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DelShakes thinks outside the box for summer show

Ken MammarellaCulture, Arts Spotlight, Headlines

  Delaware Shakespeare (DelShakes) will present a summer production for the first time that is a musical, partly in Spanish, and includes words written by people not named William Shakespeare. “Twelfth Night O Lo Que Quieras” was initially presented in DelShakes’ 2022 community tour. Artistic director Mariah Ghant said she was “really blown away” by the 2022 production and wanted …

Mariah Ghant and Robert Tombari are Delaware Shakespeare's new artistic and managing directors.

Delaware Shakespeare names artistic, managing directors

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

Delaware Shakespeare has selected a familiar face and a newcomer to lead the 21-year-old group. They are Mariah Ghant, artistic associate and literary manager for the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, as artistic director and Robert Tombari, program director of Goshen (Indiana) Theater, as managing director. When David Stradley decided to resign as Del Shakes artistic director, the Del Shakes board …