Monthly archive June, 2004

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine June 2004 His great grandma, age 90, gave him a leather-bound copy of Macbeth. He was 7 and he was hooked. Richard Baird, now 23, is founder and artistic director of Poor Players, a small local troupe dedicated to presenting relevant productions of the Bard's works. Baird studied theater at UCLA, UCSD, SDSU and the University of Read More →

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine June 2004 Shakespeare's back at the Globe. Well, in some ways he never left, of course. The Bard was the main attraction when the theater opened in Balboa Park as part of the 1935 California Exposition, and he's made annual return visits ever since. But it's been more than 20 years since Shakespeare's plays have been performed outdoors in repertory. Read More →