{"id":66,"date":"2025-02-21T18:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-05-22T04:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:38:36","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-1-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-1-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-1-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-1-1568x1109.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oberon_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ballinger Shakespeare Company&#8217;s (BSC&#8217;s) mission is to share theater with the community of Edmonds, especially in underserved areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Core Values<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We believe theater should be accessible, inclusive and fun.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe theatrical productions should be safe, positive environments for actors and crew.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe in nurturing young artists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe in casting that is not limited by age, gender or ability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe theater plays a vital role in reflecting and critiquing our society.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Founding Artistic Director:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/disgruntledbitplayers.com\/\">Joe Wack<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Managing Director:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/meganjoplin.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/meganjoplin.com\/\">Megan Joplin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Board of Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlestar.net\/author\/jamador\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.seattlestar.net\/author\/jamador\/\">Jos\u00e9 Amador<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Casey Doyle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeremy Young \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ballinger Shakespeare Company is devoted to bringing free summer programming to the Lake Ballinger area in Edmonds, Washington and beyond. BSC is a registered Washington nonprofit corporation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Land Acknowledgment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BSC recognizes that the land, including the area surrounding Lake Ballinger, is the traditional territory of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=70b5c3d27dd6e643&amp;cs=0&amp;sxsrf=AHTn8zpIxehR-8QZADl3FGVZqETy7hKOHA%3A1747331147969&amp;q=Coast+Salish+people&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjx99nig6aNAxWeGzQIHcemAEoQxccNegQIAxAB&amp;mstk=AUtExfDIcj6jsS0AQ83ZVRkt-7Cwy9XIfyS8Mqu9r1NbgyGeklSEnCKQoLyicIHIS99EczXbHMyinBE4Pk77UihZQzgLH2lqgLOAcXrx_YmzaOyBU9wo6yEMvjImUdOYuA5BfywaoP9Ga3B93zg3js4K0IbB42WClS_uJ_RqR5nTdD_2WfQngETMLKAHcQIsm3U8_0zZ-foboRuFQFKql-cooigs8yyxemPy7RlaJIVxgvwJ_1B7gVbBRralfv1UfCEYVZ3d5Mh9fjsW6mwecH1m4zTg&amp;csui=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coast Salish people<\/a>. We acknowledge that we occupy the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, in particular the Tulalip, Snohomish, Stillaguamish, and Sauk-Suiattle Tribes. We respect your right to sovereignty and self-determination, and are committed to being better listeners, learners, and in lifting indigenous voices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Statement Ballinger Shakespeare Company&#8217;s (BSC&#8217;s) mission is to share theater with the community of Edmonds, especially in underserved areas.&nbsp; Core Values Founding Artistic Director: Joe Wack Managing Director: Megan Joplin Board of Directors Officers Ballinger Shakespeare Company is devoted to bringing free summer programming to the Lake Ballinger area in Edmonds, Washington and beyond.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/about-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":509,"href":"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballingershakespeare.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}