News From the Festival
Festival Playmakers Announces Auditions
CEDAR CITY, Utah — The Utah Shakespeare Festival recently announced open auditions for children to perform in this spring’s Playmakers production of Junie B. Jones, the Musical.
Auditions will be February 2 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Southern Utah University Auditorium Theatre. Auditions slots will be every 15 minutes, and children will be required to sing one of three songs from the show. Those interested can register for the audition and download the music for the songs at the Festival Playmakers webpage, www.bard.org/playmakers.
Call-back auditions will be the next day, February 3, from 4 to 6 p.m. After those auditions, approximately 20 young actors will be cast.
For those selected, rehearsals will generally be on February 5 to April 4 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m.
To help children prepare, the Festival is offering an audition workshop for anyone interested in auditioning. It will be February 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Southern Utah University Music Center, room 209. The workshop is optional, but can be helpful. “We will focus on the three songs that you will be required to sing at your audition,” said Krista Bulloch, Festival education programs manager. “Most of our Playmakers generally find it very useful.”
Because of construction on the new Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts, this year’s Playmakers production will be different from those in the past: It will be a traveling show! “The plan is to take our show to all the elementary schools in Iron County,” said Michael Bahr, Festival education director. Performances will be April 7–8 and 11–15. They will alternate between morning and afternoon times.
In addition, the Playmakers will present one public performance on April 6 at Canyon View Middle School, starting at 7:30 p.m.
Junie B. Jones, the Musical is a delightful adaptation of four of Barbara Park’s best-selling books brought to life in a genuinely comical musical. It features a tremendously loveable character on her first day of first grade, as well as fun-filled songs and action designed to captivate the minds of elementary and secondary school students.
For more information, call 435-865-8333 or visit the webpage at www.bard.org/playmakers.
Nine Directors Imagine the Festival’s 55th Season
An imaginative and exciting 2016 season is rapidly moving from ideas to fully-realized theatrical events at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, as nine highly-talented and experienced directors are hard at work on visions of their individual plays.
This year’s season, of course, has an added element of excitement as the Festival moves to the new Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts, which includes new Greenshow, seminar, and public space, as well as two completely new theatres. “Being a creative part of this extraordinary season is an honor and a privilege,” said one of the directors, B. J. Jones. “The opening of a new theatre is a once in a lifetime opportunity. . . . What a blessed moment we have before us.”
Melissa Rain Anderson is directing the hilarious Marx Brothers play, The Cocoanuts in the Randall L. Jones Theatre. This is her first time directing at the Festival, but she has extensive experience at other venues, including Geva Theatre Center, Stages Repertory Theatre, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, PCPA Theatrefest, and the off-Broadway Yellow Line Theatricals. She has also appeared as an actor in the television shows Law and Order: SVU and Lipstick Jungle. In describing the slapstick comedy The Cocoanuts, she used such words as buoyancy and agility and asked “What happens when you allow four ‘nine-year-old’ boys run amuck in a hotel in Florida? Pandemonium ensues!”
Karen Azenberg is also new to the Festival, but is well-known to many Utah theatre-goers as the artistic director of Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City. This summer she will travel south to Cedar City to direct the popular family musical ***Mary Poppins,***also in the Randall L. Jones Theatre. She has extensive experience as a director and choreographer off-Broadway, including work at the Village Gate, 92nd Street Y, New York Music Festival, and Roundabout Theatre. She has also worked at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Goodspeed, Ford’s Theatre, and many others. “I can’t say how pleased I am to be collaborating with my fellow Utah artistic directors Brian Vaughn and David Ivers,” she said. “Mary Poppins is a delight for the eye and the heart and a terrific show for adults and children alike.”
Brad Carroll, who has directed extensively at the Festival, is returning this year to helm one of two shows opening the new Eileen and Allen Anes Studio Theatre, the musical comedy Murder for Two. Past work at the Festival has included Lend Me a Tenor: The Musical, South Pacific, The Comedy of Errors, Anything Goes, Les Misérables, Johnny Guitar, Spitfire Grill, H.M.S. Pinafore, Camelot, 1776, and Man of La Mancha. He has also directed at PCPA, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Utah Festival Opera, Anchorage Opera, Phoenix Theatre, University of California Santa Barbara, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He also co-wrote and directed Lend Me a Tenor: the Musical, which premiered at the Festival and also appeared at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, Gielgud Theater in London.
