The Perfect Place for Your Event!

Located in the historic city of Placerville, California, only one minute off Highway 50, the Placerville Shakespeare Club’s unique building is the perfect place in El Dorado County for your special event!

Nestled among many 19th century homes, this lovely building creates a unique setting for wedding receptions, anniversary parties, seminars, company-sponsored events, craft bazaars, and many other activities.

I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends.

William Shakespeare, RICHARD II

Scholarship Tea

The Placerville Shakespeare Club will host the 2026 Mollie Hurd Scholarship Winners and their families at an Afternoon Tea on Sun. June 14, 2026, at the historic Bedford Avenue clubhouse.  Each student will speak to the members about their future plans and aspirations.

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What is the Placerville Shakespeare Club?

The Placerville Shakespeare Club was founded in 1897, by 20 local ladies. 129 years later, the club boasts 133 members. Members do community service work as well as enjoy interest groups including international dance, singing, and needlework, plus five literary groups, and the “Players” group which performs a yearly production of Shakespearian excerpts.

The Placerville Shakespeare Club played a key part in local history such as establishing the El Dorado Public Library, provisioning free kindergarten, saving Cedar Grove trees along Highway 50, and conducting blood drives.

Find out more about us here.