Though you may know us best for our Summer show, Shakespeare Festival/LA offers a variety of performances, professional development opportunities, and events year-round! Here's what's coming up:
April 2008
Will Power to Youth presents:
The Winter's Tale
April 16 & 17 at 10:00 am
April 18* & 19 at 7:30 pm
San Fernando Valley High School (view map)
Join San Fernando Valley teenagers as they explore the intersections of power and hope, and the magical possibilities in store when what's lost is found.
* Preceeding the Friday, April 18 performance will be a special reception hosted by Congressman Howard Berman.
May 2008
Will Power to Schools
May 3, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Shakespeare Festival/LA
All Southland middle- and high-school educators are welcome to attend this free In-Service Training session, which will focus on innovative strategies for teaching The Taming of the Shrew.
Simply Shakespeare
Photo by Michael Lamont
May 19, at 7:30 pm
UCLA's Freud Playhouse
Join us for an evening of intimate and entertaining theater as some of today’s finest actors gather to read The Taming of the Shrew. Co-chaired by Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, this annual tradition brings together amazing actors to support SF/LA’s mission.
July 2008
Shakespeare Festival/LA Mainstage Production:
The Taming of the Shrew
Special Events in Downtown
July 9 — Preview performance
July 10 — Preview performance and VIP reception
July 11 — Opening night and VIP reception
July 12 — VIP reception
Special Events in Palos Verdes
July 26 — Sweet William’s Lawn Party
July 9-13* and July 16-20
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Downtown Los Angeles
July 23-27
South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes
Shakespeare Festival/LA is proud to announce The Taming of the Shrew as our 23rd Annual Summer Festival production.
For the past 20 years, Shakespeare Festival/LA’s Summer Festival has annually presented critically acclaimed, professionally acted performances of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays. By grounding the plays in the local landscape and providing performances by multi-ethnic casts, SF/LA brings Shakespeare’s classic themes to life for modern-day L.A.
Second Annual Sweet William’s Lawn Party
July 26, at 8:00 pm
The South Coast Botanic Garden
Dance and dine amid the flowers before our 2008 Mainstage production, at a swinging party to benefit Shakespeare Festival/LA’s programs.