The South Dakota Shakespeare Festival (SDSF) will be held in person at Prentis Park this summer from June 17-20, unlike the remote festival that was streamed online last summer.
Artistic Director, Chaya Gordon-Bland, said the mission of the SDSF is to engage, connect and inspire communities by exploring our shared human experiences through inclusive professional Shakespeare productions and theatre arts education.
“Theatre and Shakespeare have the power to bring people together, to lift people up and to create these shared, collective human experiences shared, collective explorations of what it means to be human in ways that are equitable and inclusive and inviting,” Gordon-Bland said.
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VERMILLION â The South Dakota Shakespeare Festival (SDSF) was announced as a grant recipient of âA Community Thrives,â a grantmaking and crowd-funding program from the USA TODAY NETWORK and a part of the Gannett Foundation on Dec. 10. SDSF will receive a $5,000 local operating grant for its 2021 season.
âA Community Thrivesâ supports non-profit organizations with projects focused on community building and has helped to contribute more than $12 million since 2017. This year, âA Community Thrivesâ engaged participants in 45 states. SDSF was named one of three recipients in southeast South Dakota.
SDSFâs new funding will help the company stage a professional production of âTwelfth Night, or What you Will,â June 17-20, 2021 in Vermillionâs Prentis Park as well as help expand educational programs. Executive Artistic Director Chaya Gordon-Bland elaborated: âOf course, a COVID universe takes a large toll on every industry in ever