The mission of Shared Radiance Performing Arts Company is to educate, entertain, and explore
interactive theatre through the works of Shakespeare, thoughtful storytelling,
and community-elevating projects of shared humanity.
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YouTube: @sharedradianceperformingar6754 or @SRPACAsstArtDir
ShakesCollage
2025 tour booking now!
ShakesCollage is a 45 minute Shakespeare revue touring schools, libraries, parks, festivals, and other places across North Carolina year-round. The 2025 edition of the show includes scenes from Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and more! If you 'd like to book ShakesCollage, please email [email protected]
Hamlet tickets available now!
Warnersville Chronicles was produced by Shared Radiance in collaboration with GeoCore Creative, Inc. and funded by Cone Health and The Arts Council of Greater Greensboro through National Endowment for the Arts funding and the Community Elevation Grant.
If you would like to book a screening of Warnersville Chronicles, please email [email protected] |
What is Shine? It's our annual fundraising variety show aimed to please, tickle, delight, move, and inspire directed by Taylor Neese. Audiences spend an evening with some of our best singers, dancers, actors, and more. Enjoy contemporary performances from Shakespearean actors. This year our performers were miscast. They took on roles and performances they wouldn’t normally get to do, whether it’s because of their age, gender, character type, or anything else!
All tickets were by donation. A ticket to this show means you'll be supporting our mission to entertain, educate, and explore experiential and interactive theatre through the works of Shakespeare and beyond. Thank you to all who made it a success! |
B.A.R.D.S.
Band of Aspiring Radiant Drama Students
BARDS is Shared Radiance’s free program for teens and preteens where we learn about Shakespeare, play theatre games, and participate in workshops led by real local theatre artists! We typically meet on the third Saturday of each month from 2:00 to 4:00 at the Greensboro Cultural Center. This program is free to all teens and preteens who wish to attend. Upcoming sessions include:
Stage Management Workshop
Led by Sarah Wilson
May 17th (5/17/2025) from 1:45 to 3:45 PM
Learn about the duties of a stage manager, practice taking line notes, and ask questions!
Sarah Wilson is the Assistant Managing Director of Shared Radiance. She has been working with the company for five years in various productions such as Twelfth Night (as Signor Fabian), Sisters of Mine (as The Unnamed Woman, Singer, and Stage Manager), and Othello (as Stage Manager). Sarah started doing theatre and fell in love with it in high school at Southeast Guilford High School and was taught by fellow company member and now friend, Chris Veneris. Sarah then graduated from Lees-McRae College with a BA in Theatre Arts Studies with concentrations in Stage Management and Costume Design and a Minor in Technical Theatre. Outside of theatre, she is a substitute teacher, loves to play Dungeons and Dragons with her friends, and would sleep all day with her 11-year-old cat, KitKat, if she could. Sarah is so excited to work with this amazing company.
Michael Chekov Workshop
Led by Andrew Altmann
June 21st (6/21/2025) from 2:00 to 4:00 PM
The acting style of Michael Chekhov is heavily based in movement, imagination, and psychological gesture. Wear movement clothes to explore this acting technique!
Andrew Altmann is a 25 year old from Burlington. He has previously been seen at Shared Radiance as Caliban in "The Tempest"; Lucian in "Comedy of Errors"; and Roderigo in "Othello".
If you'd like to join the BARDS mailing list, please email [email protected] or send us a direct message on one of our social media platforms.
Stage Management Workshop
Led by Sarah Wilson
May 17th (5/17/2025) from 1:45 to 3:45 PM
Learn about the duties of a stage manager, practice taking line notes, and ask questions!
Sarah Wilson is the Assistant Managing Director of Shared Radiance. She has been working with the company for five years in various productions such as Twelfth Night (as Signor Fabian), Sisters of Mine (as The Unnamed Woman, Singer, and Stage Manager), and Othello (as Stage Manager). Sarah started doing theatre and fell in love with it in high school at Southeast Guilford High School and was taught by fellow company member and now friend, Chris Veneris. Sarah then graduated from Lees-McRae College with a BA in Theatre Arts Studies with concentrations in Stage Management and Costume Design and a Minor in Technical Theatre. Outside of theatre, she is a substitute teacher, loves to play Dungeons and Dragons with her friends, and would sleep all day with her 11-year-old cat, KitKat, if she could. Sarah is so excited to work with this amazing company.
