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| Founded | 1992 |
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| Founder | Gerard J. Schubert, O.S.F.S. |
| Type | Arts |
| Focus | The Plays of William Shakespeare and other classic playwrights |
Area served | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Delaware |
| Product | Professional Theatre |
| Owner | DeSales University |
Key people | Jason King Jones, Artistic Director; Casey William Gallagher, Managing Director |
Employees | 15 year-round; 200+ seasonally |
Volunteers | 200 |
| Website | www |
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) is a professional theatre company in residence at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania and the official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[1]
The Festival is organized as a non-profit 501(c)(3) in Pennsylvania. Each summer, PSF produces six or more plays (often including a musical) and special one-night-only performances. In the fall, PSF tours a Shakespeare play to schools as part of its Linny Fowler WillPower tour. Since its inception, the Festival has been attended by over 1,000,000 people. The acting company consists primarily of professional actors from New York and Philadelphia and who are members of Actors' Equity Association. The plays are performed in two theatres in The Labuda Center for the Performing Arts: the 473-seat proscenium Main Stage or the 187-seat thrust Schubert Theatre on the DeSales University campus in Center Valley.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is listed as a major festival in the book Shakespeare Festivals Around the World by Marcus D. Gregio (Editor), 2004.