jenny Leopold 2007 ''The Front Page'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2007 ''As You Like It'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2007 ''Henry V'' Directed by James Ricks 2007 ''Macbeth'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2008 ''A Doll's House'' by Henrick Ibsen Directed by Kevin Costa 2008 ''The Comedy of Errors'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2008 ''The Tempest'' Directed by Patrick Kilpatrick 2008 ''Macbeth'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2009 ''The Country Wife'' Directed by Heather Nathans 2009 ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2009 ''Twelfth Night'' Directed by Jenny Leopold 2009 ''Julius Caesar ''Directed by Frank Moorman 2010 ''Lysistrata'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2010 ''Much Ado About Nothing'' Directed by Ryan Whinnem 2010 ''Hamlet'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2010 ''Titus Andronicus'' Directed by Kevin Costa 2011 ''Cymbeline'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2011 ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2011 ''The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)'' Directed by Scott Alan Small 2011 ''Our Town'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2012 ''The Merchant of Venice ''Directed by Teresa Castracane 2012 ''Romeo and Juliet'' Directed by Jenny Leopold 2012 ''Pride and Prejudice'' Directed by Isabelle Anderson 2012 ''Richard III ''Directed by Ian Gallanar 2013 ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' Directed by Patrick Kilpatrick 2013 ''The Taming of the Shrew'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2013 ''Antony and Cleopatra'' Directed by Ralph Alan Cohen 2013 ''Dracula'' Directed by Scott Alan Small 2014 ''As You Like It'' Directed by Patrick Kilpatrick 2014 ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2014 ''Richard II ''Directed by Kevin Costa 2014'' A Christmas Carol ''Directed by Ian Gallanar 2015 ''Uncle Vanya ''Directed by Ian Gallanar 2015 ''The Importance of Being Earnest ''Directed by Erin Bone Steele 2015 ''Romeo and Juliet ''Directed by Ian Gallanar 2015 ''The Comedy of Errors'' Directed by Scott Alan Small 2015 ''Much Ado About Nothing'' Directed by Matthew R. Wilson 2015 ''Titus Andronicus'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2015 ''A Christmas Carol'' Directed by Ian Gallanar & Scott Alan Small 2016 ''Wild Oats'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2016 ''Macbeth'' Directed by Paul Barnes 2016 ''The Three Musketeers'' Directed by Patrick Kilpatrick & Ian Gallanar 2016 ''Othello'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2016 ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' Directed by Kasi Campbell 2016 ''A Christmas Carol'' By Ian Gallanar Directed by Scott Alan Small 2017 ''Richard III ''Directed by Ian Gallanar 2017 ''The Taming of the Shrew'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2017 ''The Fantasticks!'' by Schmidt & Jones Directed by Curt Tofteland 2017 ''The Tempest'' Directed by Lizzi Albert 2017 ''Julius Caesar'' Directed by Michael Toylado 2017 ''A Christmas Carol'' By Ian Gallanar Directed by Scott Alan Small 2018 ''Red Velvet'' by Lolita Chakrabarti Directed by Shirley Basfield-Dunlap 2018 ''The Winter's Tale ''Directed by Isabelle Anderson 2018 ''Alice in Wonderland ''by Florida Friebus & Eva Le Gallienne Directed by Ian Gallanar 2018 ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' Directed by Gerrad Taylor 2018 ''She Stoops to Conquer'' by Oliver Goldsmith Directed by Ian Gallanar 2018 ''A Christmas Carol ''By Ian Gallanar Directed by Gerrad Taylor 2019 ''Henry IV Part 1'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2019 ''Henry IV Part 2'' Directed by Ian Gallanar and Gerrad Taylor 2019 ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' by Goodrich & Hackett Directed by Eve Muson 2019 ''Macbeth'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2019 ''Love's Labour's Lost'' Directed by Erin Bone Steele 2019 ''Dracula'' by Steven Deitz Directed by Gerrad Taylor 2019 ''A Christmas Carol'' by Ian Gallanar Directed by Scott Alan Small 2020 ''Measure for Measure'' Directed by Lisa Bruneau 2020 ''The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)'' by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield Directed by Ian Gallanar 2021 ''Pericles'' Directed by Matthew Wilson 2021 ''A Christmas Carol'' by Ian Gallanar Directed by Erin Bone Steele and Lizzi Albert 2022 '' A Raisin in the Sun'' by Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Reggie Phoenix 2022 ''Henry V'' Directed by Alec Wild 2022 ''Much Ado About Nothing'' Directed by Seamus Miller 2022 '' Twelfth Night'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2023 '' The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)'' by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield Directed by Ian Gallanar 2023 ''Hamlet'' Directed by Eleanor Holdridge 2023 ''Macbeth'' Directed by Lauren Davis 2023 ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' for Shakespeare Beyond Directed by Ian Gallanar 2023 ''As You Like It'' Directed by Ian Gallanar 2023 ''A Christmas Carol'' by Charles Dickens, Adapted by Laura Rocklyn, directed by Erin Bone Steele 2024 ''The Oresteia'' Freely Adapted from Aeschylus by Ellen McLaughlin, directed by Lise Bruneau 2024 ''Romeo and Juliet'' Directed by Gerrad Alex Taylor 2024 ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' Directed by Ben Lambert 2024 ''August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone'' Directed by KenYatta Rogers 2024 ''A Christmas Carol'' by Charles Dickens, Adapted by Laura Rocklyn, directed by Séamus Miller 2025 ''It's The Comedy of Errors, Hon!'' (Mostly) by William Shakespeare, directed and adapted by Ian Gallanar 2025 ''Mary Stuart'' by Friedrich Schiller, in a new version by Peter Oswald, directed by Ian Gallanar


See also

*
Theater in Maryland This page is about theater in Maryland. List of theatrers in Maryland. Professional Theatres Adventure Theatre * Baltimore Theatre Project * Centerstage * Chesapeake Shakespeare Company * Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts * Cumberland Th ...


References

https://dctheaterarts.org/2025/04/22/chesapeake-shakespeare-company-announces-2025-26-season/ https://www.baltimoresun.com/2022/11/05/baltimore-arts-groups-are-taking-their-acts-on-the-road-in-new-effort-to-meet-audiences-where-they-are-at-home/ https://www.baltimoresun.com/2016/11/02/chesapeake-shakespeare-company-marks-15-years-with-a-focus-on-education/ https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/04/25/how-chesapeake-shakespeare-company-creates-intimacy-on-the-stage-in-the-metoo-era/


External links


Official Website of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
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