Michael Chekov Workshop
Led by Andrew Altmann
June 21st (6/21/2025) from 2:00 to 4:00 PM
The acting style of Michael Chekhov is heavily based in movement, imagination, and psychological gesture. Wear movement clothes to explore this acting technique!
Andrew Altmann is a 25 year old from Burlington. He has previously been seen at Shared Radiance as Caliban in "The Tempest"; Lucian in "Comedy of Errors"; and Roderigo in "Othello".
If you'd like to join the BARDS mailing list, please email [email protected] or send us a direct message on one of our social media platforms.
Much Ado About Nothing
October 2024
THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE IT A SUCCESS!
Listen to an interview with Director, Sherri Raeford, and actor, Jamila Curry,
on Lights Up!
Listen to playlists inspired by the characters and curated by the actors playing them!
Benedick’s Journey
Margaret
❤️🎭Borachio🎭❤️
Sisters of Mine
An Original Shared Radiance Performance Piece
Celebrating Women's Suffrage
If you would like to book a performance, please email [email protected]
Cast (2024)
Jamila Curry
Sheryl Davis
Robin Gentile
Patsy Hawkins
Cynthia Reichelson
Sherri Raeford
Chappell Upper
Ruan Walker
Sarah Wilson
Understudies:
Camille Christina, Candace Hescock,
Grace Kanoy, Kelly Kerr
Director, Sherri Raeford
Stage Manager, Sarah Wilson
Photo of original cast, musicians, and writers from 2020 by Steve Raeford
LEAD Conference
We are thrilled to announce we’ve received a grant award for the LEAD Grant Scholarship through the North Carolina Arts Council to send one (1) administrative staff member to the The Kennedy Center LEAD (Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability) Conference in Seattle from July 29th (7/29/2024) through August 2nd (8/2/2024). Chappell Upper, our Assistant Artistic Director, will learn about accessibility in the arts and participate in a statewide cohort afterwards.
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Othello
By William Shakespeare Directed by David Lee Jr.
Photography by Steve Raeford
May 23 - June 2, 2024
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The GROW Residency through Creative Greensboro was a great success! Chappell Upper adapted and directed Judgmental Much? A Rapid Retelling of Pride & Prejudice using six actors and seven sock puppets. Several workshops and community engagement experiences were offered throughout the residency, including sensory friendly performances.
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Photos below of rehearsals for our 2023 production of Romeo and Juliet
Coming in 2025
SHINE: An Evening of Miscast Fun
Directed by Taylor Neese
A yearly variety production showcasing Shared Radiance Players
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Chappell Upper
A teen show in collaboration with Creative Greensboro
Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Joey Upper
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
By William Shakespeare
Directed by George Durfee
ShakesCollage
School Tour 2025
Traveling to schools across North Carolina celebrating Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Jenni Pirkey was full of delightful Victorian Melodrama. Performed at Greensboro Cultural Center, Paul J Ciener Botanical Garden, Camel City Playhouse, Studio 609 and Brookdale Senior Living Center, the show was a great success. Thanks to all who were involved and to our fabulous audiences. |
Thank you to everyone who made Richard III a success!The cast pose in costume for a group photo on closing night. Featured, from left to right (top row) are Alister Vickery, John D. Swain, Kelly Kerr, (middle row) Thomas Dort, Evan Winney, Thurston Williams, Chappell Upper, Kenzie Greeson, Sarah Wilson, Zach Adt, Lark Romberg, Danny Manross, Michael Lamont, (bottom row) Kristian Torres, Fatima Njie, Eppie Jo Miller, Joey Upper, Kelly Coalson, Sky Veneris, Sherri Raeford, and Nicole Weintraub. Not pictured is the photographer and final cast member, Steve Raeford.
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The Tempest stormed into collaboration with Creative Greensboro in early 2022!
"Thanks to all of the talented and wonderful people who made our collaboration with Creative Greensboro a magical experience for all involved.
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on..."
Photography by Sam McClenaghan"
- March 18th Facebook post
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on..."
Photography by Sam McClenaghan"
- March 18th Facebook post
Check out this radio interview on WHUP's Lights Up featuring Shared Radiance as well as many others in the archives!