Seattle Shakespeare Company and Wooden O Theatre merge

A sign of faltering resources? No, a sign of growth. That's the spin on the new organization, which will produce more Shakespeare than Ashland does.
Wooden O has produced Shakespeare in Mercer Island parks for 15 years; SSC, two years older, performs both in Kirkland and at the Seattle Center.
Wooden O's annual budget is just $80,000; SSC's is more than 11 times that big.
(from Misha Berson's April 8 *Seattle Times* article)