Joseph Hanreddy is returning to the Festival to direct Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s play of power and politics which will be presented in this year of a presidential election in the new Eileen and Allen Anes Studio Theatre. He was the co-adaptor and director of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility which both appeared at the Festival, as well as director of Private Lives and Macbeth. Other theatres he has directed at include Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Madison Repertory Theater, Ensemble Theater Company, People’s Light and Theater Company, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater, Door Shakespeare Festival, Writer’s Theatre, Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware, and Connecticut Repertory Theater.
David Ivers, one of the Festival’s artistic directors, is taking the helm this year of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing in the new Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre. He has appeared in over forty-five Festival productions over nineteen seasons and has directed Cyrano de Bergerac, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Romeo and Juliet, Twelve Angry Men, Twelfth Night, and Charley’s Aunt. He has also directed across the country, including The Cocoanuts at the Guthrie Theatre, the west coast premiere of One Man, Two Guvnors at Berkeley Rep, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and ten seasons with the resident company at Denver Center Theatre Company. “This is the definitive romantic comedy,” he said, speaking of Much Ado about Nothing. “It has some of Shakespeare’s most endearing and beloved characters in a sweeping play that is certain to touch your heart and your funny bone.”
B. J. Jones will once again be at the Festival, this year directing The Three Musketeers in the new Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre. Previously at the Festival, he has directed The Tempest, Much Ado about Nothing, and Twelfth Night. He is currently the artistic director of Northlight Theatre in Chicago, where he has served for eighteen years and commissioned and directed the world premieres of Charm, White Guy on the Bus, Chapatti, Stella and Lou, The Outgoing Tide, Better Late, and Rounding Third. He has also worked off-Broadway at Cherry Lane Theatre and at Next Theatre, Galway Arts Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Steppenwolf, Intiman, Body Politic, Alliance Theatre, and Asolo Theatre.
Christine Kellogg is also returning to the Festival, this year as the director of The Greenshow. In past years she as been the assistant director and choreographer for South Pacific, Into the Woods, The Taming of the Shrew, Les Misérables, Scapin, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. On Broadway she has worked on Blame It on the Movies and American Dance Machine. Other theatres she has worked at include the Ahmanson Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre, South Coast Repertory Theatre, and more. Television credits include Hill Street Blues, Dynasty, Capitol, Who’s the Boss, The Garry Shandling Show, and The Tracey Ullman Show. “I am thrilled to be carrying on The Greenshow tradition in a new space,” she said. “I learned a lot working with Fred Adams and Joshua Stavros in the past years and I’m hoping to bring some of that knowledge and excitement to this year’s shows.”
J. R. Sullivan, who has long been associated with the Festival, is this year directing The Odd Couplein the Randall L. Jones Theatre, featuring Festival Artistic Directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn in the roles of Felix and Oscar.He worked at the Festival from 2002 to 2009 as associate artistic director and has directed productions of Amadeus, Richard III, Hamlet, Stones in His Pockets, and The Glass Menagerie, among others. He also adapted two Jane Austen shows which appeared at the Festival: Pride and Prejudice and the world premiere of Sense and Sensibility. Off-Broadway, he is the former artistic director of Pearl Theatre Company where he directed several shows, including the New York premiere of Wittenberg. He has also worked at New American Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Theatre X, Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre, Studio Theatre in Washington, D. C., Delaware Theatre Company, and Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware.
