Mission:

The Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival explores and celebrates Shakespeare and his culture through interdisciplinary activities that enrich GVSU and community beyond.

Vision:

We envision the GV Shakespeare Festival as a creative environment for liberal education and artistic excellence fostering transformational experiences for a diverse and growing population.

Values: 

• Excellence: professionalism, discipline, rigor, quality, hard work, aesthetics  
• Learning: educating, outreach, and enrichment  
• Collaboration: including vigorous participation of students, faculty from a variety of disciplines, professional artists, staff, community members, scholars. Intrinsic to theatre and bedrock of relationships. Sharing.   
• Good Will: providing a genial atmosphere to engage participation in fun and gratifying programming 
• Sustainability: developing a heritage and maintaining fiscal responsibility. Future-thinking. 

KING HENRY THE FOURTH, PART ONE, 2004