The Shakespeare in Washington Festival was a cultural festival held in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 from January through June 2007 in honor of the works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

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More than 40 arts organizations from Washington and around the world are participated in Shakespeare in Washington, a festival featuring a vast array of theater, music, and dance, as well as films, art exhibits, and many other events at the Kennedy Center and other venues across the D.C. area.

This event was conceived by Michael M. Kaiser, president of the Kennedy Center, and was curated by Michael Kahn, artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company

Shakespeare Theatre Company

The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company located in Washington, D.C. Their self professed mission "is to present classic theatre of scope and size in an imaginative, skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights’ language and intentions while viewing their...

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Participating international organizations

• Cameri Theatre of Israel
• Kirov Ballet
• Kirov Opera and Orchestra
• Dame Cleo Laine
  Cleo Laine
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   and Sir John Dankworth
  John Dankworth
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• The Nash Ensemble of London
• The Royal Shakespeare Company

Participating national organizations

• Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
• American Ballet Theatre
  American Ballet Theatre
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• American Film Institute
  American Film Institute
  The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
  
  
• Cathedral Choral Society
  Cathedral Choral Society
  The Cathedral Choral Society is a 200-voice symphonic chorus based at the Washington National Cathedral. J. Reilly Lewis has been music director since 1985. He succeeded Paul Callaway, who founded the group in 1941...
  
  
• The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
  The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
  The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company was founded in 2002 and quickly received a great deal of attention for its high-energy approach to the works of Shakespeare and other classics...
  
  
• Folger Shakespeare Library
  Folger Shakespeare Library
  The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period...
  
   and Theatre
• Folger Consort
• The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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• The National Archives
• National Building Museum
  National Building Museum
  The National Builders Museum, in Washington, D.C., United States, is a museum of "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning"...
  
  
• National Gallery of Art
  National Gallery of Art
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• National Museum of American History
  National Museum of American History
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• National Museum of the American Indian
  National Museum of the American Indian
  The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum operated under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution that is dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native Americans of the Western Hemisphere...
  
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• National Portrait Gallery
  National Portrait Gallery (United States)
  The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in Washington, D.C., administered by the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous individual Americans.-Building:...
  
  
• National Symphony Orchestra
• New York City Ballet
  New York City Ballet
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• The Phillips Collection
• The Shakespeare Guild
• The Shakespeare Theatre Company
  Shakespeare Theatre Company
  The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company located in Washington, D.C. Their self professed mission "is to present classic theatre of scope and size in an imaginative, skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights’ language and intentions while viewing their...
  
  
• Signature Theatre
• Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
• The Studio Theatre
• The Suzanne Farrell
  Suzanne Farrell
  Suzanne Farrell is an eminent 20th century ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C....
  
   Ballet
• Synetic Theatre
• Theatre J
• The University of Maryland, College Park
  University of Maryland, College Park
  The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
  
   Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
• Vocal Arts Society
• VSA arts
  VSA arts
  VSA is an international organization on arts and disability which was founded in 1974 by former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith...
  
  
• The Washington Ballet
  Washington Ballet
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• The Washington Concert Opera
• Washington National Opera
  Washington National Opera
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• Washington Performing Arts Society
• The Washington Savoyards
• Washington Shakespeare Company
• Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company