SIMPLY SHAKESPEARE
Simply Shakespeare is Shakespeare Center LA’s annual signature event that raises awareness and funds for its veterans and youth programs and productions.
Each year since 1990, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, have hosted Simply Shakespeare bringing together the finest actors, singers, and songwriters for a staged reading of a Shakespeare play. All event proceeds support Shakespeare Center's world class performances and best practice arts-based youth, veteran and educational programs.
SIMPLY SHAKESPEARE ALUMNI
Jason Alexander . Tim Allen . Christina Applegate . Ed Asner . Sean Astin . James Avery . Obba Babatunde . Angela Bassett . Annette Bening . Michael Boatman . Peter Bonerz . Zach Braff . Kenneth Branagh . Benjamin Bratt . Avery Brooks . Jackson Browne . Jessica Capshaw . Drew Carey . Dana Carvey . Cedric the Entertainer . Rosalind Chao . Michael Chiklis . Tommy Chong . Natalie Cole . Audrey Corsa . David Cross . Billy Crystal . Keith David . Lance Davis . Dana Delany . Sheldon Donenberg . Paul Dooley . Tom Dunbar . Charles Durning . Jenna Elfman . Tom Everett Scott . Sally Field . Susannah Fielding . Megan Follows . Peter Gallagher . Brad Garrett . Malcolm Gets . Jamie Gertz . Peri Gilpin . Topher Grace . Kelsey Grammer . Peter Graves . Harry Groener . Michael Gross . Carla Gugino . Evan Handler . Chris Hanke . Tom Hanks . Chester Hanks . Colin Hanks . Tom Hanks . John Harnagel . Neil Patrick Harris . Ben Harper . Phil Hartman . Dule Hill . Faith Hill . Hal Holbrook . Earl Holliman . Anthony Hopkins . Peter Horton . Glenn Howerton . Kate Hudson . Helen Hunt . Eric Idle . Bill Irwin . Gillian Jacobs . Penny Johnson Jerald . Michael Jeter . Glynis Johns . Arte Johnson . Shirley Jones . Carol Kane . Alex Karras . Laine Kazan . Val Kilmer . Richard Kind . Greg Kinnear . Wayne Knight . Harvey Korman . Peter Krause . Lisa Kudrow . John Larroquette . Jack Lemmon . Eugene Levy . Hamish Linklater . Mark Linn Baker . John Lithgow . Lyle Lovett . Jon Lovitz . Rob Lowe . Geoff Lower . Kyle MacLachlan . Sean Maguire . Joseph Marcell . Steve Martin . Tim Matheson . Sir Paul McCartney . Rue McClanahan . Eric McCormack . Reba McEntire . Tim McGraw . Ewan McGregor . Michael McKean . Mike Meyers . Alyssa Milano . Richard Moll . Alfred Molina . Alanis Morissette . Joe Morton . Kate Mulgrew . David Ogden Stiers . Catherine O’Hara . John Pankow . Al Pacino . Rhea Pearlman . Matthew Perry . David Hyde Pierce . Bronson Pinchot . Jada Pinkett . Bill Pullman . Lily Rabe . Eddie Redmayne . Nikki Reed . Roger Rees . Keanu Reeves . Carl Reiner . Rob Reiner . Michael Richards . Jack Riley . Julia Roberts . Ray Romano . Stephen Root . Geoffrey Rush . Thomas Sadowski . William Schallert . David Schwimmer . William Shatner. Charles Shaughnessy . Martin Sheen . Armin Shimerman . Martin Short . Will Smith . Tommy Smothers . Brent Spiner . French Stewart . John Tennery . Olivia Thirlby . Maura Tierney . Nancy Travis . Alan Tudyk . Tracey Ullman . Courtney B. Vance . Wil Wheaton . Time Winters . JoBeth Williams . Robin Williams . Rita Wilson . Finn Wittrock .
