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Spice up your Sunday evenings as we look hopefully towards spring with some fantastic theater from Adirondack Shakespeare Company. The troupe teams up with Lake Placid Center for the Arts to present a new 'Sunday Shakespeare Series' this month with three original mash-ups of the Bard's greatest hits.

Instead of three mainstage repertory productions and a children's show (which has been the company's norm), ADK Shakes is focusing their efforts on touring a new children's show, producing a staged reading of Much Ado About Nothing, and performing a lively collection of scenes, sonnets, and songs adapted from Shakespeare entitled The Course of True Love.

Writers Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare have concocted an intriguing take on Homer's The Iliad (translation by Robert Fagles) with their brilliantly interactive work, AN ILIAD. The distinction comes from the fact that this play not only utilizes the basic historical information contained within that classic Greek epic, but also confronts us with the sad truth that war has become a constant in our lives, and that some things are simply out of our control whether we like it or not. This amazing piece of theater is brought to the stage by Upstream Theater, and it's brought to life by actor Jerry Vogel. It's an experience that absolutely demands your time and attention as a theater-goer.

The Adirondack Shakespeare Company returns to the Manhattan theatre scene,partnering once again with St. John's University College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Law to present four of Shakespeare's early history plays.

Upstream Theater consistently brings unique shows to St. Louis. Sometimes they're new and foreign to these shores, and sometimes they're neglected classics. In the case of Eugene O'Neil's THE HAIRY APE, it's the latter, providing us with the opportunity to view a rarely scene play that carries a powerful message of disenfranchisement. The play is buoyed by wonderful performances and exceptional atmospherics. And, it's one of those pieces that stays with you long after the lights dim and the patrons go their separate ways.

Adirondack Shakespeare Company's third annual Summer Festival Season is coming to a close, but there's still a few more chances to catch Shakespeare in the RAW in Adirondack Park. The company has announced that the final performances of their mainstage and touring shows will be held at Lake Placid Center for the Arts.

With a two-week tour of their original children's show, The Twelve Labors of Hercules already under their belt, the Adirondack Shakespeare Company is currently preparing for their ambitious third annual Summer Festival Season. This year's mainstage productions include Shakespeare's Twelfth Night andHamlet as well as Tom Stoppard's modern comedy, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

The Adirondack Shakespeare Company welcomed audiences to the first performance of The Twelve Labors of Hercules this past Wednesday, July 11th. Check out production photos from the first week below!

Adirondack Shakespeare Company's original children's programming continues this year with The Twelve Labors of Hercules, an adventure story written by Jessica Hackett.

The Adirondack Shakespeare Company is back for their third Summer Festival Season and they're bringing the Bard's best with them! This year's season features Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Hamlet, as well as Tom Stoppard's hilarious comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and a new ADK Shakes original children's show!

Shakespeare IN THE RAW is about to return to Schroon Lake! The Adirondack Shakespeare Company (ADK Shakes) is back for their third annual Summer Festival Season and prepared to present some of the finest comedy and tragedy that the Bard has to offer.

Adirondack Shakespeare Company's original children's programming continues this year with The Twelve Labors of Hercules, an adventure story written by Jessica Hackett.

The Adirondack Shakespeare Company will work again this year with St. John's University to present The Justice Project, a dual production of Measure for Measure and The Merchant of Venice examining law and justice through the works of William Shakespeare.

Upstream Theater presents OEDIPUS KING (Oedipus Tyrannos) by Sophocles, in an English version by David Slavitt, directed by Philip Boehm. Our production of this iconic work about a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother features J. Samuel Davis* as Oedipus and Amy Loui* as Jocasta, along with John Bratkowski*, Christopher Harris*, Dennis Lebby*, Laurie McConnell*, Peter Mayer*, & Emily Piro (*indicates member, Actors' Equity Association).

Upstream Theater presents OEDIPUS KING (Oedipus Tyrannos) by Sophocles, in an English version by David Slavitt, directed by Philip Boehm. Our production of this iconic work about a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother features J. Samuel Davis* as Oedipus and Amy Loui* as Jocasta, along with John Bratkowski*, Christopher Harris*, Dennis Lebby*, Laurie McConnell*, Peter Mayer*, & Emily Piro (*indicates member, Actors' Equity Association).

Upstream Theater presents OEDIPUS KING (Oedipus Tyrannos) by Sophocles, in an English version by David Slavitt, directed by Philip Boehm. Our production of this iconic work about a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother features J. Samuel Davis* as Oedipus and Amy Loui* as Jocasta, along with John Bratkowski*, Christopher Harris*, Dennis Lebby*, Laurie McConnell*, Peter Mayer*, & Emily Piro (*indicates member, Actors' Equity Association).