Our mission is to use theatre and the performing arts to inspire and re-imagine community through performance, education, and creative placemaking. We specialize in serving rural communities and underserved populations in the Silver Lake, NY region, by bringing high-quality professional theatre productions and innovative arts education programming to the community.
![The Comedy of Errors: Silver Lake](https://www.shakeonthelake.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/JMS-Comedy-cast-768x514.jpg)
![The Tempest: First Summer Tour 2015](https://www.shakeonthelake.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Shake-Tempest-Cast-768x458.jpg)
![Twelfth Night: Summer Tour 2016](https://www.shakeonthelake.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/JMS-Cast-Photo-768x461.jpg)
![Romeo & Juliet: Summer Tour 2017](https://www.shakeonthelake.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/SOTL2017_RJ_PROMO_061-768x512.jpg)
![Richard III: Summer Tour 2018](https://www.shakeonthelake.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/38806606_2082557218423327_4450068078411120640_o-768x512.jpg)
Objectives supporting Shake on the Lake’s mission are P.L.A.Y.:
- Production: Creating fun, family-friendly, outdoor productions of Shakespeare and other works, of the highest artistic standards
- Loving the Lake: Utilizing cost-efficient, green production practices; recycling and refurbishing found materials for costumes, and sets; conserving energy by performing in daylight; all in an effort to preserve and celebrate the natural landscape playing host to the festival
- Accessibility: Recognizing the power of, and believing in community, through outreach, education, and promoting local businesses and individuals as artistic partners
- Youth Development: Cultivating the talents of local youth through teaching educational theatre workshops in conjunction with the festival