Georgia Shakespeare Extends Season To Include A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM

Georgia Shakespeare is pleased to announce its 25th Anniversary Season has been extended to include the return of Shake at the Lake and the holiday show, A Christmas Story.

Spring has only just sprung, but we are already looking ahead to May when we head to Piedmont Park for Shake at the Lake, presented by Bank of America. This free event will feature performances of Shakespeare's beloved romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, on the banks of Lake Clara Meer May 5 -9 at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is free but tickets are required and will be distributed on the day of each performance from the Piedmont Park Visitor's Center (12th Street entrance) and from the Georgia Shakespeare Box Office. Visit our website for details.

DON'T WAIT IN LINE! SUBSCRIBE NOW AND RESERVE YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE FOR SHAKE AT THE LAKE. Being a subscriber to our 2010 season is the only way to guarantee your seat to the city's most popular theatre event.

Knezevich & Krausen
(Stacey Bode Photography)

Casting has just been announced for Georgia Shakespeare's flagship Summer Festival, which gets started June 9. Associate Artists Park Krausen and Joe Knezevich lead the cast of Shrew: the Musical. They'll star as Kate and Petruchio in this toe-tapping, musical adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew directed by John R. Briggs.

Associate Artist Janice Akers directs the romantic comedy Love's Lab
McDonough
(Jen Hofstetter)

our's Lost with Carolyn Cook and Brad Sherrill heading up the cast. A Suzi Bass Award winner for his performance as Big Daddy Pollitt in last year's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tim McDonough will play the title role in King Lear, one of Shakespeare's most acclaimed works directed by one of our most acclaimed directors, Sabin Epstein (The Merchant of Venice). Chris Kayser will play the king's beloved Fool. These performances run in rotating repertory through August 8, along with our Family Classics Series presentation, The Legend of the Sword in the Stone.

For full details on the summer cast, visit our website.

Pictured top title bar: Chris Kayser, Megan McFarland, Joe Knezevich and Park Krausen. All photos: Stacey Bode Photography
A Fall Odyssey
Garner (Stacey Bode Photography)

As autumn rolls in, we will embark on one of our most ambitious endeavors with The Odyssey: a Journey Home. Based on the work of Homer and adapted by Richard Garner and the Georgia Shakespeare Company, October's adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey launches a ten-year program of producing company-generated work we are affectionately calling The Icarus Project.

In this production, Homer's epic has been cleverly tailored to parallel a return-from-war story of a present-day veteran. "Home: a place worth fighting for and worth fighting to get back to."

Georgia Shakespeare will host various symposiums and events around the production to honor our veterans and raise awareness of their many post-war concerns. The show runs October 7 - 31.
A Christmas Story
Alex Underwood, Suzanne Friedline, & Justin R G Holcomb in Actors Theatre of Louisville's A Christmas Story (Harlan Taylor)

Georgia Shakespeare is delighted to announce that our 25th Anniversary Season will close with the city's professional stage premiere of the movie favorite A Christmas Story!

Ralphie Parker wants just one thing for Christmas, just one thing: An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model BB Rifle with a Compass in the Stock. But can Ralphie survive the last couple weeks before Christmas when he'll endure bunny pajamas, double-dog dares, and those six dreaded words,"You'll shoot your eye out, kid."?

A Christmas Story, written by Philip Grecian, based on the motion picture by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Rob Clark, and on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, by Jean Shepherd, and directed by Associate Artist Drew Fracher, runs December 7 - 24. Watch for exciting news about our "Search for Ralphie"!
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Our 2010 Season brochure cover, designed by Belfi Design, features Joe Knezevich, Park Krausen, and Megan McFarland in photos by Stacey Bode Photography.

In honor of our expanded season, we have also expanded our subscribers' options with a few new packages. With so many new additions to the calendar, the 2010 season is shaping up to be our biggest and brightest. Be a part of it the excitement by purchasing your season subscription now.

GET THE CLASSIC PACKAGE*. Bringing the classics to life is our specialty, so our classic subscription package includes Shrew: the Musical, Love's Labour's Lost, King Lear, and The Odyssey: a Journey Home.

CHOOSE THE COMPLETE WORKS* with all of the classics PLUS A Christmas Story.

MAKE IT A FAMILY AFFAIR! Make Georgia Shakespeare a family destination all season long with our new subscription package designed specifically for parents and kids, including Tuesday night or Saturday afternoon performances of Shrew: the Musical, The Legend of the Sword and the Stone, and A Christmas Story.

THE BARD CARD, still one of our most popular options, is the ultimate in flexibility. Good for four admissions to any of our regular 2010 season performances, you can redeem your Bard Card in any combination - use four tickets to see one show or get one ticket each to four productions. The choice is completely up to you!

Subscribe now and feel the 25th Anniversary Love! Our subscribers receive:
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