Center for the Humanities

Shakespeare's writing responded to ecological problems in his own time. Today, we can adapt his works to speak to the urgent environmental crises facing our communities, as the group Shakespeare in Yosemite does every spring.

Based on the final chapter of Katherine Steele Brokaw's Shakespeare and Community Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) and “Shakespeare and Environmental Justice: Collaborative Eco-Theatre in YosemiteNational Park and the San Joaquin Valley.” In Situating Shakespeare Pedagogy in  US Higher Education: Social Justice and Institutional Contexts. Edited by Marissa Greenberg and Elizabeth Williamson (Edinburgh University Press, 2024). Also based on the work of Shakespeare in Yosemite, https://yosemiteshakes.ucmerced.edu.