History

Women of Will was developed during a 15-year period while Tina Packer was Artistic Director at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. The Overview was performed at Shakespeare & Company in the summer of 2010 and The Complete Journey in the summer of 2011.

Development of Women of Will was supported by The Van Waveren Foundation, a Bunting Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Performance History:

February 16, 2014
Women of Will: The Overview
Writers’ Conference
San Miguel Allende, Mexico
February 23, 2014
Women of Will: The Overview
Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Orlando, Florida

February 29, 2013 – May 26, 2013
Women of Will: The Overview and Women of Will: The Complete Journey
The Gym at Judson, New York, New York
http://judson.org/the-gym

September 21, 2012 – October 20, 2012
Women of Will: The Complete Journey
Presented in association with Národní Divadlo, the National Theater of the Czech Republic
Kolowrat Theater, Kolowrat Palac, Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.pragueshakespeare.com/

July 5, 2012 – August 2, 2012
Women of Will: The Complete Journey
Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, Colorado
http://www.coloradoshakes.org/

October 13, 2011 – November 6, 2011
Women of Will: The Overview and Women of Will: The Complete Journey
Central Square Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://www.centralsquaretheater.org/

Summer 2011
Women of Will: The Complete Journey
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, Massachusetts
http://www.shakespeare.org/

August 25 – 27, 2010
Women of Will: The Complete Journey (Workshop)
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, Massachusetts
http://www.shakespeare.org/

Summer 2010
Women of Will: The Overview
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, Massachusetts
http://www.shakespeare.org/