Shakespeare OC Announces 'Pay What You Will' for TWELFTH NIGHT & MACBETH

Back by popular demand for Shakespeare Orange County's twenty-second anniversary season celebration are "Pay What You Will Thursdays" at Garden Grove's Festival Amphitheatre.

Audience members can make a "donation of their choice" for tickets to the remaining Thursday evening performance of TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL and MACBETH at the Festival Amphitheatre in an outdoor setting with performances staged under the night sky.

"This summer audiences get to see some of the Bard's best known characters played by seasoned professionals who really are "actor's actors," said Founding Artistic Producing Director Thomas F. Bradac. John Walcutt plays the Scottish king in MACBETH and Evelyn Carol Case is his Lady Macbeth. Opening the season is TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL featuring Karissa Vacker as Viola and John FreDeRick Jones as Sir Toby Belch and John Walcutt as Malvolio. "We have people driving from all over Southern California and beyond to see our work," stated Bradac, "and we want to provide everyone with the opportunity to see it-­?-­?-­?thus one of the reasons for the Pay What You Will program."

The company's "Pay What You Will" program works as follows: Patrons are invited to purchase tickets (limit 2 per person) for what they think is fair, what they can afford, or just want they want to pay at the box office on designated Thursdays for that evening's performance. All purchases must be cash, and seating is based upon availability. "PAY WHAT YOU WILL" tickets cannot be reserved or purchased online. If a patron wants to reserve or pick seats, standard pricing is still available.

"PAY WHAT YOU WILL" pricing is available on Thursday evenings only. Reserved tickets for Shakespeare Orange County performances are $34.00 (Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) with $32.00 pricing for students/seniors. Reserved seating can be purchased online at www.shakespeareoc.org or in person at the Festival Amphitheatre box office from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Festival Amphitheatre is located in Euclid Park at 12762 Main St., Garden Grove, CA. 92840. Picnic areas are available and parking is free. For more information, call the box office at (714) 590-­?1575.