Welcome to the events page! Here, you’ll find upcoming events with author Julie Hammonds. Connect with our team to schedule a presentation at your theater or bookstore!*
Upcoming Events
| Date and Location | Event | Event Description |
| Oct. 3, 2025 Heritage Square Flagstaff, Arizona | Live From Heritage Square: First Friday Artwalk sponsored by all Flagstaff theaters | Flagstaff’s theatre companies — Theatrikos, NAU Theatre, Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, and Stargazer Collaborative Theatre — are perfoming on First Friday. Julie will be on hand to share her book with attendees. |
*Connect with Publicity Manager Myles Schrag to book our author for a traditional reading/book signing event or a staged reading using scenes from her book. We do all the work, providing the script for two or three actors (your choice) and connecting with your local Shakespearean theater to book the talent.
Past Events
| Date and Location | Event | Event Description |
| March 6 ~ 16, 2025 Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia | Author Tour* | Julie visited Chesapeake Shakespeare Festival, the Folger Theater, Richmond Shakespeare Festival, and the American Shakespeare Center to meet theater people and see great shows |
| April 12, 2025 Between 2 and 3 p.m. Northern Arizona Book Festival Flagstaff, AZ | Short Reading from Blue Mountain Rose in Heritage Square | Julie read a selection from her book during the Literary Book Fair, part of the Northern Arizona Book Festival |
| April 23, 2025 6 p.m. Beaver Street Theatre Flagstaff, AZ | Book Launch | During the grand opening of the Beaver Street Theatre, Julie and three actors from FlagShakes performed scenes from Blue Mountain Rose |
| April 24 ~ May 2, 2025 Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee | Author Tour* | Julie visited Atlanta Shakespeare Festival and Alabama Shakespeare Festival to meet people and see great theater. Her book is on sale in these gift shops. |
| May 10, 2025 Nevada Shakespeare Festival Hamlet Henderson, NV | Book sales and signing | Julie sold and signed books: 20% of proceeds go to Nevada Shakes. |
| May 20, 2025 6 p.m. Bright Side Bookshop Flagstaff, AZ | Q&A and Booksigning | Dawn Tucker, founder of the Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival (the real one!), interviewed Julie. There was a lively audience Q&A, short reading, and book signing as well. |
| May 30, 31; June 1 Coconino Center for the Arts Flagstaff, AZ | Book sales and signing | Julie signed and sold books at Stargazer Collaborative Theatre’s production of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, sponsored by Soulstice Publishing |
| July 8, 2025 Stargazer Studio 121 E Birch Ave Suite 205 (second floor) Flagstaff, AZ | Book Club hosted by Stargazer Collaborative Theatre and Soulstice Publishing | Julie talked about the book and answered reader questions in this informal book club setting. |
| July 11, 2025 Lanes Coven Theater Co. Windhover Performing Arts Center Rockport, MA | Lanes Coven’s 5th Birthday Gala | Julie attended the gala, where her book was a thank-you gift for supporters of Lanes Coven. She also saw Love’s Labour’s Lost, one of the four Shakespeare plays she needed to complete the canon. |
| July 12-13, 2025 Lanes Coven Theater Co. Windhover Performing Arts Center Rockport, MA | Book sales and signing | Julie signed and sold books at performances of Love’s Labour’s Lost |
| July 17, 2025 Portland Shakespeare Project Portland, OR | Merchant of Venice in a modern adaptation, part of the Play On Shakespeare project | Julie attended the show with a friend |
| July 18, 2025 GreenStage Shakespeare in the Park Lincoln Park, Seattle, WA | Richard III | Julie attended the show with a friend |
| July 20, 2025 Island Shakespeare Festival Whidbey Island, WA | Much Ado About Nothing | Julie attended the show with a friend. Her book is available from The Bard’s Boutique, a Whidbey Island shop selling Shakespeare-related items and more |
| July 22, 2025 Bard on the Beach Vancouver, BC | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Julie attended the show and autographed books for the gift shop |
| July 28 to August 1, 2025 Utah Shakespeare Festival Cedar City, UT | Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, Macbeth | Julie met with executive director Michael Bahr and attended shows |
| August 3, 2025 Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival Flagstaff, AZ | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised) (Again) | Julie signed and sold books at intermission |
| Sept. 13, 2025 Coconino Center for the Arts Flagstaff, AZ | “Flagstaff Takes the Stage” Theatre Season Preview Night | Flagstaff’s theatre companies — Theatrikos, NAU Theatre, Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, and Stargazer Collaborative Theatre — came together to showcase their 2026 seasons. Julie was an invited guest. |
| Sept. 25, 2025 near Flagstaff, AZ | Book Club Presentation | Julie shared Blue Mountain Rose with a local book club |