Brian Vaughn, Festival artistic director, is directing the final installment of the history of Prince Hal/King Henry in this year’s production of Henry V, which will open the new Engelstad Theatre. Acting roles at he Festival over twenty years include Hamlet, Henry V, Leontes, Benedick, Prince Hal, Hotspur, Posthumus, Launce, Dromio, Costard, Javert, Harold Hill, The Baker, King Arthur, Pirate King, Rutledge, Hysterium, Smudge, Cyrano de Bergerac, Dr. Watson, Richard Hannay, Charlie, Victor Flemming, and others. Directing credits include Henry IV Part Two, Henry IV Part One, Peter and the Starcatcher, Dial M for Murder, and Greater Tuna. He has also worked in the resident company at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and at Arizona Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Northlight Theatre, PCPA Theatrefest, and others.
Tickets are now on sale for the Festival’s 55th season, which will run from June 27 to October 22. For more information and tickets visit www.bard.org or call 1-800-PLAYTIX.
Festival’s Educational Tour Presents Hamlet
CEDAR CITY, UT— The Utah Shakespeare Festival is once again hitting the road with its Shakespeare-in-the-Schools touring production—this year performing the famous and monumental story of Hamlet.
From January to April, the Festival will take its production of Hamlet to more than 25,000 students in five western states. The tour will spend 14 weeks on the road visiting schools, community centers, and correctional facilities in Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona with over 65 performances for more than 120 schools. Directing this year is Frank Honts, who has been at the Festival the past three seasons as a Flachmann Fellow in Dramaturgy.
To kickoff the tour, the play will be performed for the public in the Auditorium Theatre at Southern Utah University on January 20 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $5 for general admission and may be obtained on the Festival website at bard.org or by calling the Festival’s ticket office at 1-800-PLAYTIX or 435-586-7878. Admission is free for SUU students.
In its 22nd year, this educational outreach program features a 75-minute version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet,** including costumes, sets, and theatrical lighting. Also included is a fifteen-minute post-show discussion with the actors and optional workshops in Stage Combat, Performing Shakespeare’s Text, Technical Theatre and Developing Character through Improvisation.
“Hamlet is my favorite piece of literature, my favorite play, my favorite story,” said Honts. “And when I think about what young people living in the United States in 2016 are experiencing, I think that Hamlet’s story isn’t so far away from theirs and that it will have resonance and currency to them.”
In directing the play, Honts has focused on the story, “the ways in which the players can bring new light to this story,” and the telling of it to young people—all within the confines of a small touring company. As such, his production aims to reveal the inner workings of theatre by having the actors first appear as a traveling troupe of players who are visiting various venues to tell the story of their friend, Hamlet.
“This strips away the preciousness of theatre,” said Honts. “Anyone can do it. There is a universality to story telling. All you need is a story and some people who are willing to tell it.”
It also allows for some interesting casting choices. For instance, the troupe of actors have chosen the roles for each actor based upon the most appropriate way to tell the story. In this case, that means that a female actor is playing the male lead of Hamlet. Also, a female actor will be playing the female role of Gertrude and the male role of the Ghost of Hamlet’s Father.
Ten professionals from all over the country are coming together to bring this production to students. The company consists of seven actors, a company manager, a stage manager, and a technical director.
Three cast members were seen in this past 2015 season at the Festival: Allie Babich (Hamlet) was Ensign Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, Ela Delahay in Charley’s Aunt, and Vixen in Dracula. Kelly Rogers (Gertrude/Ghost/Gravedigger) appeared as Cordelia in King Lear, Amy Spettigue in Charley’s Aunt, and Mina in Dracula. Marco Antonio Vega (Laertes/Rosencrantz/Player King) appeared as Bardolph in Henry IV Part Two, King of Burgundy in King Lear, and in various roles in The Taming of the Shrew.
Other cast members bring extensive experience from other theatres to this production of Hamlet: Natalie Blackman (Ophelia/Player Queen/Osric) has appeared at Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Theatre Company, Circle in the Square Theatre for Young Audiences, and Salt Lake Acting Company. Domonique Champion (Polonius/Marcellus/Player/Priest/Attendant) has worked at Houston Shakespeare Festival, Tennessee Shakespeare Company, and Shakespeare Walla Walla. Kyle Curry (Horatio/Guildenstern/Player) has worked at the Virginia, Kentucky, Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma, and Chicago Shakespeare festivals. Jacob Mundell (Claudius/Barnardo/Gravedigger) has performed in thirty-five states through two national tours, summer repertory, and a Renaissance fair. He is a graduate of Southern Utah University.
