​The mission of Shared Radiance Performing Arts Company is to educate, entertain, and explore

interactive theatre through the works of Shakespeare, thoughtful storytelling,
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and community-elevating projects of shared humanity.
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​Facebook: Shared Radiance     Instagram: @sharedradiance     Bluesky: @sharedradiance.bsky.social 
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YouTube: @sharedradianceperformingar6754 or @SRPACAsstArtDir
Proud to be a 2025-2026 Sustaining Creativity Community Partnerships Grant recipient through Creative Greensboro, the city's office for Arts and Culture! This funding helps support much of our work, including mainstage shows, BARDS, ShakesCollage, and more!

Learn more about Creative Greensboro at www.creativegreensboro.com
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. 

All tickets are free, but donations are welcome and appreciated. A donation means you'll be supporting our mission to entertain, educate, and explore experiential and interactive theatre through the works of Shakespeare and beyond. 

Tickets to Shine are available now! Check out the Tickets page for more information.
See the Auditions page for more information on Romeo & Juliet auditions as well as Julius Caesar acting and technical opportunities!

Coming in 2026


​SHINE: Let Your Light Shine
Directed by Taylor Neese  
A yearly variety production showcasing Shared Radiance Players

Julius Caesar 
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Chappell Upper
A teen show in collaboration with Creative Greensboro

Romeo & Juliet 
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Kelly Kerr & Assistant Directed by Lark Romberg

Sonnet Fest 2026
Sonnets by William Shakespeare
In Collaboration with Creative Greensboro, little independent theatre, and Scrapmettle

As You Like It 
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sherri Raeford

ShakesCollage
School Tour 2026
Traveling to schools across North Carolina celebrating Shakespeare

Check out our Education page for information on ShakesCollage and BARDS!

Congratulations to Joey Upper for being nominated for Best Direction of a Play for Hamlet and David Merritt Jr. for being nominated for Best Performer in a Play for Hamlet! Thank you to everyone who voted for them.

Thank you to everyone who made The Two Gentlemen of Verona a success!

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. 

​We are currently filming more interviews with the members of the Warnersville community thanks to funding through the Greensboro Police Department and the Greensboro Police Foundation. Jennifer Long is also creating curriculum to accompany the documentary for classroom viewings.

​If you would like to book a screening of Warnersville Chronicles, please email [email protected] 

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

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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.

​Othello
By William Shakespeare   Directed by David Lee Jr.
Photography by Steve Raeford
​ May 23 - June 2, 2024

Our 2024 teen production of MacBeth was a huge success! A big bravo to everyone involved and a huge thank you to everyone who supported!
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. 

Photos below of rehearsals for our 2023 production of Romeo and Juliet

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​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.

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
Check out this radio interview on WHUP's Lights Up featuring Shared Radiance as well as many others in the archives!
Call us at (336)-505-9043