Shakespeare Theatre Company Othello 1. FFAEach summer, with the help of a group of community- minded sponsors, the Shakespeare Theatre Company presents two weeks of FREE performances of a Shakespearean classic. Here’s how to get your tickets: Enter the Online Lottery.

For each performance, a select number of seats are given away to lucky lottery winners. The online lottery will open Monday, August 1. Watch This Is England Tube Free. Get in line instead of online. Every day STC will make at least 2. Sidney Harman Hall beginning two hours prior to curtain. Limit is two tickets per person. Remember to get there early! The line usually starts forming about four hours before curtain up.

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Gifts starting at $2. Friends to secure reserved seating in advance, receive program recognition and access our Patrons Lounge which includes complimentary beverages and snacks! Follow STC on Social Media.

Our Facebook and Twitter fans can tell you from experience that we like giving stuff away. Start following STC and keep an eye out for chances to secure VIP seating for the Free For All and updates on ticket distribution. The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Free For All is a much- loved Washington tradition, offering free performances of a Shakespearean classic to the general public each summer. Started in 1. Shakespeare to new and diverse audiences in the Washington metropolitan area, the Free For All presented Shakespeare under the stars at the Carter Barron Amphitheater. In an effort to make Shakespeare completely accessible for all residents of the D.

C. Metro area, the Free For All was brought to downtown D. C. in 2. 00. 9 and now resides at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Sidney Harman Hall. To date, the Free For All has reached more than 6. Free For All is a highlight of Washington’s theatre season, a traditional outing that attracts the city’s most diverse audience. Championed by Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn and founding chairman R.

Robert Linowes, and made possible with invaluable support from the Washington Post, Philip L. Graham Fund and a committed group of community- minded sponsors, the Free For All proved an enormous success its first year, attracting more than 2,5. Succeeding summers have seen the Free For All build on its early promise, with audiences flocking to see some of Shakespeare’s greatest plays—All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Henry V and King Lear—performed by the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s actors and such guest artists as Sabrina Le. Beauf, Kelly Mc. Gillis and Harry Hamlin. Citizens for Shakespeare has helped thousands of area students and community members gain access to Shakespeare’s plays.

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The Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All’s unique contribution to the community was recognized with The Washington Post Distinguished Service Award in 1. Public Humanities Award presented by the Humanities Council of Washington, D. C. Former Chair of the National Endowment of the Arts Jane Alexander, a frequent attendee at Free For All productions, enthuses about the program’s importance to Washington: “I remember once when I was at the Free For All, there was a couple sitting next to me with a very, very young child, and I began to talk to them and I asked: ‘Why are you here?’ And they said, ‘Where else would we have the opportunity to introduce our child to Shakespeare and be able to afford it?’” Alexander sums up the sentiments shared by Kahn, the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the many generous individuals, foundations and corporations who make the Free For All possible each year: “The Free For All is a wonderful success for everybody involved…not just for the Shakespeare Theatre Company, but for the entire city.”Past Free For All Productions. The Tempest. 20. 15: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Winter’s Tale. Much Ado About Nothing. All’s Well That Ends Well.

Julius Caesar. 20. Twelfth Night. 20. The Taming of the Shrew. Hamlet. 20. 07: Love’s Labor’s Lost. Pericles. 20. 05: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Much Ado about Nothing. Hamlet. 20. 02: The Two Gentlemen of Verona. King Lear. 20. 00: The Merchant of Venice. The Merry Wives of Windsor. All’s Well That Ends Well. Henry V1. 99. 6: Measure for Measure.

Twelfth Night. 19. Comedy of Errors. Much Ado about Nothing.

As You Like It. Here are some tips on how to get the most out of your Free For All experience! What is Free For All? The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Free For All is a much- loved Washington tradition, offering free performances of a Shakespearean classic to the general public at Sidney Harman Hall in the heart of Washington, D. C.’s Penn Quarter. So, it’s really free? Completely 1. 00% FREE. Tickets cost nothing.

Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Totally free Shakespeare? How is this possible? Free For All is made possible by many incredible community- minded sponsors and partners, as well as individuals just like you! If you’re interested in supporting the Free For All so we can continue to provide quality productions, consider joining the Friends of Free For All. You get great benefits as well as the satisfaction of knowing you’re helping to provide totally free Shakespeare for future generations. Is the Free For All family friendly?

Our intention is for Free For All to be family friendly. Some performances will be more suitable for older children than younger ones. Guardians should bring children out into the lobby if they are restless. PLEASE NOTE: Babes in arms are not allowed in the theatre. Children must be five years of age or older. Every person entering the theatre must have a ticket.

If a child will be sitting on someone’s lap, they still must have a ticket. Exceptions cannot be made. How many tickets are available? There are 7. 69 seats in Sidney Harman Hall. For each performance, a certain number of seats are designated to Friends of Free For All, students and other community partners through numerous outreach initiatives. A minimum of 2. 00 seats will be offered to the general public for each performance through our Ticket Line as well as many more given away through our Online Lottery.

How does the Online Lottery work? A block of tickets will be given away on our website via the ticket lottery for each performance. Entries can be submitted at Shakespeare. Theatre. org by selecting your performance on our online calendar.

You may enter the daily lottery for each performance between 1. PRIOR to the performance you are interested in attending. Saturday performance, you may enter the lottery starting at midnight on Friday morning through 8 p. Friday evening. For the matinee performance on Saturday at 2 p. Thursday morning. The lottery will close Thursday evening at 8 p.

Winners will be chosen at random. The time you enter the lottery has no bearing on your chances of winning. Only one entry per account will be considered for the drawing. All entrants will receive an email after 8 p. Limit two tickets per winner. We use an online email system called Word. Fly, and it may take a few hours before you receive your email depending on your own systems refresh time. If I win tickets through the online lottery, when can I pick them up?

Winners may pick up their tickets in the Sidney Harman Hall lobby beginning two hours prior to curtain on the day of their performance at the reception desk. All tickets MUST be picked up no later than 3. Any unclaimed tickets will be released to the ticket line. All attendees MUST be physically in their seats no later than 1. Any empty seats will be filled in by standby patrons. PLEASE NOTE: Jackets and bags do not count as bodies when we begin filling seats with standby. What if I’m a member of Friends of Free For All?

Friends of Free For All who have not already received their tickets may pick up their tickets at the Sidney Harman Hall Box Office the day of the performance. All tickets MUST be picked up no later than 1. Any unclaimed tickets will be released to the ticket line. All attendees MUST be physically in their seats no later than 1.