Island Shakespeare Festival Opens on Whidbey Island This Month
The season offers 6 p.m. and some 1 p.m. Sunday performances rotating Thursdays through Sundays until Sept. 10.
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Island Shakespeare Festival opens its summer season on Friday, July 21 with an exciting, foward-thinking production of "Romeo and Juliet," directed by Olena Hodges. Explore teenage angst and intense love with this non-traditional look at Shakespeare's enduring "tale of woe."
We welcome Hedgepig Ensemble's Emily Lyon, who directs the hilarious, hijinks of Hannah Cowley's "A Bold Stroke for a Husband" set to open on Saturday, July 29. Here is a play written by one of the 500 "Expand the Canon" authors in 1783, and features a cast chock-full of intelligent, humourous and take-charge women who use their own agency to get what they want, regardless of what others expect of them. Refreshing!
The season offers 6 p.m. and some 1 p.m. Sunday performances rotating Thursdays through Sundays until Sept. 10. Bring a picnic for the family and enjoy the wine, beer and refreshments garden before the show! Gates open at 5 p.m.
Pay-what-you-will at the tent or get reservations at islandshakespearefest.org.

Videos
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Million Dollar Quartet Harlequin Productions (6/19-7/19) |
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Smoke on the Mountain Taproot Theatre (10/07-10/24) |
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15th Annual Festival of Shorts Wade James Theatre (6/25-6/28) |
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Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show Gorge Amphitheatre (7/24-7/25) |
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Conscience Taproot Theatre (9/16-10/24) |
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The Distillery New Works Festival Seattle Public Theater (6/11-6/11) |
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The Circus of Second Chances 12th Avenue Arts (5/29-6/14) |
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Rock The Village The Village at Totem Lake (7/08-7/08) |
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Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival Winthrop R and B Festival (7/17-7/19) |
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