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Vancouver Shakespearean playing footsie with ‘Titus Andronicus’

Pandemic separation drives sock-puppet version of violent tragedy produced by Portland’s Canon Shakespeare Company

By Scott Hewitt, Columbian staff writer
Published: April 15, 2022, 6:00am
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Vancouver Shakespearean Stephanie Crowley vowed that the show must go on during the pandemic.
Vancouver Shakespearean Stephanie Crowley vowed that the show must go on during the pandemic. Working at their homes, Crowley and four collaborators from The Canon Shakespeare Company recorded a socially distanced, sock-puppet version of what's called "Titus Andarnicus." (Mark Guidi) Photo Gallery

Here’s an example of just how creative — and desperate — some thespians can get when a pandemic curtails their performances and sends them home in gloom: Shakespearean sock puppets on video.

Vancouver’s Stephanie Crowley said she has been a “theater addict since 13 when I starred in my first school play.”

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