Our Vision
Secure and sustain the continued production of Shakespeare’s works.
Our Purpose
To further the ongoing experiment of Shakespeare, creating a creative ecosystem of translations, adaptations, and ongoing investigations of Shakespeare’s works.
Our Mission
To enhance the understanding of Shakespeare’s plays in performance for theater professionals, students, teachers, and audiences by engaging with contemporary translations and adaptations.
Our Promise
We’ll show up with a spirit of playfulness and a deep respect for human capacity, creative rigor, transparency, and inclusivity.
About Play On Shakespeare
We’re a non-profit company dedicated to promoting and creating contemporary modern English translations of Shakespeare’s plays. Through partnerships with artists and organizations worldwide, we deliver these translations via theatrical productions, workshops and trainings, podcasts, publications, and film. Play On Shakespeare is made possible through generous support of the Hitz Foundation.
Work With Us
We’re a small, remote-first, snack-forward organization that values diverse perspectives, centers and supports our artists, and respects human capacity.
Associate Director of Research & Practice
September 25, 2025
The Associate Director, Research & Practice builds engagement strategies, formalizes documentation and tracking processes, and creates and supports the training and onboarding of teaching artists within Play On Shakespeare’s Research & Practice department.
