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Health & Safety Policy Update

We are excited to welcome you back to The Delacorte Theater for our 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in the Park. We ask that you read and understand the following when accessing tickets.

  • Effective April 19, 2022, The Public requires proof of a complete COVID-19 vaccination to enter The Delacorte and attend performances. This policy will continue until further notice.
  • Complete vaccination is fourteen days following a final dose of the Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Moderna, or Astra-Zeneca vaccine.
  • We will accept proof of vaccination via Excelsior Pass, the NYC Covid Safe Pass, a copy or photo of your CDC vaccination card, and/or a copy or photo of an official immunization record from outside the United States.
  • Face masks are encouraged, but not required while attending performances at The Delacorte.
  • Public Theater staff and artists are subject to a mandatory vaccination and booster policy.
  • All policies are subject to change at The Public’s sole discretion and without notice.
  • Those that do not abide by any health and safety protocols will be denied entry or removed from the facility.

Learn more at Safe in the Park 2022.

We look forward to welcoming you to The Public.

At this time, we no longer require proof of vaccination to access the facility, theaters, and restaurant.

  • A face mask is required for all attendees while watching a performance on Tuesday evening, Saturday afternoon, & Sunday afternoon performances.
  • A face mask is not required but strongly encouraged when attending performances on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday evenings.
  • All performances in Joe’s Pub do not require a face mask because food and drink are available throughout the show. A face mask is strongly encourage when not actively eating or drinking.

Learn more at HEALTH & SAFETY, NEXT STEPS.

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Brave New Shakespeare 2.0

 

This fall, the Public Shakespeare Initiative is proud to have the extraordinary artists Danaya Esperanza and Alexandria Wailes as Guest Curators for all of our Brave New Shakespeare releases.

This week’s release is our third in this new format, curated by the fabulous Danaya Esperanza and featuring four young members of our great friend The 52nd Street Project. Danaya has gathered an astonishing group of artists to work their magic with the mercurial, mysterious, and transfiguring language of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Enjoy! And we hope you'll be inspired to create your own in whatever way you want -- post it on social media and add #bravenewshakespeare so we can find you!

Artistic Statement from Guest Curator Danaya Esperanza.

“We’ve never lived in a world of only cis white men. Shakespeare was queer and, though flawed, he wrote BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ characters in his plays. We’re bringing him out of the closet! These artists reflect the world as it is: of color, queer, Deaf, beautiful, complex. Watch as “the seasons alter,” as parent turns against child, lover against lover – and ask yourself, shouldn't we all remove the juice of greed and deception from our eyes?

“This week, we add the play’s lovers to the mix, as they try to navigate a world they were handed, not one they chose. In our world as in theirs, the lines between "hate . . . and love," friend and foe, enemy and lover blur. The young lovers are played by members of The 52nd Street Project. These characters reflect the BIPOC, queer, beautiful, complex world in which we live.”



Danaya Esperanza is an artist based in New York. She's made a career in the Off-Broadway scene and The Public Theater has become a second home, where she has workshopped a number of plays, and performed in the recent award-winning production of For Colored Girls (Lady in Orange); The Mobile Unit's Twelfth Night (Viola), The Tempest (Ariel), and the upcoming Cymbeline (Imogen). Danaya is also a teaching artist and director and, after performing in a couple of them, is honored to be curating her first Brave New Shakespeare Challenge.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
By William Shakespeare

Click below to read the following passages:

Long Form Script.

The Lovers scenes for the young people.