Our 2012 Benefit


March 24, 2012 - 8pm
March 25, 2012 - 2pm

The Shakespeare Club of Pasadena was organized in 1888 and has the distinction of being the oldest women's club in Southern California. The Club's purpose has always centered around the cultural, educational and philanthropic interests of its members. For over 120 years, the Shakespeare Club has maintained its high standards and traditions and continues to participate actively in many varied philanthropic projects.

For the past 50 years, the Shakespeare Club has become particularly well-known for its Broadway musicals staged annually to benefit various worthy charities in our community. In recent years, these have become semi-professional productions involving an entire year of planning and preparation. Under professional direction and choreography and with professional sets and orchestra, Club members, husbands, and friends volunteer thousands of rehearsal, production, and promotion hours to bring the show to the public. In 1993, we were honored by the Pasadena Arts Council with their Gold Crown Community Service Award for the Performing Arts in recognition for its contribution to the community. We are proud to join together to preserve American musical theater as an art form and, in the process, help those in our community who are less fortunate.