Texas Shakespeare Festival

Chongqing theatre troupe marks 14th performance in TSF spotlight

Texas Shakespeare Festival’s stage isn’t just familiar territory for the thespians of China’s Lumen Theatre Company – it’s a second home. Angelina Gao, Steve Zhang and their fellow performers from Chongqing have been visiting Kilgore and its theatrical heart since 2009. They’re returning to the TSF spotlight in the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center […]

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Potter honored with Beeson Teaching Award

Kilgore College Press Release | Meghan Potter, technical theatre instructor, was honored with Kilgore College’s Hamilton F. and Kathryn G. Beeson Teaching Award for 2026. She was also KC’s nominee for the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award. Established in 1993, the Beeson Award recognizes outstanding teaching excellence and includes a $1,500 stipend for the recipient

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TSF Foundation hangs its Santa hat on upcoming ‘Festival of Trees’ fundraiser

Christmas cheer arrives early this year courtesy of Texas Shakespeare and the second annual ‘Festival of Trees.’ “We’re really trying to expand,” Texas Shakespeare Festival’s Karen Mobbs told Kilgore Rotary Club members last week. She was excited to share some early holiday tidings with the civic club, extending an invitation to the upcoming tree-trimming fundraiser

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‘Daisy Bradford No. 3’ gets ready to blow, again, in TSF spotlight

Texas Shakespeare Festival marks 40 years with return of first play… “We wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the Daisy Bradford 3,” says Texas Shakespeare Festival’s Val Winkelman. The first discovery well of the East Texas Oilfield was brought in Sept. 3, 1930, and changed the world. It was Columbus Marion “Dad” Joiner’s third attempt

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Volunteers prime Bard’s garden for midsummer magic

Gwen Winters is hard at work in Kilgore’s Shakespeare Garden today, putting in the hours to prepare the tourist attraction for TSF’s 40th Season this summer. Winters has been working with Kilgore Improvement & Beautification Association for about three years. The local nonprofit’s volunteers crafted the garden in the mid-90s and have been cultivating the

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