Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks Returns Next Month; Updated Performance Schedule!

Back by citywide demand! Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks returns this summer and brings a brand-new production of Shakespeare's Greatest Hits to 18 neighborhood parks throughout the city, FREE FOR ALL, July 17-August 16, 2015. Scroll down for an updated performance schedule!

Shakespeare's memorable characters come to life in a unique and surprising mash-up of scenes from his most celebrated plays. From Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth to The Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It, audiences will experience a lively medley of Shakespeare's thrilling stories. On each stop of the tour, a specially equipped truck rolls into the park, a stage unfolds and a company of professional actors shares the delight of Shakespeare with families and neighbors of all ages.

From Hamilton Park and Garfield Park Conservatory to Washington Park and Gage Park, Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks activates communities and breaks down barriers to arts participation, giving Chicagoans direct access to their City's cultural treasures. In its fourth year, Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks inaugurates cultural programming in a newly created Chicago Park District park-Steelworkers Park, a former industrial site now reclaimed as public green space in the Calumet region.

The citywide tour of Shakespeare's Greatest Hits is made possible by a renewed civic, cultural and corporate partnership between Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the City of Chicago, Chicago Park District, Boeing and production sponsor BMO Harris Bank. Since the inception of the Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks program in 2012, more than 50,000 Chicagoans have taken advantage of free performances in their communities.

UPDATED PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Polk Bros Park at Navy Pier
Friday, July 17, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 18, 6:30 p.m.
600 E. Grand Ave.

Steelworkers Park
Sunday, July 19, 4:00 p.m.
E. 87th St. at Lake Michigan

Tuley Park
Tuesday, July 21, 6:30 p.m.
501 E. 90th Pl.

Humboldt Park
Near the Boathouse
Wednesday, July 22, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 23, 6:30 p.m.
1440 N. Humboldt Dr.

Loyola Park
At the Farwell Avenue Entrance
Friday, July 24, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 25, 6:30 p.m.
1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.

Columbus Park
Sunday, July 26, 4:00 p.m.
500 S. Central Ave.

Gage Park
Tuesday, July 28, 6:30 p.m.
2411 W. 55th St.

Piotrowski Park
Wednesday, July 29, 6:30 p.m.
4247 W. 31st St.

Hamilton Park
Thursday, July 30, 6:30 p.m.
513 W. 72nd St.

Frank J. Wilson Park
Friday, July 31, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 1, 6:30 p.m.
4630 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Garfield Park Conservatory
Sunday, August 2, 3:00 p.m.
300 N. Central Park Ave.

Dvorak Park
Wednesday, August 5, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 6, 6:30 p.m.
1119 W. Cullerton St.

Welles Park
Friday, August 7, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 8, 6:30 p.m.
2333 W. Sunnyside Ave.

Riis Park
Uphill Near the Picnic Groves
Sunday, August 9, 4:00 p.m.
6100 W. Fullerton Ave.

Marquette Park
Adjacent to Rose Garden and Tarkington School
Tuesday, August 11, 6:30 p.m.
6743 S. Kedzie Ave.

Ridge Park
Wednesday, August 12, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 13, 6:30 p.m.
1817 W. 96th St.

Eckhart Park
Friday, August 14, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 15, 6:30 p.m.
1330 W. Chicago Ave.

Washington Park
East of the Pool
Sunday, August 16, 4:00 p.m.
5531 S. Russell Dr.

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