Nonprofit Highlight: Idaho Shakespeare Festival

Vision Statement

The Festival’s mission is to produce great theater, entertain and educate.

Mission Statement

To realize this mission, the Festival seeks to:

Develop an artistic home for theater artists that supports emerging actors, encourages new regional and national playwrights, promotes sustained employment opportunities for artists and attracts the very best artistic staff;

Educate through a range of programs, including programs and tours for K – 12 children and teachers, ongoing adult education, interpretive programming, affiliations with universities and cultural organizations, as well as residencies and training opportunities for actors;

Illuminate human nature and our rich cultural heritage through a repertory that includes the plays of William Shakespeare, the richest and most complex in the English language, together with other works from a variety of dramatic periods and genres; and

Promote cultural understanding through highlighting diverse traditions and supporting artists and audiences of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds.

Issues Idaho Shakespeare Festival Addresses

Produce great art, entertain, and educate.

In the next 10 years...

Idaho Shakespeare Festival will continue operating as a stable and reliable company that is a cultural resource for individuals in the Treasure Valley and beyond. 

Why Idaho Shakespeare Festival would be a good fit for Idaho Partner for Good's approach?

As the valley grows and post pandemic realities affect ISF resources would be useful to insure we evolve to meet the needs of our community. Since 1977 Idaho Shakespeare Festival has been bringing world class “great theater to the great outdoors.” Since 1998, ISF has called a stunning state-of-the-art outdoor amphitheater in Boise, Idaho home, welcoming over 75,000 picnicking theater-goers of all ages and reaching over 50,000 students through celebrated educational tours and School of Theater.