We are actively preparing an adaptation of 'Othello' through the life of Miami's iconic painter, Purvis Young. 'Purvis: Othello of Overtown' will open in April 2025.  2022-2024 'Merchants of Venice'  retold the stories of a Black merchants from 1930-1950 including the risks, relationships, retaliations and ultimate resiliency of Miami and Fort Lauderdale African American communities.  Previous projects are:  'Romeo and Juliet' (Ch I), 'The Tempest too' (Ch II), an urban tropical adaptation 'mash-up' of Romeo & Juliet and The Tempest,  'La Tormenta' (Ch III),  'Julia + Roselo' (Ch IV) - a 'Spanish Shakespeare' pilot project adapted from 'Castelvines y Monteses,' Lope de Vega's Romeo and Juliet, with history from the Age of Discovery and the legacy of Florida's first peoples of La Florida.  

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Below are just a few of the portraits taken of the past chapters.

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Contact us for more information and like our photos on social media. Help us grow our 'Shakespeare La Florida' community and join us as we shed a little sunlight on Florida history with Shakespeare!

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Join us as well for new outdoor projects 'Festival of Classics' began in 2020 though this link

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Photo credits to (in order of appearance) Armando Colls, Robert Church and James Argyropoulos.