About Elm Shakespeare Company

Founded in 1995, and located in New Haven, CT, The Elm Shakespeare Company is a professional, multicultural theatre company committed to establishing a discourse with Connecticut’s communities and schools through the medium of Shakespeare’s plays.  In addition to free performances in Edgerton Park each August, the company presents innovative educational programming throughout the year.  Whether it is our long term residencies, after school programs or summer camp, the goal remains the same; to teach students, through practical application, the power of Shakespeare’s language and the magic of the theatre.

In the summer of 1996, ESC presented its first professional production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. With a cast composed of professional, pre-professional, and student performers, The Tempest was presented free of charge in New Haven's Edgerton Park to an audience of 3,500. Since 1996, Elm Shakespeare Company's audience has grown to over 30,000 attending performances throughout the entire month of August.