Photo Flash: First Look at Shakespeare Orange County's VENUS AND ADONIS

Returning from the recent 2012 Praha Fringe Festival in the Czech Republic, Shakespeare Orange County company members will present William Shakespeare's lyrically romantic and erotic poem, VENUS AND ADONIS on August 10 and 11 at Garden Grove's open air Festival Amphitheatre-outside and "Under the Stars." Featured in the Shakespeare Orange County production are Evelyn Carol Case as Venus and Michael Drace Fountain as Adonis, with Amanda Zarr, Misha Bouvion, Alyssa Bradac and Michael Nehring as part of The Ensemble Company. The work is adapted, produced and directed by Thomas F. Bradac.

 

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Adapted from Shakespeare's first published work in 2002, this VENUS AND ADONIS was originally staged as a class project at Chapman University. In 2003, Shakespeare Orange County further refined the adaptation with several of the original cast members, resulting in a fully mounted production that was lauded by audiences and critics alike.

VENUS AND ADONIS is William Shakespeare's hidden treasure. It is the contemporary telling of a goddess' lust for a young man. Following his rejection of the goddess Venus, Adonis winds up being mauled to death by a wild boar. This story of fatal attraction and obsessive female lust was denounced as "lewd" by critics which only boosted its appeal in 16th-century England.

For tickets, scheduling and further information, visit www.shakespeareoc.org.