The support crew is made up of three theatre professionals: Devery North (Company Manager) has worked previously with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, serving as company management assistant for the 2015 season. Kaitlyn Driesen (Stage Manager) credits include Legends in Concert; Shrek the Musical, Jr.; Oklahoma! and Disney’s Cinderella. Katie Kahut (Technical Director) first worked with the Utah Shakespeare Festival last fall with its production of Dracula.
In addition to support from the Shakespeare for a New Generation program which is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, this tour’s school performance partners are the Utah State Office of Education: Professional Outreach Programs in the Schools, Mountain West Small Business Finance, Ally Bank, UBS Bank, and Southern Utah University.
For a complete tour schedule, visit www.bard.org/tour.
For a complete tour schedule visit www.bard.org/tour.
Enjoy a Festival Christmas at the Frontier Homestead Stake Park Museum
Are you looking for a fun, family friendly, affordable way to celebrate the Christmas season? How about Christmas at the Homestead—the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum, that is!
The Utah Shakespeare Festival and the popular state park in Cedar City are once again partnering to provide a weeklong Christmas celebration December 7 to 12 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. each day. The cost is only $1.50 per person or $5 for the entire family, and there will definitely be something for everyone—young, old, and in between.
“Nothing will get you in the holiday spirit quicker and more completely than spending an evening at Christmas at the Homestead,” said Joshua Stavros, Festival media and public relations manager. “It’s an enchanting experience with everything that makes Christmas special: music, friends and family, entertainment, and holiday goodies.”
All the museum’s regular features, hands-on activities, and exhibits will be open each night. In addition, different entertainment will be featured each evening, music and dance performances at 6 and 7 each evening, and Christmas story readings at 6:30 and 7:30. Performances will include a bell choir, the Festival Playmakers, Suzuki Strings, Half Step, In Jublio, and others. Featured readers include Harold Shirley, Don Marchant, Ellen Treanor, Kathy Wyatt, Fred C. Adams, and others.
Walking through the various museum structures, visitors will get a feeling of yesteryear. Each will be decorated with a themed tree and other decorations. For instance, Ben Hohman, properties and display director for the Festival, is creating a paper Christmas tree, and he and the Festival staff made a 15-foot snowman entirely out of tumbleweeds.
Of course, Santa will be in the Hunter House each evening from 5:30 to 8. Each night will also include different treats: popcorn and hot cider, scones and hot chocolate. Roving musicians will entertain holiday revelers as they walk among the various buildings. There are also different hands-on activities each evening: print-making for Christmas cards, dipping candles, etc.
“Partnering with the Utah Shakespeare Festival has allowed us to significantly expand our Christmas celebration from one evening to an entire week,” said Park Manager Todd Prince. “This is a great opportunity for individuals and families to benefit from an affordable and entertaining holiday experience. Christmas at the Homestead gives us a chance to celebrate our rich heritage and give something back to the community.”
For the latest information and details, visit the museum website: www.frontierhomestead.org.
Festival Founder To Receive Cultural Achievement Award
Utah Shakespeare Festival Founder Fred C. Adams will soon have one more award to put on his already-crowded mantel. The Utah Cultural Alliance (UCA) recently announced that Adams will be the recipient of the Cultural Achievement Award.
The award will be presented at UCA’s annual meeting and luncheon on December 7, where Adams will also be the keynote speaker.
The award is given annually to an individual who has made a significant and lasting impact on the overall cultural community throughout Utah. Past recipients include Raymond Tymas-Jones, dean of the College of Fine Arts and associate vice president for the arts at the University of Utah; Diane P. Stewart, philanthropist and art collector; Peter Corroon, former Salt Lake County mayor; Keven Johnson, former state archaeologist; Geralyn White Dreyfous, award-winning filmmaker and founder of the Salt Lake City Film Center; Doug Fabrizio, host and executive producer of RadioWest on KUER Radio; Katharine Coles, current poet laureate of Utah; and Tony Larimer, veteran educator, actor, and director.
