Actors' Theatre presents The Winter's Tale at Schiller Park Amphitheatre

Directed by Micah Logsdon
July 21 - August 7, 2016
Thursdays through Sundays @ 8pm
Schiller Park (German Village), Amphitheater Stage

Appalachia and the Bard collide in a night of live music and theatre. Sometimes dark tragedy, sometimes uproarious comedy, "The Winter's Tale" sets the story of one of Shakespeare's more disparate and modern works, at the turn of the 19th & 20th century, between the coal mining country of Eastern Kentucky and the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Inspired in part by the album "Jean Ritchie & Doc Watson at Folk City" and heavily flavored with traditional mountain and American folk music performed by the cast, the play will celebrate the culture and the music of Appalachia, a region with strong cultural, musical and linguistic ties to Shakespeare's England, with a tragedy and joy that is uniquely and entertainingly American.

Outdoor summer shows are free and open to the public, though donations are encouraged and vital to the continued success of Actors’ Theatre. Reserved seating available.