About Mountain
Shakespeare Festival
Theatrical Production
- The Mountain Shakespeare Festival is a
theatrical production company that
specializes in producing stage renditions
of the works of Shakespeare. The
persons that make up the cast, crew and
administration of these productions are
drawn almost exclusively from the local
talent base. We perform outdoors in a
lovely park setting in the community of
Pine Mountain Club as well as indoors at
the local High School or other available
venues.
- These productions include a mixture of
highly experienced professionals in
theatre as well as beginners of all ages.
- MSF will also be producing works by
other playwrights. These will be other
classics, contemporary works and we will
establish a New Plays program that will
encourage and foster new works for the
stage.
- MSF may tour productions from time to
time.
Education
- The Mountain Shakespeare Festival will
conduct many education programs that
work in concert with the production of
plays. Mentorship of young and emerging
talent of those interested in the business
of theatre will be accomplished through
offering positions as actors, stage
managers, technicians or in the areas of
marketing, promotion, fundraising, etc.
These opportunities will be supervised by
professionals in the various fields.
- MSF will also conduct seminars,
internships, workshops, mini-tours, etc. to
introduce aspects of theatre. Programs in
language, writing, stage combat,
directing, acting, theatre management,
stage management, costuming, lights
and sound and set design are all
envisioned.
Our Mission
The Mountain Shakespeare Festival’s mission is
to enrich the local community through education,
entertainment and enlightenment while providing
a delightful tourist offering that brings low-impact
commerce to the region. Through productions of
Shakespeare’s plays and modern stage works,
coordinated with a vigorous education program,
we will create a wealth of language, commerce
and community participation that result in an
overall improved quality of life to our mountain
area and the surrounding region
MSF is an equal opportunity organization.
Mountain Shakespeare History
The Mountain Shakespeare Festival got its start
in the Summer of 2006 while working on a
production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer
Night's Dream produced with Focus Central, an
arts education organization in the Frazier Park
area, www.focuscentral.org.
In the summer of 2007 we produced our own
show of As You Like It in two locations, Pine
Mountain’s Lampkin Park and The Dream Castle
Cafe, in Frazier Park. This year of 2008, we will
be offering two plays, Shakespeare's The
Comedy of Errors, and Kauffman and Hart’s
1930's comedy You Can't Take It With You,
performed in repertory theater in the Pine
Mountain Center Gazebo.

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Mountain Shakespeare Festival
Founding Members and Directors:
Artistic Director: Peter Kjenaas
Managing Director: Kat Fair
Design Director: Mary Main
Education Director: Michelle Morain
Board of Directors:
Stacey Havener
Pam McGee
Bob Saberhagen
Shannon Norris
Maxine Cameron Stenstrom
David Stenstrom
Kathy Crandall, DC
Holly Van Houten
Carey Moulder
Advisory Board:
Randy Messick
Bakersfield College
Aldo Billingsly
Santa Clara University
Janine Tominaga
President Fire Safe Council
Anne Weber
Mountain Arts & Recreation
Coalition
Wayne Adelstein
Publisher