The Mud Bay Bards
OUR MISSION
To produce and sponsor high quality performances of the works of Shakespeare.
THROUGH:
Maintaining the requirements to be in good standing membership with Shakespeare Theatre Association.
Supporting broader community programs with programming niches that give voice to Shakespeare’s words.
Hiring guest artists and collaborating with existing organizations with content and programs specific to Shakespeare.
And actively contributing to the Homer Arts community, lower Kenai Peninsula communities and beyond.
Our Programs
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Mainstage Productions
2024 Falstaff and the Endless Machine by Jared Michael Delaney
2024 Hamlet (a Youth Theatre production)
2023 The Tempest
2021 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
2020 Haunted Shakespeare: His Murdered, Ghosts, & Otherworldly Creatures
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The Cosmic Hamlets
In this youth camp, students delve into the works of Shakespeare - Historical context, origins of ideas, language and poetry, and recurring themes are all explored.
Additionally, in collaboration with the Robinson Shakespeare Company at the University of Notre Dame, students participate in "Shakescene" in which they rehearse, costume, & film a scene from a Shakespeare play. This film is pieced together with scenes contributed by other youth camps and featured during the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival.
2023 Selected Scenes from Julius Caesar
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Second Sunday Shakespeare
A co-production of the Mud Bay Bards, Friends of the Homer Library, and the Homer Senior Center.
A free, monthly read of the works of the Bard, open to everyone. Reads begin at 1:00 pm each month in the Silver Linings Cafe at the Homer Senior Center or on Zoom HERE.
Find the complete texts of Shakespeare’s plays HERE.
The Line-up for Winter 2025
January 12th - Twelfth Night
February 9th - Henry VIII
March 9th - Julius Caesar
April 13th - Merry Wives of Windsor
May 11th - Timon of Athens
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A Sonnet a Day in February
A co-production of the Mud Bay Bards and KBBI AM 890
Listen to local community members read the sonnets of Shakespeare. These were recorded and aired in February of 2021, 2022, and 2023, and are available in the KBBI archives.
Catch the 2025 sonnets on air: 7:29AM and 5:18pm Monday-Friday and 8:18AM and 4:18pm Saturday and Sunday.
Compiled by Sarah L. Brewer and Jennifer Norton
Sound Design by Kathleen Gustafson
Special Thanks to Coop’s Coffee, Odin Meadery, & Whetstone Barbers
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Shakespeare in Context Podcast
A co-production of the Mud Bay Bards, KBBI AM 890, Kachemak Bay Campus, and Friends of the Homer Library.
This podcast is a deep dive into the history and themes of each month’s Second Sunday play. Created by Sarah L. Brewer, with sound design by Kathleen Gustafson, and featuring guest historians and Shakespeare buffs Michael Hawfield, Jeff Meyers, and Maynard Smith.
You can listen to Shakespeare in Context in the KBBI archives.
The Bards Committee
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Sarah L. Brewer
COMMITTEE CHAIR
"For the poor wren, the most diminutive of birds, will fight; her young ones in her nest, against the owl." - Lady Macduff, Macbeth
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Kathleen Gustafson
MEMBER
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Kyle Schneider
MEMBER
“If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die.” - Duke Orsino, Twelfth Night
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Ahnie Litecky
MEMBER
"And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." - Duke Senior, As You Like It
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Deb Rowzee
MEMBER
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Robanne Stading
MEMBER
[Exit, pursued by a bear] - The Winter’s Tale
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Jennifer Norton
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PIER ONE THEATRE
“But let them measure us by what they will, we’ll measure them a measure and be gone.'“ - Benvolio, Romeo and Juliet
The Mud Bay Bards of Pier One Theatre is proud to be a member of The Shakespeare Theatre Association (STA).
For more information visit www.stahome.org.
STA was established to provide a forum for the artistic, managerial, educational leadership for theatres primarily involved with the production of the works of William Shakespeare; to discuss issues and methods of work, resources, and information; and to act as an advocate for Shakespearean productions and training.