“Fred almost means more to Utah’s cultural sector than even the institution he created, the Shakespeare Festival,” said Crystal Young-Otterstrom, UCA executive director. “He embodies everything that we look for in this award. He is a powerhouse of energy, full of endless ideas, and he knows how to make his ideas a reality. . . . He has employed hundreds of actors and dramaturges, introduced thousands of children to theatre and Shakespeare, and created a cultural institution in southern Utah whose impact is felt around the entire state.”
Fred C. Adams is the founder and executive producer emeritus of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, which will launch its 55th season in May. Other awards he has received include the Douglas N. Cook Lifetime Achievement Award from the Shakespeare Theatre Association in 2015, the Governor’s Economic Visionary Award in 2011, the Burbage Award from the Shakespeare Theatre Association in 2010, the Governors Humanities Award in 2010, the Utah Pioneer of Progress Award in 2005, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003, the Utah Theatre Association Lifetime of Service Award in 2000, the Institute of Outdoor Drama Mark R. Sumner Award in 1998, BYU’s Distinguished Service Award in 1995, Utah Business Magazine’s Outstanding Leader in 1989, the first Governor’s Award in the Arts in 1989, and others.
He received his BA and MFA degrees from Brigham Young University in Theatre Arts and Russian. He did pre-doctoral studies at Catholic University and University of Utah. The author of many articles appearing in several professional magazines, he has lectured for institutions and professional organizations throughout the United States and Europe.
“It’s very generous thing,” said Adams of the award. “I’m flattered of course, and have to ask, when so many others are more deserving, ‘Why me?’”
Festival Hires Sponsorships and Special Events Coordinator
The Utah Shakespeare Festival recently welcomed back Justin Jorgensen in a new position at the Festival: sponsorships and special events coordinator.
Jorgensen received his bachelor of arts degree from Concordia University, then his master of fine arts in arts administration at Southern Utah University in 2013. During his time in Cedar City, he worked as a graduate assistant at the Festival.
Since then, he has been working at New Village Arts in Carlsbad, California, including stints as associate artistic and development director and director of connectivity. In those roles he worked directily with patrons, donors, the board of directors, and other stakeholders focusing on audience development, grassroots fundraising campaigns, special events, and marketing initiatives.
“After I graduated from SUU, I didn’t feel like I was saying ‘good-bye’, but more like I was saying ‘see you soon’,” he said upon returning to the Festival. “I am thrilled to be back in this new position raising vital funds to preserve the Festival’s past and prepare for our future in the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts.”
In his new position at the Festival, he will be overseeing the Festival’s individual, corporate, and foundation sponsorships, fundraising galas, and other special events.
“I am thrilled to be back in Cedar City working with the Festival,” he said. “I am ready to jump right in and join the fantastic Festival staff.”
"Inherit the Wind" Scheduled as Part of Exploring Human Origins
As part of the Cedar City Library’s Exploring Human Origins exhibit, the Utah Shakespeare Festival has joined forces with the library and the community to present a staged reading of scenes from Inherit the Wind, a play which is based on the famous 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial” in Tennessee.
The scenes from the play will be presented November 11 at 7 p.m. in the Cedar City Festival Hall.
The production is directed by Festival Education Director Michael Bahr and features Peter Sham and Scott Knowles, assistant professors of theatre arts at Southern Utah University Theatre; Ryan Paul, curator at the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum; Steve Turner, SUU theatre arts student; and others. A discussion with the performers will follow the performance. Admission is free.
“I am so excited that we can come together to celebrate the things that make us human and discuss one of the great debates of the 20th century,” said Bahr. “Inherit the Wind is particularly appropriate because it formulates the arguments of both sides of the issue of evolution and religion in a way that elevates the discussion. I can’t wait to share it with our community.”
The staged reading is the last of a number of activities centered around the Smithsonian Institution’s Exploring Human Origins exhibit which has been at the library since October 16. The Cedar City Library was one of only 19 libraries in the country chosen to present the popular exhibit.
