Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival Announces Summer Festival News

The Comedy of Errors (Thu, Fri, Sat - July 1, 2, 3, Fri, Sat, Sun - July 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18) will be directed by Kevin P. Kern, who states "Shakespeare's first play is also his funniest: Comedy Of Errors is an apt title, especially for this Kingsmen production. We're setting this highly physical, brightly colored slapstick comedy in the world of Commedia de Arte' for maximum laughs and pure family fun." Kevin is a veteran of the Festival and is currently Assistant Professor of Theatre at The University of West Florida and Artistic Director of The Pensacola Shakespeare Theatre.

The Winter's Tale (Fri, Sat, Sun - July 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, August 1, 6, 7, 8) will be directed by Susan Angelo, last with our company as director of Twelfth Night in 2003. She says this about WT "Traveling from Sicilia to Bohemia, Shakespeare revisits themes of Jealousy, Love, Honour and Re-birth in The Winters Tale, a dream-like story, both tragic and comic, solemn and irreverent! Harmony is disrupted by the evils of human nature, but under the watchful eye of the gods, restored through the power of human virtue and Time's greatest agent...forgiveness."

For online lawn box reservations click on this link:
http://www.kingsmenshakespeare.org/festival/tickets.php

Summer Theatre Camp 2010 Featuring Camp Shakespeare - Our 25th Year of Offering Quality Theatre Education for Youth! Join us on the campus of CLU as we present 5 Summer Theatre camps for students ages 8-18.

Click on this link for more information and to register online:
http://www.kingsmenshakespeare.org/camp/index.php

Important workshop opportunity for high school and elementary school teachers -
Shakespeare Set Free Workshops - August 5 & 6, 2010 on the campus of California Lutheran University, presented by the Folger Shakespeare Library. Limited to 30 participants for each session.

Shakespeare Set Free Workshops offer an interdisciplinary, text-based, and performance-based approach to teaching Shakespeare to students of all abilities in grades 3 to 12. Based on the innovative Shakespeare Set Free book series, the workshops also draw from the student festivals held for the past 25 years at the Folger Shakespeare Library, located in Washington, D.C., repository of the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's works.

Click on this link for more information and to register online: http://www.kingsmenshakespeare.org/folger/index.php

A significant commitment is made each summer to provide inexpensive live theatre to our community. The company relies heavily on private donations. We hope that you will consider joining our growing list of donors. Please visit our donor page at
http://www.kingsmenshakespeare.org/festival/donations.php and make your pledge today. Every gift is important!

The Kingsmen Shakespeare Company is a community service of California Lutheran University, dedicated to presenting professional programs and performances of the works of William Shakespeare for the entertainment and education of people of all ages.