Shakespeare Festival in the Susquehanna Valley
Excitable passion in the dog days of
summer is what Shakespeare's classic romance Romeo and Juliet is all about, BUT
in the second
season of the newly launched
Susquehanna Shakespeare Festival, this classic gets a fresh
twist. The festival adaptation turns tears into laughter and
tragedy into comedy in The Vagabonde Romeo and
You Know Who.
Artistic Director,Tania Myren,
will direct the
original adaptation of Shakespeare's love story in
the
Festival's home in Danville, Pennsylvania. It will be a small cast
with a fast pace, designed to play outdoors for the whole family, in
Danville's Memorial
Park.
Rain venue- Grove Presb. Ch. right across Bloom St. from the park.
Performances will begin at 6:30
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday- JUNE 16, 17, 18 and Wednesday
& Friday the following week-end: 23, & 25.... NO PERFORMANCE JUNE 24
admission
is FREE!
Check out the progress of rehearsals on the Festival BLOG
illyrialady.wordpress.com
Tania Myren
From the Artistic Director:
I believe in a theatre that transforms. As a culture we crave and are in desperate need of a return to the primal circle- the hearth place where stories are shared. Shakespeare strikes a universal chord in people of all ages, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds. He is the most produced playwright in the world. He writes about us- all the things that make us human; our mingled capacity for genius and horror, for laughter and tears. Nothing communicates the experience of Shakespeares elemental humanity like live theatre where word and action vibrate between actor and audience.
I am committed to a fresh approach to Shakespeare that is uniquely American. A Shakespeare stripped for action; focusing on lean story-telling; the magic of the moment, and dynamic movement.
Banner photo: Elizabeth Moore, Tania Myren, photo by Sandy Underwood.
Bottom Photo: Dan Acor as Romeo, & Kate Hughes as You Know Who