Andrew Codispoti (they || he) is a New England-based theatre maker specializing in facilating and performing in ensemble-led and historically informed performances of Shakespeare. They are a founding member of The Shakespeare Ensemble and the Bridge Ensemble (with Ben Crystal), an Associate Artist with Incite Shakespeare Company Santa Fe, and an Artistic Associate with Elsewhere Shakespeare. They have facilitated and produced productions including (2-3 day Shakespeare “quick-raises”) throughout the world. With their acting & devising partner Ariana Karp they are Cod & Karp Productions, creating small-scale productions including the continually-evolving two-hander Shakespeare’s Duets: Turn & Change.
Andrew Codispoti (they || he) is a New England-based theatre maker specializing in ensemble-led, director-less productions of Shakespeare’s plays using a process derived from Elizabethan/Jacobean theatrical practice fused with modern innovations. They have facilitated over two dozen such productions around the world, and guided companies including Theater in the Open, Incite Shakespeare Company, & Elsewhere Shakespeare in incorporating similar processes. They are a founding member of both The Shakespeare Ensemble and the Bridge Ensemble, working alongside Ben Crystal (curator of the “quick-raise” method) to gather & build these ensemble-based theatre companies. With The Shakespeare Ensemble they co-produced a three-week, three-show tour of Japan in 2019, raising Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth in four days. With the Bridge Ensemble they co-produced a four-day “quick-raise” of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in 2022 & 2025 using a new, ensemble-created adaptation of the novella, performed under candlelight in 12th- and 13th-century churches throughout North Wales. They are an Associate Artist with Incite Shakespeare Company, an Artistic Associate with Elsewhere Shakespeare, and Instigator & Curator with Vicious Mole Theatre Collective. With their acting & devising partner Ariana Karp they are Cod & Karp Productions, and work on the continually-evolving production Shakespeare’s Duets: Turn & Change. They worked extensively with Seven Stages Shakespeare Company, The Barnstormers Theatre, and Advice to the Players (where they were Artistic Diretor for two years).