The Shakespeare Factory Players strives to be a semi-professional adult ensemble company committed to performing Shakespeare’s works. We believe in using traditional staging practices, focusing on audience interaction and dedicating ourselves to all components of Shakespeare’s language. The company seeks actors with an ensemble spirit that values safety, camaraderie, and play to enable artistic growth.

“Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue” ~Hamlet

Rehearsal Standards

Although the company has no union affiliations, Actors Equity rules are used as a basis for rehearsal and performance etiquette. All actors and technicians are required to sign a contract prior to their participation in any Shakespeare Factory production acknowledging their willingness to adhere to our practices.

The Shakespeare Factory Players in the Press

January 24, 2008: The Gazette’s story on our 2008 performance of Romeo and Juliet
January 30, 2008: The Carroll County Times’s story, “Collaborating for the sake of Shakespeare”
February 21, 2010: Maryland Theater’s story, “The Shakespeare Factory Players: The Comedy of Errors. I would see this twice!”