Festival Season a Wholehearted Artistic Success
The most recent season at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the last in the iconic Adams Shakespearean Theatre, was a wholehearted artistic success, according to Artistic Directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn. The last spotlight was dimmed on October 31, after a Halloween production of *Dracula—*and now 2015 is one for the books.
“I am very pleased with the artistic excellence of the season,” said Ivers. “The Festival continues to attract top talent in our field, and the strength of our programming, coupled with the immense beauty and welcoming spirit of our community continues to keep us on the radar as one of the top destination theatres in the country.”
“The season was generally very well received by audiences, reviewers, and theatre professionals,” added Vaughn. “It was a solid artistic season.”
The Festival this year put a lot of resources and effort to new technology in the theatre, bringing an enhanced experience to the plays. For instance, the Festival purchased new computerized moving lights and high-tech projection equipment to provide some amazing lighting effects in such shows as Amadeus and beautiful (and spooky) projections in Dracula. “We embarked into new territory in some of our production areas,” said Ivers. “By allocating resources to our these areas, we were able to attract top-notch artists and improve the quality of our final product.”
But, putting technology and special effects aside, the historical appeal of the Festival has long been the strength and quality of its actors, and 2015 was no exception. “It was one of the strongest acting companies we’ve had in a long time,” said Vaughn.
Especially memorable for both Ivers and Vaughn was the Festival’s production of the extraordinary Amadeus. Both mentioned the size and scale of the production (especially Ivers, who played the huge and challenging role of Salieri), and both were proud of the work. “It was one of the most powerful productions we have had in some time,” said Vaughn, “and it was ascetically beautiful across the board.”
Memorable for Executive Director R. Scott Phillips was The Taming of the Shrew. Phillips was assistant director on the show, while Fred. C. Adams, Festival founder, was the director. “The Taming of the Shrew was the most popular show with our audiences and also received universally positive reviews,” said Phillips. “It was a joy to work on and was a fitting conclusion to the amazing life of the Adams Shakespeare Theatre.”
Of course, no discussion of 2015 would be complete without exploring how it helps set the stage for the huge changes planned for 2016. The 2015 productions of Henry IV Part Two, King Lear, and The Taming of the Shrew were the last Festival productions in the aging Adams Theatre.
Next season, the Festival will have moved into the new Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts, including the new Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre which replaces the Adams Theatre, and the new Eileen and Allen Anes Studio Theatre, a 200-seat theatre designed for intimate productions, as well as the existing Randall L. Jones Theatre.
The move gives the Festival a dedicated rehearsal hall for the first time in its history, as well as the latest technology and audience comforts in all three theatres. The audience experience will also be enhanced by having everything—including plays, seminars, The Greenshow, and the new Southern Utah Museum of Art—all in a cohesive center, with everything easily accessible.
In addition, having all three theatres will open up some exciting scheduling and production possibilities for the Festival, and the excitement generated during the 2015 season as construction as been moving ahead rapidly will definitely carry over to 2016.
“It was a bittersweet year as we bid farewell to the Adams Theatre, and it is with great excitement that we look forward to an engaging first season in the new Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre in the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts,” said Ivers.
The 2016 season includes Shakespeare’s warm comedy Much Ado about Nothing, the conclusion of the story of Prince Hal/King Henry in Henry V, and a new, swashbuckling Ken Ludwig adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers in the new Engelstad Theatre. In the new Anes Theatre will be a modern version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and a hilarious two-person tour-de-force musical, Murder for Two. The Randall Theatre will feature the Festival’s production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, and the hilarious Marx Brothers farce, The Cocoanuts.
Tickets and more information are available online at www.bard.org and by calling the Ticket Office at 800-PLAYTIX.
Play On Podcast | Ep. 54: Brad Berridge, Sound Designer
Check out the latest episode with sound designer, Brad Berridge. Brad designed for both Dracula and The Two Gentlemen of Verona for our fall season. Learn more about his journey in the arts, the process of a sound designer and listen to some sound clips from this season’s Dracula! You don’t want to miss this!