Houston Shakespeare Festival Announces 2017 Season

See the full schedule for Houston Shakespeare's 2017 festival below!

Twelfth Night
July 28, 30, August 1, 3, 5
8:15 pm

Shakespeare's intoxicating comedy ponders love lost and found. Mistaken identities and role reversals abound in one of Shakespeare's most inventive romantic romps. A shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian, but tragedy quickly turns to comedy when they wash up in a land turned upside-down by love. Artistic Director Jack Young directs this relentless pursuit of unrequited love with gender-bending wit, drunken high jinks and swooning serenades.

Richard III
July 29, August 2, 4, 6
8:15 pm

The relentless ambition of Richard Plantaganet dominates the stage in Richard III - a fast-paced roller-coaster ride of political maneuvers, media manipulation and pushing one's luck beyond the breaking point. The Wars of the Roses have put Edward IV on the throne, with his brother Richard having done much of the dirty work. But, while everyone else is ready to squabble over the courtly pecking order, Richard's ambitions haven't yet been satisfied. Lenny Banovez, artistic director of New York City's award-winning TITAN Theatre Company, directs the story of Richard's murderous path to the crown.

ABOUT HOUSTON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Houston Shakespeare Festival (HSF) uses Shakespeare's works to draw together Houston's diverse community to explore our common humanity. HSF debuted in 1975 when Sidney Berger, former director of the School of Theatre and Dance at the University of Houston, met with UH administrators and the Miller Theatre Advisory Board about a two-production season of Shakespeare's works to be played in repertory on Miller Theatre's bill. Berger and UH theatre professor Cecil Pickett went on to direct a pair of plays each summer in this unique collaboration between a city and a university. HSF continues to present two performances, free and open to the public, at Hermann Park's Miller Outdoor Theatre each summer. Follow HSF on Facebook and Twitter.

University of Houston Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts
3333 Cullen Boulevard, Room 120 / Houston, TX 77024-4017 / uh.edu/cota / 713-743-0867
Advising and Admissions Center
Fine Arts Building / 4188 Elgin Street, Room 100 / Houston, TX 77024-4019

Box Office
Tuesday - Friday / 9am - 5pm
UH Wortham Theatre / 3351 Cullen Blvd. Room 102

The Box Office opens at the venue one hour prior to event.
Tickets and information: 713-743-3388

For information on other upcoming UH Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts events, visit uh.edu/cota/events.

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