ShakespeareStagehands

10 years ago this month I started working for the Lighting Department of @publictheaterny (& met my Master Electrician husband) Today, 10 years, a Masters Degree, and 11 Shakespeare in the Park seasons later, I worked my last crew call, 8 months pregnant. For the last 4 seasons, ShakespeareStagehands has been my love letter to the behind the scenes crew that works unbelievably hard to bring Free Shakespeare in Central Park to the people of New York every summer. Keep following the hashtag #shakespearestagehands to see them share their continued sweat, joy, and commitment. Thanks for the decade, Delacorte. Stay safe @shakespearestagehands! #likeagirl #shakespearestagehands #shakespeareinthepark #nyc #theater #centralpark #bts (at Delacorte Theater)

The Room Where It Happens. The Delacorte Theater changes over from Taming of the Shrew to Troilus and Cressida directed by Daniel Sullivan, running July 19-August 14. FREE FOR ALL in Central Park! #nysf #yayhamlet #shakespeareinthepark #shakespearestagehands #nyc #theater #bts #behindthescenes (at Delacorte Theater)

June morning view from backstage at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, NYC. #theroomwhereithappens #shakespeareinthepark #centralpark #theater #nyc #castle #summer (at New York, New York)

Excelsior #ShakespeareStagehands #shakespeareinthepark #centralpark #harnessup #theater #bts #backstage #climbing (at Delacorte Theater)

War and Love and #FreeWill in Central Park

#shakespeareinthepark #shakespearestagehands #centralpark #nyc #theater #summer (at Delacorte Theater)

Tonight, after a particularly sopping rain delay, we raise our glasses to the Front of House Staff. The show must- and did- go on! #shakespeareinthepark #shakespearestagehands #centralpark #rainraingoaway #theater #nyc #bts #backstage (at Delacorte Theater)

Because when you work running cable in an outdoor theater in the middle of Central Park, Dirty Jobs happen. #shakespearestagehands #dirtyjobs #shakespeareinthepark #nyc #centralpark #theater #bts #backstage (at Delacorte Theater)

Tune Up Your Shakespeare

#shakespearestagehands #tonycanyouhearme #shakespeareinthepark #nyc #theater #backstage #bts #guitar #music(at Delacorte Theater)

Working at tree height on a clear day in Tower 6 during daytime rehearsals #shakespearestagehands #shakespeareinthepark #harnessup #blueskies #nyc #theater #bts #backstage #centralpark (at Delacorte Theater)

The entrance to NYSF Production's Audio Office under the house of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The Hobbit Hole. #shakespeareinthepark #shakespearestagehands #centralpark #backstage #bts #nyc #theater #tonycanyouhearme #hobbit (at Delacorte Theater)

Temperature's rising and we're scaling the Bridge. Who's up for free #ShakespeareinthePark? #shakespearestagehands #nyc #centralpark #bts #backstage #theater #memorialdayweekend #harnessup #climbing (at Delacorte Theater)

Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire. #Shakespearestagehands do wander everywhere 🤘🏽 Just give us some sunglasses, a headlamp, and a drill. #shakespeareinthepark #theater #nyc #backstage #bts #centralpark (at Delacorte Theater)

First Preview Performance today and the #NYSF wardrobe team is prepping for anything! Special shoutout to those of you we saw on the ticket distribution line this morning! #shakespeareinthepark #shakespearestagehands #backstage #bts #nyc #theater #fashion #design (at Delacorte Theater)

Delacorte Beach as we transition from Tech Week to tomorrow's First Preview Performance with an audience! Who's coming? #shakespeareinthepark #tamingoftheshrew #shakespearestagehands #nyc #theater #freenyc #centralpark #backstage #bts (at Delacorte Theater)

Trapped. #shakespearestagehands #itsatrap #shakespeareinthepark #theater #backstage #bts #centralpark #nyc (at Delacorte Theater)

All hands on deck for the first day of #TamingoftheShrew Tech rehearsals. Starting today NYSF Production Department crews are at work each day in the Delacorte Theater from 8am-4am the following morning. #shakespearestagehands #shakespeareinthepark #nyc #centralpark #sewing #design #art #theater (at Delacorte Theater)

Goodnight from the Delacorte #shakespearestagehands #shakespeareinthepark #centralpark #nyc (at Belvedere Castle)