A Colorado Tradition Comes Home!
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF) returns to its beloved home, the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, beautifully refreshed and ready to welcome audiences back under the Colorado sky. For more than six decades, CSF has grown from a small local festival into one of America’s oldest and most respected Shakespeare companies. It has presented Shakespeare’s entire canon not once, but twice; offered robust education and outreach programs, including a nationally recognized Shakespeare and violence prevention program; provided employment for 28-40 professional actors and 100-120 seasonal staff each summer; and produced an average of 60 performances per season. Your support ensures CSF can continue creating world‑class productions and inspiring audiences of all ages as we enter this exciting new chapter.
For more than six decades, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has inspired audiences of all ages through world‑class productions, thoughtful storytelling and meaningful community engagement. As one of America’s oldest and most respected Shakespeare companies, CSF continues to deliver work that speaks powerfully to today’s audiences. Alex Miller of OnStage Colorado praises its “timely relevance, strong direction and excellent cast,” capturing the Festival’s ability to illuminate contemporary issues while honoring timeless texts.
This impact extends offstage as well. CSF’s education and outreach initiatives engage thousands of students each year, including the nationally recognized Shakespeare & Violence Prevention program. Educators consistently commend its effectiveness, noting: “The CSF School Shakespeare & Violence Prevention program is outstanding. It’s professional, engaging, and deeply meaningful. It’s a rare program that combines live theatre with social‑emotional learning so effectively, and we would highly recommend it to any school.”
Together, these artistic and educational efforts affirm CSF’s enduring role as a cultural cornerstone for Colorado—one that continues to grow, innovate and inspire as it returns home to a refreshed Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre.
