Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival Young Company to Stage PERICLES This Summer

The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival (NDSF) is pleased to announce that their 2016 Young Company production of William Shakespeare's PERICLES will be performing at outdoor venues throughout Michiana.

According to director Cameron Knight, "PERICLES is a lesson in heroic faith: faith in friendship, honor, love, and God. That faith is rewarded at the end of this journey and is the central theme of this beautiful play."

Full of music, magic, swordfights, and pirates, the Young Company's 80-minute production of PERICLES brings the high stakes of the high seas to green spaces across northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. Both fugitive and castaway, young Prince PERICLES sets sail to reclaim his family, his kingdom, and the favor of the gods.

Not only an epic adventure, PERICLES is a powerful commentary on our current refugee crisis. According to Kate Pitt from our partner, the Folger Shakespeare Library, "PERICLES dramatizes the courage and heartbreak of refugees from ancient times to today's crisis in Europe. The title character flees for his life and travels through cities in Turkey, Libya, and Greece in search of a home for himself and his family."

Join the Young Company in its signature joyful, ensemble style under the open sky. Outdoor performances are FREE, so bring the whole family, pack chairs and a picnic, and experience this fresh twist on Shakespeare's PERICLES, Prince of Tyre.

Call (574) 631-3777 or visit shakespeare.nd.edu to learn more about The Young Company and other exciting programs brought to you by Shakespeare at Notre Dame.

PERFORMANCE DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATIONS:

Taltree Arboretum and Gardens | Valparaiso, IN
Sunday, July 17 at 6:30pm (CDT)
Beutter Park | Mishawaka, IN
Friday, July 22 at 7:00pm
Dekalb County Outdoor Theater | Auburn, IN
Saturday, July 23 at 7:30pm
Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve | Niles, MI
Friday, July 29 at 7:00pm
Chris Wilson Pavilion in Potawatomi Park | South Bend, IN
Saturday, July 30 at 7:00pm
River Park Square | Plymouth, IN
Sunday, July 31 at 7:00pm
Krasl Art Center | St. Joseph, MI
Friday, Aug 5 at 6:30pm
Dewey Cannon Park | Three Oaks, MI
Saturday, Aug 6 at 6:30pm
Wellfield Botanic Gardens | Elkhart, IN
Sunday, Aug 7 at 6:30pm
Main Building Quad | University of Notre Dame
Monday, Aug 22 at 6:30pm

The Young Company is a direct outgrowth of the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival's mission to provide exceptional and unparalleled educational opportunities in a theatrical setting to gifted students from the University of Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College, and universities throughout the Midwest. Students receive training in the practical arts of theatrical production which include voice and speech, stage combat, production management and set and costume construction. Young Company members have graduated from the program to enjoy careers in acting, design, and production all over the country.